Bullied Jewish students reject ‘sham’ state apology

Two students subjected to anti-Semitic bullying at a Victorian state school have rejected the education department’s apology, calling it a sham. Read more

Israel-Palestine tensions prompt change to NSW ‘hate’ laws

Hate speech laws will receive a shake-up as NSW looks to stamp out threats of violence amid ongoing tensions over the conflict in Gaza. Read more

Sydney: Get ready for Hakoah

Even though the building industry is plagued with problems, including supply, president Steven Lowy believes Hakoah will open its doors at the end of next year. Read more

Fallen Israeli soldier’s organs save six lives

Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzhak Semo was killed in battle in Gaza, but his organs have been donated to six patients in different hospitals, Israel’s National Transplant Centre announced. Read more

Knesset bill enabling death penalty for terrorists on hold

Knesset legislation allowing for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel’s security cabinet, said coalition chairman MK Ofir Katz on Monday. Read more

New CEO for the Zionist Federation of Australia

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has announced the appointment of Alon Cassuto as its new CEO, to lead the organisation through the most challenging times faced by Australia’s Jewish community. Read more

Instruction for schools over Palestine student strike

Victorian schools will be instructed not to turn a blind eye to students walking out of classrooms for a pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne. Read more

Mixed-gender battalion fights in Gaza for first time

For the first time, a mixed-gender battalion of combat and rescue fighters is fighting inside the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defence Forces announced on Sunday. Read more

Hostage marks ninth birthday in Hamas captivity

Emily Hand was among the some 240 people kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 and taken back to the Gaza Strip. Her ninth birthday was on Friday. Read more

Liel’s remains identified

The remains of the 12-year-old Israeli girl whose family members held a symbolic funeral at Kibbutz Revivim, burying her belongings, have been identified. Read more

“Antisemitism within our motu”

“There is no place in New Zealand for the threats, assaults, school bullying, graffiti, property damage, and the open anti-Jewish antagonism in social media and inflammatory public rhetoric which are threatening to our community and harmful to the country’s social cohesion,” said Juliet Moses, recently-elected President of the New Zealand Jewish Council (NZJC). Read more

Grotesque vandalism

The leader of Victoria’s Jewish community has condemned the antisemitic vandalism perpetrated in Melbourne’s CBD. Read more

Outgoing, incoming NZ government spat over Israel-Hamas

The conflict in the Middle East has become a contested political issue in New Zealand after the incoming government declined to support Labour’s call for a ceasefire. Read more

Israel says soldier executed, foreign hostages held

Israel has stepped up accusations of Hamas abuses at the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital, saying a captive soldier had been executed and two foreign hostages held at a site that has been a focus of its devastating six-week-old offensive. Read more

Farewell to Liel, 12-year-old victim of Hamas

KIBBUTZ REVIVIM: Clothes. Perfume. Sewing materials from school. Read more

Awards at JCCV AGM

The 2023 JCCV General Sir John Monash Award was presented to Pauline Rockman at the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) AGM on Monday night. Read more

Counter-terrorism sanctions on Hamas supporters

The Australian Government has imposed counter-terrorism financing sanctions on eight persons and one entity in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Read more

Hipkins and NZ Labour call for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

The New Zealand Labour Party has called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, breaking with caretaker conventions to declare its policy. Read more

Elon Musk: ‘From the River to the Sea’ implies genocide, users will be suspended

Elon Musk, owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, said on Friday that people using terms such as “from the river to the sea” and “decolonization” would have their accounts suspended. Read more

Death toll from Oct 7 music festival massacre rises to 350

The death toll from Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack at the Nova Music Festival was raised from 260 to 350, with officials stressing the number could rise more as new information surfaces. Read more

Two Holocaust missions in Amsterdam for Anne

In 2015, during a visit to Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, a Sydney Jewish Museum’s curatorial volunteer, Anne Slade, was asked by the then International Project Manager at the House, Levien Rouw, to undertake the task of locating people who had written to Otto Frank, Anne’s father, following the publication of the Diary of Anne Frank. Read more

Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza: Biden

US President Joe Biden says the Palestinian Authority should ultimately govern the Gaza Strip and the West Bank following the Israel-Hamas war. Read more

‘Tentative deal’ for Gaza hostages: Washington Post

The White House is disputing a report that Israel, the US and Hamas have reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children being held hostage in Gaza. Read more

March to Jerusalem calls for top priority on hostages

Thousands of family members and supporters of some 240 hostages held in Gaza have streamed into Jerusalem, castigating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government over his management of the war with Hamas. Read more

Sheezel primed for big AFL pre-season after US trip

Nick Daicos and a working holiday in the United States have given Harry Sheezel inspiration as the North Melbourne young gun prepares for his second AFL season. Read more

IDF finds murdered hostage

The body of IDF soldier Corporal Noa Marciano, abducted by Hamas, was removed by IDF troops from a structure adjacent to the Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and transferred to Israeli territory. Read more

US will not share intel on Hamas and Al Shifa hospital

The US will not share any Israeli intelligence or elaborate on its own assessment that Hamas used Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital as a command centre and possibly as a storage facility, White House spokesman John Kirby says. Read more

Melbourne mural creating storm

A recently painted mural, bankrolled by the state government, has ignited fury within Melbourne’s Jewish community, with critics slamming it for perpetuating “stereotypical anti-Semitic tropes”. Read more

Learning about Jews

Zionism Victoria has thanked the Victorian Government for funding its Jakob Frenkiel Connecting Cultures program. Read more

An Oct 7 reunion

A month after the events of the “Black Saturday”, Magen David Adom paramedics Gali and Yarin reunited with six-year-old Ofek, whom they rescued. Read more

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