President Herzog’s first state visit

President Isaac Herzog has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his first state visit as the President of the State of Israel. Read more

US$767 million to be distributed to Holocaust survivors across the globe

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced an important achievement for survivors with first-time pensions being allotted for Holocaust survivors who survived the Leningrad Siege,  survivors who were in hiding in France and those who survived persecution in Romania, and who are not currently receiving Shoah related pensions. Read more

Yad Vashem head in Kiev

Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan is in Kiev attending the official memorial ceremony marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre. Read more

Video: The commemoration of the Battle of Semakh

The Battle of Semakh was commemorated last week in Israel with Australia’s ambassador Paul Griffith attending the event. Read more

A welcome for Paul Toole and Bronnie Taylor

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has thanked the former Deputy Premier of NSW and leader of the NSW Nationals Party, John Barilaro for his service to the state and consideration and support of the Jewish community throughout his time as Deputy Premier and as a Minister.  Read more

Honig wins American award for global startup of year

Australian company Honeylight Enterprises Pty Ltd trading as Greenville has been named 2021 Global Startup of the Year in the 18th annual Stevie® Award. Read more

John Lyons latest book: ZFA has its say

The central thesis of John Lyon’s new book, Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’s Toughest Assignment, is that journalists covering the middle east are bullied into submission by an extremist “Israel Lobby” who prevents the media from fact-based reporting. Read more

Government appoints Alhadeff to SBS Board

Former CEO of The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies Vic Alhadeff has been appointed by the government to the board of SBS. Read more

Tributes for Gladys

NSW Labor Shadow Minister for Police Walt Secord, who is also deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel has paid tribute to outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian saying that “despite being long-time political opponents” he was “deeply saddened to witness her departure”. Read more

Virtual Mission: Israel the UIA way

Experiencing Israel firsthand will always be a priority for the UIA. Read more

John Lyons: Rabbi James Kennard responds

Nine Media published an extract from senior journalist John Lyon’s new book Dateline Jerusalem: Journalism’s Toughest Assignment in which he argues that criticism of Israel is not in itself antisemitic. Read more

NSW counter terrorism estimates there are 15 active members of the far right wing “National Socialist Network” in NSW

NSW Police has estimated that there are 15 members of the far-right extremist National Socialist Network operating in NSW. Read more

New Zealand: Israel’s ambassador meets with NZ Foreign Minister

Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand Ran Yaakoby has had a fruitful meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta. Read more

Babi Yar: Images from 1966

Eighty years after the Babi Yar massacre, rare photographs that tell the story of the Soviet-era struggle to commemorate the atrocity have been released for the first time by the National Library of Israel’s Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP). Read more

Peace negotiator Becker salutes anniversary of Abraham Accords

Dr Tal Becker, Director of Legal Affairs for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and highly respected influential diplomat and peace negotiator on multiple regional tracks examined the implications of the Abraham Accords and other topics for an AIJAC Live Online webinar. Read more

New president at St Kilda Shule

Melbourne’s St Kilda Shule has been the spiritual home to its new President Gerry Bullon since 1986 when he moved to Melbourne from Sydney. Read more

AFL grand final in Perth lets Joe Gutnick watch his beloved Demons taking out the flag

Rabbi Yossl Gutnick has watched an  AFL for the very first time and saw his beloved Demons win their first flag since 1964. Read more

A chat with David Solomon

David Solomon has recently been appointed the CEO of the Australian Friends of Tel Aviv University. Read more

Departing words as PM Bennett leaves to address the United Nations General Assembly

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed the media before flying to New york where he will address the United Nations General Assembly. Read more

Muslim and Jewish communities take to the oval

The partnership between Richmond Football Club, Maccabi Victoria, Bachar Houli Foundation, Henry Jolson Pathways Program and the MCC Foundation has launched its Interfaith Through Sport Program. Read more

The earliest known visual travelogue to the Holy Land documents a 14th-century pilgrim’s journey

Just in time for Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage festivals in Judaism, the Israel Museum presents the earliest, most detailed and comprehensive depiction of the holy places in the Land of Israel: A parchment scroll, the work of a medieval Jewish artist-pilgrim from Egypt, whose imagery reflects a wealth of customs and traditions associated with the pilgrimage to holy sites—many of them shared by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Read more

Paralympians welcomed by president

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog hosted an event to salute the Israeli delegation at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Read more

A Yom Kippur message from Natalie Ward, NSW Minister for Multiculturalism

I wish a meaningful and spiritually uplifting Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement to the NSW Jewish community. Read more

Yom Kippur prayers permitted outdoors in Sydney

The Sydney Jewish community has been granted an exemption to observe Yom Kippur in outdoor locations around the city with the same exemption being applied to Newcastle. Read more

Playbill’s Brian Nebenzahl passes away at 86

The retired chairman and founder of Playbill Brian Nebenzahl passed away on Sunday in Sydney, aged 86. Read more

$7.5 million grant for Hakoah and membership now available

Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton MP announced that the NSW Government will support Hakoah Club’s plans to revitalise White City, Paddington with a $7.5 million grant. Read more

Knesset award for the last survivor of the Babyn Yar massacre

The Knesset has held a commemoration meeting to mark 80 years since the Babyn Yar massacre. Read more

Australian Jews, Christians and Muslims commemorate 20th Anniversary of 9/11 together

Within days of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and Washington, Jewish, Muslim and Christian Australians arranged a well-attended multifaith service of prayer and reflection in central Sydney. Read more

IINZ welcomes NZ withdrawal from Durban IV

Four more countries have joined the growing list of nations boycotting the ceremonies to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Durban declaration. They are Italy, Croatia, Cyprus and New Zealand. Read more

NSW Labor approves draft bill to ban swastikas

This week, State Labor unanimously approved a draft bill for public consultation to ban the Nazi flag and swastika in NSW. Read more

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