Josie Lacey honoured in NSW State Parliament

NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord has hosted a special event at State Parliament where he addressed the parliament paying tribute to Jewish communal leader Josie Lacey. Read more

NAB and JNF host economic and business students

JNF in collaboration with the National Australian Bank (NAB) hosted year 10 and 11 Business and Economics students to access some of Australia’s leading minds on the theme of ‘The Future – Banking & Business’. Read more

Not to be opened until 2051

The ACT branch of the Australian Jewish Historical Society has joined with the children and youth of the ACT Jewish Community by preparing a time capsule to be opened in 2051 on the 100th anniversary of the formation of the ACT Jewish community. Read more

NSW preparing legislation to ban Nazi symbols

The NSW Government has introduced a bill into Parliament today to ban the public displays of Nazi symbols and to provide further safeguards against hate speech and vilification. Read more

Lithuanian art donor was a Nazi collaborator

Bronius “Bob” Sredersas, the former steelworker who donated his art collection to the City of Wollongong art gallery, was a collaborator working with the Nazis in his native Lithuania. Read more

TAU president to make his first Australian visit

The president of Tel Aviv University Professor Ariel Porat will make his first visit to Australia nex week. Read more

JNF makes Israel dream come true

For the past month, JNF’s popular My Israel Passport Stickerbooks have seen primary school children across the country collecting and swapping stickers in order to complete their books and enter the much-anticipated competition to win two airline ticket vouchers to Israel from Sabra Travel in Sydney. Read more

Chief Rabbi sends a message on Rabbi Ingram’s new book launch

Rabbi Chaim Ingram has received a blessing from Commonwealth United Synagogue’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis after reading extracts from Rabbi Ingram’s fifth book Lattices of Love on Jewish prayer. Read more

Australia’s new government rejects UN Right Council focus on Israel

Addressing fellow delegates following the release of the first report by the UNHRC’s Commission of Inquiry into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in Geneva,  Australia’s ambassador to the U.N. Amanda Gorely expressed the Australian government’s  “fundamental concerns” about the permanent inquiry and the “disproportionate scrutiny” of Israel. Read more

Israel joins the Invictus Games

Israel, Colombia, and Nigeria are the three newest members of the newly developed Invictus Community of Nations, bringing the total number of community nations to 23. Read more

Tributes to Lady Anna Cowen

Tributes have received the passing of Lady Anna Cowen who was the widow of former Australian Governor-General Sir Zelman Cowen. Read more

Innovative exhibition focusing child survivors of the Holocaust

With funding from the Gandel Foundation, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) is designing a permanent exhibition with award-winning Art Processors to engage young visitors with the lessons of the Holocaust. Read more

Masada hosts inaugural Jewish Educators’ Professional Learning Symposium

Sydney’s Masada College, together with The University of Sydney, welcomed 80 Jewish educators from across Sydney to the inaugural Jewish Educators’ Professional Learning Symposium. Read more

$28 million for NSW multicultural communities

Major faith group leaders in NSW have commended the Perrottet Government after it was set to announce a record budget spend on NSW’s multicultural communities and the introduction of a Religious Communities Advisory Council. Read more

Lowy Institute unpack Ukraine crisis Moriah Foundation Lowy Institute Dinner

Moriah Foundation and Foundation Circle Members attended the annual Moriah Foundation Lowy Institute Dinner with Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow, Dr Bobo Lo, in conversation with Lowy Institute Executive Director, Dr Michael Fullilove, discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on global security. Read more

Tel Aviv University professor to talk to Australians on planned new cancer drug

Internationally venerated Professor Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University has led ground-breaking research in the targeted delivery of therapeutic RNAs, is pioneering the way for a nanodrug that attacks cancer twice with no harm caused to healthy cells

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JCA campaign hits $4.5m milestone

At lunchtime yesterday, NSW’s JCA campaign hit the $4.5m mark. Read more

JNF says ‘toda’ to 106-yr-old for smuggling Iranian Jewish youth to Israel

Israeli Haroz, born in 1915, was a Zionist activist who risked his life to send Jewish youths from Iran to Israel. Recently, he received a certificate of appreciation from KKL – JNF for his contribution to the Jewish community. Read more

Women authors outnumbering the men in Israel

The National Library of Israel has presented its annual report on the Israeli publishing industry for the year 2021, which points to a resurgence in the Israeli book market, and indicates that for the first time, female authors published more books of Hebrew prose and poetry than their male counterparts. Read more

Activating Operation Tzur Israel: Reuniting Ethiopian Olim with their families

Last week, 360 Ethiopian olim landed at Ben Gurion airport as part of the second phase of Operation Tzur Israel. Read more

A Shavuot message from Mark Coure, NSW Minister for Multiculturalism

I send my best wishes to everyone in the Jewish community in New South Wales celebrating Shavuot, or the Festival of Weeks. Read more

Shavuot during the British Mandate

In preparation for the Shavuot celebration, the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael – Jewish National Fund has published unique photographs of the first Shavuot celebrations throughout the Land of Israel, during the British Mandate and in the early years of Israel. Read more

120 Aussies on Gap Year Programs in the Arava

In the first of its kind, 120 participants from all of the Zionist Youth Movements as well as from Israel By Choice travelled to the Arava in Israel’s south for a three-day seminar in the Arava. Read more

Torahs so frail, can only be seen on YouTube

In advance of Shavuot, the National Library of Israel (NLI) has released a series of video clips featuring four of the most significant Torah scrolls from its world-leading Judaica collection. Read more

The Maccabiah disaster and a personal tragedy

In 1997, Baruch Ben Yigal plunged into the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv to help rescue Australian athletes who fell into its toxic water when the bridge they were crossing on their way to the opening of the Maccabiah opening ceremony collapsed. Read more

30 scholarships on offer to Jewish women by The Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia

After successfully launching in Melbourne in May 2021, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Australia is offering its third scholarship program in 12 months dedicated to increasing the skills of women in the Orthodox Jewish community. Read more

Faithleaders calls for the Uluru Statement from the Heart

Faith community leaders have gathered at Sydney’s Barangaroo to sign a joint resolution calling for government action as a matter of priority to move towards achieving the objectives outlined in the Uluru Statement from the Heart: a Voice to Parliament, Treaty, and Truth. Read more

NSW religious leaders meet with Deputy Leader

Leaders from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu communities held a productive meeting with Deputy Leader of the NSW Opposition Prue Car earlier this week. Read more

University of Melbourne Student Union rescinds pro-Palestine resolution

The University of Melbourne Student Union has rescinded the resolution titled ‘UMSU stands with Palestine – BDS and Student Policy’, passed by the council at the end of last month. Read more

Qld to join Vic with Nazi, hate symbol ban

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszcuk will make her state the second to ban Nazi and other hate symbols to ensure extremists are “called out, confronted and condemned”. Read more

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