AIJAC asks the tough questions
Ahead of the 18th May election, the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council asked the Coalition and the ALP questions which may impact on the Jewish vote. Read more
Old City Jerusalem now largest accessible historic site in world
The Old City of Jerusalem just became the largest accessible historic city in the world. Read more
Celebrating 25 years of Stand Up’s Impact
Social justice organisation Stand Up, started out 25 years ago as an Australian Jewish community idea to raise money for international disasters, has today grown into so much more. Read more
The birth of the AUJS Holocaust Education Tour
Noa Bloch writes: In August 1941, in reprisal for a prisoner successfully escaping Auschwitz, the Nazis indiscriminately selected ten prisoners to be starved to death. Read more
Bishop joins push to retain religious education in NSW schools
Bishop Brian Mascord of Wollongong has expressed strong opposition to the push from the NSW Teachers Federation to have religion classes removed from public schools. Read more
Saving a historic building
In the quiet Israeli university town of Rehovot, a name which means “wide expanses” in Hebrew, an historic building with important Australian and Jewish links, is in danger of falling into disrepair. Read more
Nothing Left has nothing left
Michael Burd has been a highly visible advocate for Israel and conservative values for many years and is one half of the Nothing Left program on Melbourne’s J-Air which is now in recess after 5yrs of community radio. What makes him tick? Why was the plug pulled? Read more
Jerusalem…and its university
Jerusalem, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, was a fitting home to Australian students who took part in the Mishpatim program in Israeli and International Law last month…writes Mandy Blumenthal. Read more
Aubrey Krawitz: Fundraiser and people raiser extraordinaire
As 2018 drew to a close, the Sydney community lost one of its most charismatic and dynamic personalities…writes Peter Wise. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 10 and the end of the journey
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 9
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 8
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
Readers Letters: Courage to Care shares its shock
The rally in St Kilda last Saturday 5 January by extremist individuals espousing white supremacist views has shocked us all. Courage to Care condemns all actions targeting people based on their ethnicity or religion, and under no circumstances can the Nazi salute or the open display of Nazi symbols be tolerated or linked to sensible democratic debate. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 7
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF Tour: Day 6
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF on Tour: Day 5
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF on tour: Day 4
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
Jeremy Spinak was a unifier
Jeremy Spinak was a unifier. The last thing he would have wanted is to use his funeral as a launching pad for communal arguments. He is in the world of truth and we are thankfully in the world of rectification…writes Yankel Koncepolski. Read more
JNF on tour: Day 3
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF on tour: Day 2
Each day a member of the current KKL-JNF Education Study Tour to Israel reports on the day’s activities. Read more
JNF on tour
Each day a member of the current JNF mission reports on the day’s activities. Read more
A tragedy foretold – a reader’s letter
This week’s decision of the National Labor conference calling on the next Labor Government to recognize Palestine as a state marks the end of bipartisanship on support for Israel in Australia. Read more
Victorian Government launches Bystander Intervention – responding to Islamophobia and Antisemitism program.
The first of eight government-funded sessions of the Bystander Intervention Program has been held at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum. Read more
JIFF: Week 2
The Jewish International Film Festival enters its second week… Read more
Australian Pro-Israel Christians show their support
As millions of Australians mourn the tragic deaths at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, we re-affirm our support and friendship and will continue to do all within our power to educate and act in support of our Jewish friends and the nation of Israel. Read more
Eulogy: Naji Solomon Dingoor
Naji Solomon Dingoor came from humble beginnings in India and made a wonderful life for his family here in Sydney, Australia. He was a light-hearted, good-humoured man who loved to sing the lines of the latest songs on the radio. We all know that deep voice with the loud contagious laughter that resonated throughout a room. Read more
Tel Aviv scientist lights the way in detecting cancer cells
Any surgeon removing a cancerous tumour stares down immense risk. They face a dilemma—balancing the removal of all present cancer cells while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. Walking that tightrope necessitates caution, which can lead to lingering cancer cells that spread elsewhere and increase the risk of recurrence. Read more
Obituary: Gisella Scheinberg OAM
Everyone who met Gisella had a story to tell. Gisella always said it how it was: whether you were too fat, too thin, too loud, going white or a myriad of other things, she felt it was her duty to tell you. She had a cheeky sense of humour, but not everyone knew the kindness that she showed to people behind the scenes. Read more
Pro-Israel leaders praise Nikki Haley as example of ‘shining city on a hill’ for nations to follow
Nikki Haley, who has been the face of the Trump administration’s strong stances in support of Israel, has resigned as ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday. Read more
Dave the Mensch
In June 2016, the day after two Palestinian terrorists murdered four Israelis in the bustling Tel Aviv Sarona Complex, Dave Sharma took his entire Embassy team to Sarona for lunch, in a show of solidarity and support with Israel…writes Arsen Ostrovsky. Read more
