Q&A: questions for the ABC

The ABC’s coverage of Israel – in particular, its highly controversial Q + A program which focused on the recent Israel-Hamas war – was the subject of a high-level meeting between the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the ABC leadership at ABC headquarters in Sydney on Monday. Read more

Memories of Mandela

I returned to South Africa a week before the 1994 elections — the first time in that country’s troubled history every adult would have the right to vote. Irrespective of race….writes Vic Alhadeff. Read more

Jewish Aid at the Plenum

The Sydney Jewish community will get an insight into the work of Jewish Aid Australia next week when CEO Gary Samowitz addresses the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum. Read more

Saving Syrian Lives…writes Vic Alhadeff

Israeli hospitals have treated 500 Syrians wounded in the civil war. Vic Alhadeff visited one of those hospitals last week and spoke with a Syrian patient. Read more

Moderating the Web

Some months ago, Channel Nine’s A Current Affair featured a segment on the bid to erect an eruv in St Ives and the public debate which ensued. Read more

Alhadeff at AIPAC

Vic Alhadeff, the CEO of the NSW JewishBoard of Deputies, attended the AIPAC Washington meeting addresseed by US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He reports… Read more