A letter from Allegra Spender

Thank you to the many of you who reached out to my office regarding the motorbike convoy that travelled from Lidcombe to Coogee on Saturday evening. Read more

Solidarity with Israel? Sign a letter to President Herzog

Sign a letter to President Isaac Herzog to show your solidarity with Israel. Read more

Jewish Care: 175 years of service to Melbourne’s Jewish community

Jewish Care Victoria celebrates its 175th Anniversary on Sunday. Read more

Important message from the CSG

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and CSG NSW have been made aware of a planned pro-Palestine motorcycle convoy which may enter the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney after 5pm tomorrow evening, Saturday 11 November 2023. Read more

Messages of hope

Messages of hope for the hostages being held by Hamas will be soaring sky high on Sunday, 12th November, when the Jewish community of Melbourne fly hundreds of kites in Caulfield Park as part of the Bring Them Home campaign. Read more

A letter from Yad Vashem

Over the last few days and weeks, we have been witnessing an exponential increase in antisemitic acts and antisemitic rhetoric aimed at Jews. Read more

Indigenous Friends of Israel concerned about fundamental preachers

Indigenous Friends of Israel founders Norman and Barbara Miller refuted the claims of Brother Ismael recently at the Al Madina Dawah Centre, southwest Sydney that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation. Read more

Melbourne’s Wall of Hope desecrated

The Wall of Hope, located on the exterior of Melbourne’s Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre, was desecrated overnight. Read more

Vigil at Federation Square marks 30 days since Hamas massacre

Hundreds of people attended a vigil on Monday night at Melbourne’s Federation Square to mark ’30 days’ since Hamas infiltrated Israel’s southern border, massacring 1400 people, wounding over 5000 and kidnapping 241. Read more

Israeli academics join with others in calling the UN to help to release hostages

Senior Israeli and international academics are calling on the UN Secretary-General to take action to secure the release of Israeli children abducted in Gaza and prevent irreparable harm. Read more

U.S. foreign relations expert talks to AIJAC

“The events of October 7, in a way, changed everything.” This was how Elliot Abrams, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former point man for Iran and Venezuela during the Trump administration, opened his address to an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) function. Read more

AIJAC adds its voice to the monitoring of aid to Gaza

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has joined international Jewish organisations in calling on the European Commission to monitor the allocation of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians – ensuring that funds are not diverted to Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. Read more

‘United Against Terrorism’ exhibits photos of victims of October 7

Pictures of over 1,000 persons abducted, missing, or killed in the Hamas attack were displayed on empty seats in the Smolarz Auditorium at Tel Aviv University. Read more

Jewish, Muslim communities receive government funds to bolster security

The Australian government is funding $25 million to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Inc (ECAJ) and $25 million to Australian Palestinian, Muslim and other communities affected by the current Gaza conflict. Read more

“Heartwarming and moving” Israel motion once again opposed by the Greens

The Victorian Parliament passed a motion this afternoon expressing solidarity with Israel and condemning the recent atrocities committed by Hamas. Read more

NZ contributes NZ$5m for humanitarian needs

The New Zealand Government is providing NZ$5 million in funding following appeals to address urgent humanitarian needs in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Read more

Prime Minister’s motion condemning Hamas attack passes 135-4

The Greens’ Adam Bandt [VIC], Stephen Bates [QLD], Max Chandler-Mather [QLD] and Elizabeth Watson-Brown [QLD] stood alone in federal parliament today opposing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s motion condemning last week’s heinous attack on southern Israel. Read more

Netanyahu meets with families of the captive and missing

This video has been produced deliberately with no sound. Read more

A Shabbat message from Jillian Segal, President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry

We are a community in mourning, there is no doubt. Read more

“The Government and the people of Australia condemn this attack by Hamas”

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed members of Melbourne’s Jewish community at St Kilda Shule. Read more

Mark Speakman slams Minns for allowing antisemitic protest

The NSW Opposition has slammed the Minns Labor Government for permitting an anti-Semitic pro-Hamas protest to prevent a peaceful gathering of Sydney’s Jewish community at the illuminated Sydney Opera House to mourn the barbaric attacks on innocent civilians in Israel. Read more

Video: Israel’s president talks to the international community

President Isaac Herzog reached out to YouTube to address countries across the globe. Read more

VIDEO: Her 12-yr-old brother and three other family members kidnapped by Hamas

21-year-old Gaya Calderon recounts the shocking events of October 7th when Hamas terrorists kidnapped her 12-year-old brother and three other family members in the Nir Oz Kibbutz. Read more

Israel: Australia responds, Israel appeals for blood donors,support from Europe, woman talks from Kibbutz Nirim

Leaders of the Jewish Australian community have responded to the breakout of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. Read more

Faith NSW launched in Sydney

Premier Chris Minns, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey, Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper, and Lakemba MP Jihad Dib came together with over 200 faith leaders and community members at a gala dinner held yesterday to celebrate the launch of Faith NSW, a coalition of various faith groups in the state. Read more

Meet one of Israel’s greatest heroes at UIA’s AGM and campaign launch events

United Israel Appeal will host Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) at its AGM and 2024 Campaign Launch events in Sydney and Melbourne in November. Read more

Henri Jacques Ninio (1935-2023)

Henri Jacques Ninio passed away in Adelaide on the day before Yom Kippur, a few weeks before his 88th birthday. Read more

Oct-03 9:30pm SBS-TV: Dateline – Making a Militant

Dateline reports from the West Bank where a new militant network, The Lion’s Den, has triggered a wave of violence and is weaponising social media to recruit young Palestinians. Read more

Podcast: L’Chaim to Life: Rabbi Yoseph Nerenberg

Maurice Klein speaks with Rabbi Yoseph Nerenberg, Manager of Jewish Life at Jewish Care, who started off as assistant Rabbi and kosher supervisor at Montefiore Homes and has been Rabbi of Age Care at Gary Smorgon House since it opened in 2009, managing the department that puts the Jewish and the L’Chaim in Jewish Care. Read more

Zionism Victoria thanks Daniel Andrews and welcomes Jacinta Allan

Zionism Victoria President Yossi Goldfarb has thanked outgoing Premier Daniel Andrews for his steadfast support of both Israel and the community over his many years in office. Read more

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