L’Shana Tova from Peter Dutton
September 14, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Leader of the Opposition sends a Rosh Hashanah message to Australia’s Jewish community. Read more
Tributes to Jeremy Jones AM in the NSW Parliament
September 14, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A pillar of the Australian Jewish community Jeremy Jones passed away last week at the age of 64 following a futile battle with cancer. Read more
Off-Broadway Review: Anne Being Frank (28th Street Theatre)
September 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Former student at Sydney’s Moriah College Alexis Fishman has received plaudits from New York theatre critics for her performance of Anne Frank in the off-Broadway production of Ron Elisha’s play Anne Being Frank. Read more
Ian Waller appointed to the Victorian Supreme Court
September 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Judicial College of Victoria has congratulated Ian Waller KC on his appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Read more
Dr Colin Rubenstein addresses a minyan for the late Jeremy Jones AM
September 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Dr Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director at the Australia /Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has addressed a minyan for the late Jeremy Jones held at Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue. Read more
Veterans of the Yom Kippur War join UIA webinars
September 12, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
UIA is honoured to be hosting two veterans of the Yom Kippur War in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of this remarkable battle – Brig. Gen. Ret. Avigdor Kahalani and Major General (res.) Uzi Dayan-on two webinars on 19 September. Read more
120 years on, a plaque indicates Herzl’s house
September 8, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
As part of events marking 120 years since the passing of Theodor Herzl, a plaque has been unveiled on the house in Vienna where he lived at the time of the First Zionist Congress in 1897. Read more
Labor official slammed by NSWJBD president
September 8, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A NSW Labor official, Amanda Fazio, has faced widespread condemnation for engaging in an anti-Semitic tirade on social media. Read more
Jeremy Jones: Australia has lost a giant, and the Australian Jewish community is poorer for his passing
September 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Community leaders have made tributes to the late Jeremy Jones, who has passed away following a prolonged battle with cancer. Read more
NSW Police Commissioner visits OBK
September 6, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s OBK has welcomed a visit from the New South Wales Police Commissioner. Read more
A word on The Voice from Julian Leeser
August 30, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Liberal MP Julian Leeser is a strong advocate of voting “Yes” for The Voice. Here’s why. Read more
A true friend of Israel is a friend of the Palestinian people
August 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ALP luminary Michael Easson addressed the Australian Labor Party National Conference on Friday on the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Read more
Rabbi Gabi joins the board at VEOHRC
August 20, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
ARK Centre’s Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann has been appointed by the Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes to the Board of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. Read more
Remote but not forgotten
August 17, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Last week 60 Jews from as far afield as Perth and Gold Coast gathered to bring in Shabbat in the Broken Hill Synagogue in the first service since Melbourne’s Ark Congregation’s visit in March 2018. Read more
Antisemitism on campus
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A nationwide survey of Australian university students has revealed widespread antisemitism on Australian university campuses. Read more
“Disgusting comments” Leibler responds to Adler report
August 15, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that the Australian Jewish Association president David Adler has posted photos of former Q&A host Stan Grant implying that his ‘COMPLEXION SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED’. Read more
Why were we not asked?
August 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Ameinu Australia, Meretz Australia, Habonim Dror Australia and Hashomer Hatzair Australia have written to the president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, pointing out they were not consulted about ZFA’s statement on the recent change of the Albanese government’s position on Israel. Read more
Indigenous Friends of Israel say the Albanese government has thrown Israel under a bus
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Indigenous Friends of Israel (IFI) co-founders Norman and Barbara Miller has condemned “the decision by the Albanese government to throw Israel under a bus by calling its holiest sites including the Temple Mount and Western Wall ‘occupied territories.’ Read more
Pauline Rockman leaves the Melbourne Holocaust Museum board after 30 years
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) long-term co-President and visionary leader Pauline Rockman has stepped down from her role at the museum after 30 years. Read more
Labor policy shift troubles Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel
August 10, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel say that reports today that the Albanese Government will adopt divisive, inflammatory rhetoric on Israeli-Palestinian affairs are deeply troubling. Read more
Austen’s back with Charles Waterstreet as his warm-up
August 9, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Comedian Austen Tayshus returns to Bondi in October and November after his sell-out season in 2019, described as “comedy at its best”. Read more
JCCV commends bravery of boys facing a knife in bus
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
A man brandishing a knife confronted a group of Jewish students from Melbourne’s Leibler Yavneh College while they were aboard a public bus. Read more
$40million for faith-based institutions – applications now open
July 31, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Applications are now open for the Albanese Government’s Securing Faith-Based Places grant program. Read more
JCA refutes media report that it had funded the “Yes” campaign
July 27, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Jewish Communal Appeal has taken issue with national spreadsheet The Australian, which reported that the JCA had donated $200,000 of community funds to the “Yes” campaign ahead of The Voice referendum.” Read more
Jewish students make contribution to countering antisemitism
July 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Students from Leibler Yavneh College were among 15 secondary schools from around Victoria presenting their ideas about diversity and inclusion to politicians and community leaders at the inaugural Victorian Youth Summit at the University of Melbourne Read more
Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall in 1967
July 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
We publish archived JNF photos of Tisha B’Av shortly after the liberation of the Western Wall during the 1967 Six-Day War. Read more
Pepper has been found
July 26, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Police report that Pepper Stern has been found. Read more
AIJAC and ZFA react to the new legislation
July 25, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Both the Zionist Federation of Australia and The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council have expressed misgivings over the passing of the Reasonableness Standard Law in Israel. Read more
Confronting world-wide antisemitism
July 25, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Major Jewish organizations in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Argentina have announced the formation of the J7, the Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism. Read more
Israeli air mission helps Greece from wild inferno
July 24, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
In a heroic operation, Israeli teams have triumphed over the scorching flames in Greece, leaving the region safe and secure. Read more







