UJEB in fight for religious education in schools

The United Jewish Education Board is reigniting the fight to offer Jewish learning to Jewish children in every government school. Read more

Focus on BDS

More than 1,500 students, dignitaries, public officials and representatives of Jewish organisations have taken part in a conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York focusing on combating diplomatic attacks against the State of Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Read more

Turnbull’s words of praise for Michelle Haber

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has visited the Sydney Children’s Hospital and Children’s Cancer Institute to announce the Zero Childhood Cancer initiative. Read more

Julie Bishop meets Victorian Jewish leaders

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has met with Melbourne’s Jewish community leaders. Read more

Stuart Silbert receives his doctorate

Perth solicitor Stuart Silbert and nine others joined the President of the State of Israel, Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin, in being awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s annual Convocation. Read more

Radio New Zealand caught out again

Honest Reporting Down Under has caught Radio New Zealand out yet again. Read more

North Queensland celebrates Lag B’Omer for the first time

Lag B’Omer was celebrated in Cairns, Townsville and Emerald for the first time ever this year. Read more

At the Writers’ Festival

Photographer Ben Apfelbaum took his camera to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and spotted these Jewish participants… Read more

Art exhibition shines a light on palliative care

Sydney’s Jewish House has joined Palliative Care NSW in supporting the Reflections of Care art exhibition. Read more

Israel blamed for lack of health care in territories

The 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva has adopted a decision with the support of major European countries that considers Israel’s occupation of the territories it captured in the 1967 Six Day War the root cause for all major shortcomings with respect to health care provision in these territories. Read more

A challah for number one

Meriton chief Harry Triguboff has plenty to celebrate today…named number one in the BRW top 200 and he will take home a challah to prove it. Read more

Shorten calls Nazi comparison “stupid”

A union leader has told a rally in Melbourne that a proposed national building code’s rules were “likened to Nazi Germany”. Read more

Maccabi on the lookout for Maccabiah rugby players

Australia’s road to rugby success at next year’s Maccabiah Games ups the ante in June when trials commence for one of the most fiercely contested sports in Israel. Read more

Consignment earmarked for Gaza tunnels stopped at border

An attempt to smuggle a large consignment of pipes for the production of mortars and dozens of electric motors for use in the Hamas underground tunnel system in the Gaza Strip has been foiled. Read more

Conference on the delegitimisation of Israel

Israel’s Mission to the United Nations and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) will co-host a special conference on the delegitimisation of the State of Israel, at UN headquarters in New York next week. Read more

NZ technology mission to Israel

An Innovation Mission to Israel is expected to provide significant benefits for the New Zealand technology and innovation sector. Read more

New CEO for NCJWA [Vic]

The National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (Vic), has a new CEO. Read more

Works by Noa Eshkol in Sydney

Wall carpets created by Noa Eshkol, the daughter of Israel’s third Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, are on display during Sydney’s current Biennale. Read more

Sydney loses a jewel

Sydney has lost one of the stalwarts of its community today with Margaret Gutman passing away at the age of 87. Read more

Doctorate for Stuart Silbert

Perth solicitor Stuart Silbert will join Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin as one of 11 conferees of an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem next week. Read more

A Mezzuzah for the electoral office

Julian Leeser is standing for the Sydney Liberal seat of Berowra in the forthcoming federal election…yesterday a mezuzah was attached to the door of his electoral office. Read more

Echoes of Apartheid

Renowned international journalist Roger Cohen has spoken at a New Israel Fund Australia event in Sydney claiming Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank is “an echo of apartheird”. Read more

Humans of JCA

Sydney’s JCA will launch its Humans of JCA Photographic Exhibition this week…a key event in its current annual appeal. Read more

Wellington Palestinian group’s complaint upheld

Honest Reporting Down Under has reported that the New Zealand Broadcasting Complaints Authority has upheld a complaint lodged by the Wellington Palestine Group against Television NZ for implying that East Jerusalem is part of Israel. Read more

Church groups stack party branch forcing new vote on preselection

Perth businessman Simon Ehrenfeld will face a ballot for the second time this weekend in a bid to win preselection for the safe State Liberal seat of Hillarys in Perth. Read more

Australia security experts visit Israel

A group of  business people, intelligence experts and academics have participated in the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce Security Delegation to Israel co-organised with Perth’s Edith Cowan University.  Read more

McCully blames Israel

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully has fronted Auckland’s Jewish community criticising Israel’s policies in its region. Read more

Maccabi announces national Australian awards

Maccabi Australia has announced the winners of the 2015 Maccabi National Sports Awards. Read more

Woman who saved 800 Jewish children passes away

Constance Koster, Dutch‐born Melbourne resident and heroine of the Dutch resistance during World War II  has passed away at the age of 95. Read more

Ambassador Sharma hosts Australian women’s trade mission in Israel

Australia’s ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has hosted the first delegation of Australian women leaders to Israel. Read more

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