AIJAC: Impose sanctions on leaders and financiers of Hamas and PIJ

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has called on the Australian Government to join the United States and the United Kingdom in announcing joint sanctions against leaders and financiers of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Read more

Jumping-castle company refuses a Jewish booking causing problems for competitor

A family-run jumping castle business has faced a torrent of abuse after an inflatable-hire rival was accused of discriminating against a Jewish school.
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Incubators for Shifa courtesy IDF

Following the Israel Defence Forces’ offer of humanitarian assistance to the director general of the Shifa Hospital, the IDF initiated a humanitarian effort to coordinate transfer of incubators from a hospital in Israel to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Read more

Kites of hope

Messages of hope for the hostages being held by Hamas soared sky-high today, when hundreds of members of the Jewish community of Melbourne flew dozens of kites in Caulfield Park as part of the Bring Them Home campaign. Read more

JCA launches Never Again Response Appeal

Sydney’s JCA has officially launched the Never Again Response Appeal to support the NSW security and advocacy organisations that rely on funding from the organisation. Read more

Now BDS rears its ugly head

The list is long. Pro-Palestinian groups have taken to social media to list companies with links to Israel, with one protestor releasing mice into a McDonald’s outlet. Read more

A letter from survivors

We, the undersigned Holocaust survivors, are the last witnesses to the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi regime. Read more

Ernie shortlisted as the NSW Senior of the Year

Ernie Friedlander continues his stellar work within the NSW Jewish community and other ethnic groups. Now, he has been appointed as one of three candidates for the NSW Senior Australian of the Year award. Read more

Courage to Care goes national

Leading community organisation Courage to Care reached a historic milestone this week by forming a new national body, Courage to Care Australia Ltd. Read more

Archaeologists enlisted to search for DNA

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists enlisted to join the efforts to search for missing persons in the houses and cars incinerated in the 7^th October Massacre. Read more

Greens Senate walkout criticising the government

Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi led a protest walk-out by her party during the Senate yesterday’s Question Time at the end of a fire and brimstone speech criticising the government’s position on the Israel-Gaza war. Read more

Flags fly in Melbourne

Zionism Victoria arranged for seven Israeli flags to fly over Federation Square today in honour of the 1,400 victims of last month’s terror atrocities committed by Hamas. Read more

Hitler/Netanyahu composite posters in Sydney

Large posters showing a doctored image of Hitler behind a mask bearing a photo of  Benjamin Netanyahu have appeared in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and the CBD. Read more

Bandt promotes Free Palestine event with blank map of Israel

Greens’ leader Adam Bandt has promoted today’s Melbourne rally march, “Stand with Gaza”, featuring a red-coloured graphic of an unnamed Israel. Read more

Monday – ABC – Australian Story – Libbi Gorr

Whatever happened to Elle McFeast? Read more

Hamas incursion – Zionist propoganda

A pro-Palestinian group in Melbourne is inviting citizens to cover posters of the hostages captured by Hamas with ones of their doing. Read more

Sydney University cans anti-Israel event

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Hamas out of bounds at Sydney University

Mark Scott, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney has told students and staff that in the current conflict and at all other times, the university supports the rights of students and staff to engage in political discourse, including by making pro-Israel and pro-Palestine statements. But Hamas is off-limits. Read more

Position vacant: Deputy Mayor at Waverley Council

Sydney’s Waverley Council have passed a motion at an Extraordinary Council Meeting changing the term of the Deputy Mayor to be terminated on 13 September 2024 to 26 October 2023, effectively meaning the position is now vacant. Read more

Jewish Care Victoria – supporting the community locally during the crisis in Israel

The current devastating situation in Israel continues to impact the Melbourne Jewish community locally. Read more

Empty strollers at Parliament House a painful tribute to the 30 children held hostage by Hamas

Families of hostages gather in Jerusalem for global prayer service

With the fate of their loved ones remaining uncertain as Israel recorded 20 days since the onset of the war with Hamas, over 70 family members of hostages being held in Gaza gathered at the Aish World Center overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem for a Global Day of Unity and Prayer. Read more

Woollahra mayor visits Israel’s ambassador

The mayor of the Sydney municipality of Woollahra visited Canberra yesterday with a personal message to Israel’s ambassador to Australia. Read more

Sydney greengrocer donates sale proceeds to UIA’s Victims of Terror Fund

Steven Zhang, a local resident of St Ives and owner of the St Ives Greengrocer, has supported the local Jewish community in St Ives by donating sale proceeds to victims of terror in Israel through UIA. Read more

Netanyahu: “we are preparing for a ground incursion”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has broadcast to the nation that the timing of the planned incursion into Gaza will not happen until all safeguards are in place to protect of the country’s soldiers. Read more

New Zealand Jewish Community denounces escalating antisemitism as political leaders remain silent

As the New Zealand Jewish community experiences unprecedented levels of antisemitic abuse, the New Zealand Jewish Council calls on political leaders, religious leaders and all of civil society to condemn antisemitism unequivocally. Read more

HaShomer HaChadash recruits volunteers to work in agriculture close to Gaza

From the moment the war in the south began, HaShomer HaChadash established a headquarters recruiting volunteers to assist in agricultural work and the protection of agricultural areas. Read more

Melbourne’s Jewish community pays homage to the hostages

On Sunday morning, Melbourne’s Jewish community came together at Caulfield Park in solidarity with the more than 200 people kidnapped by Hamas from multiple locations in southern Israel on October 7^th. Read more

New Zealand Jewish community concerned

The New Zealand Jewish Council is gravely concerned about increasing inflammatory language and misinformation from political and civil society leaders, commentators and media in relation to the current Israel/Hamas conflict. Read more

AIJAC commends reimposed Iran sanctions

Australia has reimposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 19 Iranian individuals and 57 entities for their role in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Read more

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