Rabbi Gabi joins the board at VEOHRC

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

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

A nationwide survey of Australian university students has revealed widespread antisemitism on Australian university campuses. Read more

“Disgusting comments” Leibler responds to Adler report

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police report that Pepper Stern has been found. Read more

AIJAC and ZFA react to the new legislation

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

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

In a heroic operation, Israeli teams have triumphed over the scorching flames in Greece, leaving the region safe and secure. Read more

New Zealand pro-Palestine group claims Jane Campion asked Jerusalem festival not to show her movie

The New Zealand Palestine Solidarity Network has claimed in a media release that acclaimed film director Jane Campion requested that her 1989 movie “Sweetie” not to be screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival. Read more

Rising tide of hate symbols: Australia’s battle for legislation

In a shocking turn of events, hate symbols that were once a rarity in post-World War II Australia have now appeared in the public sphere. Read more

Star of “Golda” Helen Mirren meets the Herzogs

President Isaac Herzog and his wife and First Lady of Israel, Michal, rolled out the red carpet for Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren during her visit to Israel for the highly anticipated Jerusalem Film Festival. Read more

Acting CEO for the NSWJBD named

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has announced that Michael Gencher has today been appointed as the Board’s Acting CEO. Read more

Noa Tishby and Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi headline JNF major events

JNF Australia will host two distinguished keynote speakers for its highly anticipated 2023 Annual Events taking place this September. Read more

Maccabi Australia spreads its wings

Maccabi World Union has amended its constitution to include Maccabi Australia assisting with the development and expansion of Maccabi communities in New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and India. Read more

Darren Bark resigns

Darren Bark has resigned as CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies with immediate effect. Read more

David Baddiel to headline Sydney Jewish Writers Festival

The inimitable David Baddiel, British comedian, best-selling author, screenwriter, and television presenter will join the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival across a number of events. Read more

Turmoil at The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies?

CEO Darren Bark has been placed on leave, according to The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, causing speculation within the NSW community as to his future. Read more

New studios for J-Air

J-AIR 88FM, Australia’s sole Jewish community radio station, has celebrated the launch of its new studios in St Kilda. Read more

In My Pocket workshop in Perth

Recently, the Year 5 cohort at Perth’s Carmel School has been learning about child refugees today and those displaced from overseas. Read more

First ever Victorian antisemitism report

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Community Security Group Victoria (CSG) have joined forces to publish the first-ever Victorian Antisemitism Report, providing Victorians with a deeper understanding of the nature and prevalence of antisemitism in their state. Read more

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