40 Years of Volunteering

Recently retired NSW Governor Dame Marie Bashir recently attended Sydney’s Montefiore which has celebrated 40 years of volunteering. Read more

ECAJ AGM: Carr gets a mention

President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Robert Goot made reference to Foreign Minister Bob Carr  in Julia Gillard’s former Labor Australian government. Read more

An honour for Norman

The president of the Jewish Community Council of South Australia has been appointed a director of The National Australia Day Council. Read more

Bob Carr: Danby has his say

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has responded to Bob Carr’s proclaimed support for the Palestinian cause… Read more

Victorian schools thank government

The Australia Council of Jewish Schools representing students in Jewish schools in Victoria has welcomed the State Liberal and ALP commitments made today to assist our schools develop implement and maintain emergency management procedures. Read more

The West meets the Negev

Allison Speiser travelled from the Negev to tell the Perth community of life in this developing area of Israel. Read more

A Greek Jewish Odyssey

A lifelong passion for Greece led Carol Gordon to explore the history of the country’s once vibrant Jewish communities. Read more

Listen to your body

Jessica Abelsohn is a woman on a mission. She wants to encourage more people to listen to what their bodies are telling them. Read more

Moriah on tour

Sixty members of Sydney’s Moriah College Band/Orchestra are about to leave on a tour of the USA and Israel. Read more

Confronting campus vilification

Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has expressed concern about antisemitic bigotry experienced at Australian universities. Read more

Double genocide – contemporary revisionism

The founders of The Seventy Years Declaration on the Anniversary of the Final Solution Wannsee Conference are urging Australian individuals and organisations to support their movement against Holocaust revisionism. Read more

Labor’s emergency plans for Victorian schools

The Victorian State Labor party will provide $600,000 to help schools develop and implement their Emergency Management Plans to be prepared for incidents resulting from racial or religious intolerance. Read more

Russian speaking Limmud Australia bound

An American Jewish astronaut who learned to speak Russian while training with cosmonauts walks into a lecture hall filled with Russian-American Jews. No, it’s not a priest-and-rabbi-style joke, but a real-life event that exemplifies the spirit of the Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) educational conferences. Read more

Kristallnacht commemorated

The President of the Australian Human Rights Commission was the guest speaker at Sydney’s 2014 Kristallnacht commemoration. Read more

Antisemitism in Australia – The Vital Statistics

The 2014 report on antisemitism in Australia clearly shows a shift from the extremes to the mainstream community fuelled by social media and the failure of popular media to address incidents with urgency thereby giving credence to virulently antisemitic postings left unmoderated on major websites. Read more

Beersheba remembered

At the annual ceremony commemorating the 1917 Battle of Beersheba, the city’s mayor referred to a proposed project with the Australian government to establish a permanent museum in the city. Read more

Fairfax concerns

The Zionist Council of Victoria has written to Fairfax Media expressing concern about an article throwing doubt on the location of the Jerusalem temples. Read more

Another car killing attack in Jerusalem

A terrorist car attack in Jerusalem has killed one and injured nine. Read more

Talking about Jerusalem

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Proser addressed the U.N. Security Council during its emergency session on Jerusalem… Read more

Remembering Rabin

More than 40 people gathered at the Yitzhak Rabin memorial in New Zealand’s capital Wellington at a service  remembering the assassinated Israeli Prime Minister. Read more

New kid on the block

The InterContinental Hotel in the prestigious Sydney suburb of Double Bay will open its doors tomorrow… Read more

Israeli Arab actress appointed to APSA jury

Israeli Arab actress Hiam Abbass has been appointed to the judging jury of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be announced in Brisbane next month. Read more

Schools join forces

Two Melbourne Jewish schools have joined forces to consolidate numbers for VCE courses attracting low numbers of candidates. Read more

The Great Synagogue features in Sydney Open

The Great Synagogue was one of 54 buildings was one of 54 buildings accessible to the public through the Sydney Open program.

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MOTL doco set for world distribution

Sydney filmmaker Adam Dostalek participated in the 2014 March of the Living…and documented the event to encourage others to experience the historically significant event. Read more

You’ve done Shabbat – now do a Mitzvah

Following the massive success nationally of the Shabbat Project, Mitzvah Day International comes to Australia on  Sunday 16 November. Read more

An awarding evening

The 76th Annual Assembly of the Zionist Council of Victoria (“ZCV”) will be held later this month in the presence of Israel’s Ambassador to Australia Shmuel ben Shmuel. Read more

Destination Baffsky

David Baffsky has been appointed to the Board of the NSW Government’s tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW. Read more

American Jewish Committee delegation in Australia

An AJC senior leadership delegation has concluded a five-day mission to Australia. The visit included stops in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney. Read more

Walkley Worries

The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Zionist Council of Victoria are deeply concerned that two blatantly biased pieces of journalism from the Gaza conflict have been made finalists in the prestigious Walkley Awards for 2014. Read more

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