Free trial for dementia support program

Help at Home by Sydney’s Montefiore has five places available free of charge in a trial of COPE (Care of People with Dementia in their Environments), a program designed to support and empower people with dementia and their carers. Read more

Jewish Changemakers Awards partner with Embassy of Israel

B’nai Brith, JNF Australia and the Embassy of Israel are calling for nominations for this year’s Jewish Changemakers Awards. Read more

Pesach greeting from Malcolm Turnbull

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sends a special message for Pesach. Read more

Yom Hashoah commemorations in Sydney

‘Rebuilding Lives’ is the theme of this year’s Yom Hashoah commemorations, which begin next week on Sunday April 8. Read more

Gen17 launched

The Gen17 Australian Jewish Community Survey has been launched in Melbourne following last week’s Sydney event. Read more

Shock and emotion follow barbaric murder of Holocaust survivor in Paris

The umbrella representative body of French Jewish organizations, known as Crif, has called for a rally on Wednesday in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish woman brutally killed in her apartment. Read more

‘No to Anti-Semitism’: Rally calls for Labour Party to investigate cases of anti-Jewish conduct

They criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, whom British Jewish leaders have charged with enabling antisemitism in the party. Read more

Emanuel celebrates 35 years

Emanuel School students and staff celebrated the Sydney school’s 35th anniversary at a special assembly, along with Rabbi Brian Fox, the School’s Founder, Mrs Dina Fox and other VIPs.  Read more

A Pesach message from Alan Tudge

As Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, it is my pleasure to send my warmest greetings to Australia’s Jewish community on the celebration of Passover or Pesach this year. Read more

Holocaust Museum and Education Centre to open in Adelaide

A capital campaign to fund the establishment of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre has been launched. Read more

A doctorate for Robert Simons

Robert Simons has guided the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem through its last 26 years as its president, a role from which he retired recently and the university is to confer him with an honorary doctorate in June. Read more

British Jews rally in London to protest Labour Party’s antisemitism under the motto: ‘Enough is Enough’

British Jews, who accuse Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn of “siding with anti-Semites rather than with Jews,’’ have been called to rally on Monday in Parliament Square in London as Labour Parliament members meet inside. Read more

French authorities arrest two suspects connected with Holocaust-survivor’s murder

French police discovered the charred body of a Holocaust survivor covered with stab wounds after a fire broke out in her Paris apartment on Friday. The local Jewish community fears the murder was motivated by antisemitism, reported Israel Hayom. Read more

Special Bar Mitzvah celebration promises happier Pesach holiday for 120 orphans

For 120 orphan boys, this Passover will be infused with an additional dose of unexpected joy as the result of an initiative of Colel Chabad, Israel’s longest running social services organisation, which provided the boys with a Bar Mitzvah celebration including gifts and a lavish ceremony. Read more

Dozens of “Freedom Coins” from Jewish Revolt against Rome (66-70 C.E.)

Bronze coins, the last remnants of a four-year Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire have been found near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Read more

Prestigious award for Chief Rabbi Lau

Bar-Ilan University’s Ingeborg Rennert Centre for Jerusalem Studies will bestow its annual Guardian of Zion Award upon former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Israel Meir Lau in May. Read more

Australia asked to apologise to Israel for indifference to 1938 plight of Europe’s Jews

MP Stuart Robert has told the Australian parliament that Israel’s 70th anniversary will shortly followed by the 80th anniversary of the Evian Conference at which Australia offered no relief to the plight of Europe’s Jews…and he is suggesting an apology to Israel. Read more

Exploring the connection between Pesach and refugees

Young adults in their 20s and 30s joined the New Israel Fund Australia, Stand Up, Habonim Dror and Netzer youth movements to learn more about the refugee situation in Israel and Australia and its relevance to the festival of freedom, Pesach. Read more

Pauline Hanson questions Australian funds for UNRWA

Pauline Hanson asked question time in the senate to ask for reasons why Australia’s government financially supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in financing Palestinians given their anti-Jewishactivities and funding the families of terrorists.  Read more

Melbourne’s UIA Gala Dinner 2018

The 2018 Victorian UIA Gala dinner was this year held at the Crown Casino Paladium and M.C.’d by President Haley Southwick. Read more

AIJAC welcomes Australia’s vote against resolutions condemning Israel

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed Australia’s votes against five resolutions passed over the weekend condemning Israel at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Read more

Interstate care takes the honours

The wellbeing of the Melbourne and Sydney Jewish communities is in good hands, with Jewish Care Victoria’s Bill Appleby announced winner and Montefiore Sydney’s Robert Orie runner up in the Aged Care CEO of the Year category at the inaugural Australian Healthcare Week Awards. Read more

David Harris warns of Iranian threat

The growing influence of Iran under the failing nuclear deal and the ongoing importance of the Australia-US relationship were key messages shared during this week’s visit by American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris. Read more

Taylor Force Act signed into law as part of massive spending bill

The Taylor Force Act, legislation that seeks to cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority unless it ends its payments to terrorists and their families, has been passed by Congress as part of a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill. Read more

UNHRC adopts five resolutions accusing Israel of human right abuses

The World Jewish Congress has decried the United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of five resolutions under agenda item 7 accusing Israel of human rights abuses and violations of international law in the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories. Read more

AIJAC welcomes John Bolton’s new appointment

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement that John Bolton has been appointed to become the US National Security Adviser. Read more

Pop Poetry launch event celebrates Jewish culture on Auckland’s Karangaphape Road

Pop Poetry launched on Auckland’s well known Karangahape Road this week and runs for two further days, finishing on Sunday. Read more

Briefing for Sydney community heads

Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim has chaired a lunch attended by Jewish community leaders in Sydney who heard from visiting Israeli MKs, Sharren Haskel and Yoel Hasson, about current events in Israel and the wider Middle East region.  Read more

Jewish journalist in Colombia forced to resign for refusing to cross herself on air

A Colombian Jewish journalist was forced to resign as anchor of a daily TV newscast after refusing to cross herself on air. Read more

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Today, people in Australia and around the world mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and make their voice heard about the growing problem of racism and discrimination. Read more

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