Frank Lowy doc…a clip

Having survived the Holocaust, Sir Frank Lowy went on to become one of Australia’s wealthiest people, with a net worth of over $6 billion. Read more

A Shul comes back to life

A synagogue closed down in 1898 will be used for a Shabbat service next week. Read more

Another Labor candidate disendorsed

Another Labor candidate for the upcoming election has been dropped by the party for an antisemitic comment. Read more

World Jewish Congress delegation arrives in San Diego to mourn with local community

A World Jewish Congress delegation has arrived in San Diego to stand in solidarity with the local Jewish community in the wake of the horrific shooting at the Chabad congregation of Poway that claimed the life of Lori Gilbert Kaye and wounded three others. Read more

Remembering WWII on ANZAC Day

The Founding Director of the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand Inge Woolf spoke at an ANZAC Day Service in Wellington. Read more

Jukebox Jewkbox!

The Sydney Jewish Museum is presenting a new interactive exhibition that takes visitors on a musical journey through the records that changed lives and the technology that made it happen. Read more

Alert level raised

The Alert Level for the Jewish Community in Australia has been raised to Level 5, ‘Heightened’. Read more

The Times They are not a-changin’

This week’s cartoon from Feintooner. Read more

Poway: more reactions and a hoax threat to Sydney synagogue

More messages of condolences following the fatal attack on the Chabad synagogue in California…and police search Sydney’s Central Synagogue following a threat. Read more

Leaders condemn vicious attack on California synagogue: “People of all faiths must stand together against such hatred”

The World Jewish Congress has condemned the vicious attack unleashed against a Chabad synagogue near San Diego, just six months after the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh which claimed 11 lives. 60-yr-old Lori Gilbert-Kaye died in this latest attack. Read more

CCTV boost in Bondi to fight racist graffiti

Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma announced a re-elected Morrison Government will invest $143,000 in enhanced CCTV at Bondi Beach to fight back against a recent spate of racist graffiti along the famous promenade. Read more

Wellington included in world-wide doco screening

Wellington will feature on a map highlighting cities around the world where the film is ‘Who will write our history’, a documentary about the secret archive of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War 2.a particular film screening has taken place. Read more

MP’s election poster daubed with swastika and Hitler moustache

Election posters for Liberal MP Julian Lesser have been daubed with swastikas and Hitler moustaches. Read more

Jewish leadership stands with Sri Lanka

Australian New Zealand communities have condemned the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka where 290 lives have been lost so far. Read more

“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the oven”

A standup comedian responded to a Jewish woman’s complaint about his material using gas chambers by telling her “if you can’t stand the heat get out of the oven.” Read more

World Jewish Congress condemns antisemitic effigy burning in Poland

Reacting to reports that on April 19th, an image of Judas Iscariot made to look like a stereotypical Jew had been hanged and burned in effigy in the town of Pruchnik in south-eastern Poland as a part of an Easter ritual with hundreds of people including children taking part, World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer expresses disgust and outrage at this latest blatantly antisemitic manifestation. Read more

Settlement with Rabbi Milecki

A binding agreement has been signed between Rabbi Benzion Milecki, the Secured Creditors, the Liquidator, South Head & District Synagogue and Kehillat Kadimah. Read more

The price of chometz

Liberal candidate for the Sydney seat of Wentworth Dave Sharma has put a $200 deposit on a box of chometz. Read more

Dear Tony

The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Jeremy Leibler has written an open letter to journalist Tony Walker whose article  “Melissa Parke incident raises difficult questions about Israel” was published in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. Read more

WJC appeals for stand against neo-Nazi gatherings planned for Hitler’s birthday

As neo-Nazis and extremists prepare to gather in Sofia and elsewhere in Europe this weekend on the date of Adolf Hitler’s 130th birthday, the World Jewish Congress is calling on governments across the continent to condemn and oppose neo-Nazi movements. Read more

JDC provides tons of matzah, Passover kit and activities, holds seders worldwide

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is promoting the diversity of global Jewish life this Passover through its JDC Entwine ReOrdered Passover Kit—a do-it-yourself package including stories, toasts, recipes and traditions from eight Jewish communities worldwide—and continuing its long tradition of matzah delivery and Passover activities in local Jewish communities globally. Read more

Pesach message from Dave Sharma

Former Australian ambassador to Israel and candidate for Wentworth in the upcoming election Dave Sharma sends his message for Pesach. Read more

RememberThe Yom

The RememberTheYom team of Robyn Pakula and photographer Larnce Gold has teamed up again to create another powerful image for Yom Hashoah 2019. Read more

Steven Lowy to chair Keren Hayesod-UIA World Board of Trustees

Steven Lowy has agreed to become the next Chairman of Keren Hayesod-UIA’s World Board of Trustees.
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Pesach greeting from the Victorian premier

Daniel Andrews sends a Pesach message to Jewish Victorians… Read more

Bondi art wall daubed again

A Waverley councillor wants a bipartisan move to CCTV cameras to monitor the promenade above Bondi Beach where its famous art wall has been daubed by swastikas yet again. Read more

Pesach greetings #2

Pesach greetings the interim leader of NSW Labor and the Federal Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Read more

Pesach greetings

The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten sends his Pesach greeting. Read more

Darwin Jewish burial site consecrated

Darwin now has a Jewish cemetery following a consecration ceremony recently. Read more

Jewish comedy showcase stellar line-up

Shalom will be hosting its seventh Jewish Comedy Showcase as part of the Sydney Comedy Festival on Monday, April 29. Read more

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