Abbas warns in handwritten note to Netanyahu that US plan voids Oslo Accords

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sent a handwritten letter in Arabic to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, telling the Israeli leader that the P.A. no longer saw itself a party to any agreements with Israel following the publication of the Trump peace plan on Tuesday. Read more

They saved 200,000 Jews

A unique exhibition will open at NSW Parliament House next Monday when 34 diplomats from 21 countries will be honoured for collectively saving 200,000 Jews from the Nazis. Read more

…and then there was one more

Professor Roy Michael ROBINS-BROWNE received the AO in the Australia Day honours… Read more

Sovereignty vote postponed ‘for a few days,’ says senior Likud minister

Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud) said on Wednesday that a plan to extend Israeli sovereignty to the settlements and the Jordan Valley won’t be brought to the Cabinet for a vote on Sunday, as urged by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, because the government needs more time to prepare. Read more

President Rivlin hears of rising antisemitism from world Jewish leaders

President Rivlin has concluded his visit to Germany with a meeting with the heads of Jewish communities from around the world where he heard how they deal with rising antisemitism. Read more

President of The Technion to visit Australia

In his newly appointed and prestigious role as President of the Technion – Professor Uri Sivan, will visit Australia for the first time ever from 31 January to 7 February 2020 – as the host and guest speaker at various events across Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

The Zionist Federation of New Zealand comments on the ‘deal of the century’

Rob Berg “It is good after many months of speculation to finally see President Trump’s peace plan. It is equally disappointing that the Palestinians have rejected it outright.” Read more

President Rivlin addresses the Bundestag

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed Germany’s parliament on Holocaust remembrance and the war on antisemitism, Iranian nuclear plans, the Trump plan and on the Goldin and Shaul families. Read more

Australia welcomes the peace plan

The Australian government and Jewish leaders have reacted to the new Donald Trump Administration Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. Read more

A time to remember

The President of the Senate Senator Scott Ryan, the Australian Ambassador to Poland Lloyd Brodrick and Robert Goot Deputy President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry met with Sydney survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau Yvonne Engelman, in Kasimiricz  Krakow before the Commemoration of the 75^th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27^th January. Read more

Ambassador for a day

Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and of Community Affairs of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, was selected as an Australia Day Ambassador for 2020 by the Australia Day Council, the fourth time he has been given this honour. Read more

Auschwitz: 75 years after the liberation

On the site of former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation (ABMF), today rang the alarm bell on the rise of antisemitism, appealing to world leaders to advance Holocaust education before it’s too late. Read more

Claudia and Orlando visit Shane Fitzsimmons

Over the past few weeks, more than 2000 volunteers of all ages visited  Sydney’s OBK to prepare meals and treats for Australians affected by the devastating bushfires but two children made their delivery direct to the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service Read more

Swastikas on a basketball court

A passerby tweeted a photo of a basketball court in the New Zealand city of Hamilton daubed with swastikas on the day icon basketballer Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash and the day before the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Josh Frydenberg on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has spoken at the Holocaust Remembrance Day and 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz event at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne. Read more

Marisa Payne delivers a Holocaust message

Today we mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, and throughout 2020, the anniversary of the end of the Holocaust. Read more

German ambassador visit Canberra rabbi ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Ambassador of Germany to Australia Dr Thomas Fitschen has paid a visit to the Chabad ACT Jewish community in Canberra and held a lengthy meeting with its chairman, Rabbi Shmueli Feldman. Read more

Leaders from World War II’s Allied powers address World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem

Several top world leaders addressed the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Thursday in an event that commemorates 75 years since the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Read more

Please explain Winston Peters

New Zealand’s National Party spokesman for Foreign Affairs wants an explanation of why his country is not represented at the World Holocaust Forum in Israel. Read more

A message for Governor General Hurley from President Rivlin

A camera records a meeting between Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley and President Reuven Rivlin. Read more

Online Hate Prevention Institute turns eight

The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), Australia’s only charity dedicated to tackling the problem of online hate and extremism starting its war with online hatemongers on this day in 2012.
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Swastikas daubed on Wellington synagogue wall

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A presidential dinner

For the first time in history, over 40 global leaders gathered for an official dinner hosted by President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin last night at Beit HaNasi in honour of the World Holocaust Forum. Read more

New Zealand sends a message to Israel’s ambassador

The Governor-General of New Zealand Dame Patsy Reddy has sent a message to Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand ahead of the 5th World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem. Read more

Governor-General sends a message on the fight against antisemitism.

Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley will appear in a specially produced film featuring statements of leaders adding their voices to the fight against antisemitism. Read more

Things may not be what they seem to be

That video or picture you “liked” on social media of a cute dog, your favourite team or political candidate can actually be altered in a cyberattack to something completely different, detrimental and potentially criminal, according to cybersecurity researchers at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). Read more

ECAJ deputy president to represent Australian Jewish community at Auschwitz

Deputy President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Co-Chair of the World Jewish Congress Policy Council, Robert Goot, will represent the Australian Jewish community at the 75^th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. Read more

UIA WA 2020 Campaign and Centenary Celebration

UIA WA’s 2020 Campaign will be taken to the next level as it celebrates the milestone of Keren Hayesod-UIA’s 100 years of supporting the People of Israel. Read more

Hi Siri!

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has complained to Apple following its digital assistant Siri answering the question “Who is Israel’s President” saying “Reuven Rivlin is the President of the Zionist occupation state”. Read more

Governor-General David Hurley to meet President Rivlin and Mahmoud Abbas

The Governor-General and Mrs Hurley will represent Australia at a commemorative ceremony in Israel to mark the 75^th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz this week. Read more

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