One shul, two minyans

Sydney’s South Head Synagogue was open for business on Shabbat with many members attending a separate minyan being held at a nearby Moriah College campus. Read more

Anne Frank’s Diary seventy years on

Anne Frank’s diary continues to a teaching tool which holds perpetual lessons for mankind. Read more

Hebrew University names Barry Joseph a Honorary Fellow

Former federal executive director of the Australian Friends of the Hebrew University has been honoured by the institution he worked tirelessly for almost 20 years. Read more

South Head closes its doors…for less than hour

An ecstatic Rabbi Milecki has announced that it is business as usual in Sydney’s South Head Synagogue where a group of members have provided funds to satisfy the administrator that the synagogue is currently financially viable. Read more

South Head congregation’s meeting wants to continue

Around 100 members attended South Head Synagogue’s emergency meeting unanimously agreeing they want to see the shule continue. Read more

President Rivlin says all Jews have a special place in their hearts for the Kotel

President Reuven Rivlin has published an open letter following a number of letters and messages received by the President’s Office on the issue of the recent tensions and disagreements surrounding the Western Wall. Read more

The WJC emphasises that peace between Palestinians and Israelis must be reached through a direct diplomatic process and cannot be imposed by external parties

The World Jewish Congress has expressed its deep concern over a one-sided two-day forum being held by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at the UN headquarters in New York, under the banner “Ending the Occupation.” Read more

Junior Maccabi Carnival for Melbourne

The 36^th Maccabi Junior Carnival to be held in Melbourne, January 14-21, 2018 has launched across Australia. Read more

Nominate your Australian Human Rights Champion

Australia is preparing to celebrate our human rights champions for 2017. Read more

Save Our Shule

An EMERGENCY MEETING is to be held at Sydney’s South Head Synagogue this evening to discuss the Shule’s finances and to explore ways to keep the Shule open. Read more

New firewall developed at BGU to protect android phones from hardware security threat

Cyber security researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed an innovative firewall program that adds a missing layer of security in the communication between Android cellphone components and the phone’s central processing unit. Read more

South Head to close its doors

Members of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue have been told to collect all their personal effects including Talliths and prayers books by noon tomorrow [Friday] when the administrators will shut down the building. Read more

Demographer states Jewish figures for 2016 census “implausible”

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Gett forbidden by Australian constitution

An ultra-orthodox Jewish man has failed in the NSW Family Court to force his wife to grant him a Jewish divorce known as a gett. Read more

Claims Conference honoured

The Israeli Knesset has honoured the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for contributions made to the Jewish State to support Holocaust survivors. Read more

Rabbi Milecki ready to mediate

The Rabbinical Council of NSW is extremely concerned about the prospect of threatened closure of the South Head Synagogue in Sydney, the city’s second orthodox community.  Read more

Israeli actress Gal Gadot ranked most popular celebrity on social media

Israeli actress and “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot was ranked first on the latest edition of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Actors list. Read more

First rocket fired into Israel from Gaza since March

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) launched retaliatory airstrikes on two Hamas terror targets in Gaza yesterday [Tue], in response to the first rocket fired into Israeli territory since March. Read more

Western Wall: Jewish Agency takes action

Following The Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors’ meetings in Jerusalem yesterday Chairman of the Executive Natan Sharansky briefed nearly 200 Jewish Agency shlichim(emissaries) posted around the world updating them on the recent developments  on the Government of Israel’s suspension of the Western Wall agreement and its approval of the conversion bill. Read more

Danby’s continues push for terrorist’s extradition

Labor MP Michael Danby has placed a half page ad in The Australian today [Wednesday] calling on the Turnbull government to act on the extradition of a terrorist who murdered a 15-yr-old Australian girl in Jerusalem in 2001. Read more

 2017 B’nai Brith and JNF Game Changers – Jewish Youth & Young Adults Presentation

The 2017 Game Changers have been announced at a function at Sydney’s B’nai B’rith Centre. Read more

Western Wall decision shocks Australian leader

The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia Dr Danny Lamm has expressed shock at the Israeli Cabinet’s decision to reverse an earlier decision to establish a pluralist prayer space at the Western Wall. Read more

Religious Ramban delegation

An Australian Christian clergy group who recently travelled to Israel on the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affair’s Council’s (AIJAC) Rambam program, has reported back on their trip at an AIJAC luncheon on describing the study tour as surpassing their expectations in exposing them to the complex realities of the Middle East. Read more

South Australia calls for the recognition of the Palestinian state

A dumped Labor backbencher has put a resolution to the South Australian parliament has Canberra to recognise the Palestinian state which was passed in the lower house last week. Read more

Dinner with the PM cancelled following the Western Wall decision

In light of yesterday’s decisions by the Government of Israel suspending egalitarian prayers at the Kotel, the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel hastened  its entire agenda for the remaining two days of its meetings in Jerusalem, in order to address the ramifications of these decisions. The scheduled dinner with the participation of the Prime Minister has been cancelled. Read more

South Head Synagogue: the rabbi is back in his pulpit

Rabbi Benzion Milecki remains as the spiritual head of Sydney’s South Head Synagogue after the Supreme Court of NSW ruled that his termination was void. Read more

NZ Jewry outraged

The New Zealand Jewish Council is saddened and outraged by the desecration of ANZAC graves at Beersheba Cemetery in Israel. Read more

South Head: rabbi’s termination void

A judge in the Supreme Court in Sydney has ruled the termination of Rabbi Benzion Milecki’s contract by the administrator of the South Head Synagogue is void. Read more

Adviser to four US presidents to speak in Sydney

An adviser to no fewer than four US presidents will speak in Sydney next month. Read more

The Turnbull Government should support US extradition request

The US, Australia’s most important ally, is seeking the extradition of the convicted Hamas terrorist Ahlam al-Tamimi from Jordan. Read more

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