Chicago shooting: two victims reported to be Jewish

At least two of the victims are reportedly Jewish while the Jewish community fears that the number of dead among its members will climb. The Chicago suburb has a large Jewish community. Read more

Maccabiah: Magen David Adom well-prepared

The preparations and assessments for medical security for the events of the 21st Maccabiah, which will open on July 14 with the opening ceremony at the Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, have just ended. Read more

Yair Lapid meets Deborah Lipstadt

Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid has met with US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt. Read more

Australian professionals attend Israel Cyber Week

The Israel Trade and Economic Commission in Sydney and the Trans-Tasman Business Circle have taken a business delegation of 18 cyber security professionals from Australia and New Zealand to Tel Aviv. Read more

Walk together

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria First Nation’s Reconciliation Program has launched Walk Together, with the objective of increasing the Jewish community’s understanding of, and support for, Aboriginal self-determination and empowerment. Read more

Two new Jewish chaplains appointed to the ADF

Sydney’s Rabbanit Judith Levitan and Rabbi Ari Rubin of Chabad House in Cairns have been appointed Jewish chaplains to the Australian Defence Force.  Read more

Incoming prime minister meets the president

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog has met with incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid and his wife Lihi Lapid at the president’s residence. Read more

MDA to the rescue

While playing soccer with his children in the Jerusalem suburb of Pisgat Ze’ev, 49 year old Yohanan Mevorah suddenly lost consciousness and collapsed. Read more

Australian ambassador teaches a life lesson to Boys Town Jerusalem students

In his recent visit to the Boys Town Jerusalem campus, Australian Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths bridged the hemispheres to teach an important lesson to the Israeli students. Read more

Governor-General patron of The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand

New Zealand’s Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro has accepted the role of Patron of The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. Read more

Australia’s Jewish population at an all-time high

The 2021 census results show that Australia’s Jewish population is 99,956 a 9.8% increase on the 2016 census. Read more

Austen Tayshus documentary on Foxtel

Austen Tayshus – Skin In The Game is a new documentary to be streamed next month featuring the four decades career of one of Australia’s most controversial and popular stand-up comedians. Read more

$1 million grant for Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club

The NSW Government will support the revitalisation of ‘White City’ with a $1 million grant to the Sydney Maccabi Tennis Club. Read more

Wiesenthal Centre in Jerusalem welcomes Wollongong Council’s decision on donor’s Nazi past

Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Coordinator of  Simon Wiesenthal Centre Nazi war crimes research worldwide, has said the Centre welcomes the decision of the Wollongong City Council to remove the name of Nazi collaborator Bronius Sredersas from a room in the Wollongong Art Gallery dedicated to him. Read more

Zubin Mehta to conduct the Australian World Orchestra

The legendary Maestro Zubin Mehta will once again lead the AWO as it comes together for two much-anticipated performances in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

New Zealand joins the International Holocaust Remembranc Alliance

New Zealand’s joining of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) will help fight racism for all New Zealanders, the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand and the New Zealand Jewish Council say. Read more

Adam Kellerman to launch Michael Meyerson’s ‘Tragedy and Triumph’

Tragedy and Triumph, written by Michael Myerson, is a fascinating book about Jewish Olympians over the last 100 years, telling the stories of triumph and tragedy. Read more

Supporting more inclusive school communities

Educators, community and religious leaders and both sides of politics came together to support the development of more culturally inclusive schools at Together For Humanity’s fundraiser at the Art Gallery of NSW. Read more

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

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