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Has Limmud’s broad tent grown broader?

Rob Klein — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:43:51 +0000

This week, a 2011 statement by Limmud-Oz Sydney has resurfaced amid controversy over this weekend’s Limmud-Oz festival. This appears to raise questions about whether the organisation’s “broad tent” has grown broader when it comes to antizionism. In 2011, Limmud-Oz was considering giving a platform to Peter Slezak, a Jewish antizionist academic and supporter of the […]

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After Bondi, a daughter’s grief becomes a national mission

Rob Klein — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:49:55 +0000

Sheina Gutnick says Australia’s response to antisemitism must move from national hearings and public statements into local communities, where hatred is often first seen and where practical action can be taken. Her father, Reuven Morrison, was killed in the Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre while trying to stop the terrorists. Now, recently appointed as Combat Antisemitism […]

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Rebuilding hope for northern teens

J-Wire News Service — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:36:44 +0000

For adolescents in Northern Israel, the war did not end when they returned home. Many came back to communities still carrying the weight of evacuation, sirens, instability and fear. Schools reopened. Families returned. Streets began to fill again. But beneath the surface, many young people are still navigating anxiety, disrupted friendships, emotional strain and a […]

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Your ABC just told Jewish Australians where they stand

Michael Gencher — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:51:56 +0000

Sometimes an institution does not need to issue a statement. Its decisions say enough. The ABC’s decision to give Grace Tame a taxpayer-funded platform, through the podcast Autistic AF with Grace Tame, comes while Australia is in the middle of a serious reckoning over antisemitism. That matters. Timing matters. Judgement matters. And this decision tells […]

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Your tone-deaf ABC hires Grace Tame

J-Wire Newsdesk — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:15:56 +0000

Former Australian of Year Grace Tame has been hired by the ABC to showcase a four-episodes podcast on autism. She has, in recent months, called to “globalise the intifada” and told the ABC that reports of brutal sexual attacks on Jewish women perpetrated during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, had been debunked. The […]

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Senate grills Creative Australia over funding for anti-Israel website

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:19:52 +0000

Creative Australia has been forced to defend its decision to allow an antizionist website to raise tax-deductible donations. Pearls and Irritations raised $669,240 through the Australian Cultural Fund. The scheme is intended to support artists and cultural projects. The Australian reported that Pearls and Irritations, founded by former senior public servant and diplomat John Menadue, […]

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When Jewish advocacy is treated as suspicion

Michael Gencher — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:25:31 +0000

There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath the public discussion about antisemitism in Australia. Is the Jewish community being seen as too influential? Not influential in the ordinary democratic sense. Communities organise, lobby, make submissions, meet politicians, fund causes and argue for their place in public life every day. Business groups do it. Unions do […]

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Piecing our stories together

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:19:48 +0000

Grounded in Jewish values, Gesher by UIA (United Israel Appeal) is about building bridges – ‘Gesher’, between people, across communities, and to Israel, through shared experiences, open conversations, and a strong sense of belonging. Gesher is the engagement arm of UIA NSW. Through its core pillars – connect, experience, and advocate – Gesher by UIA […]

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Airport worker to face trial over alleged Nazi salutes at Jewish children

J-Wire News Service — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:01:13 +0000

A Melbourne airport worker accused of directing Nazi salutes at Jewish schoolchildren inside Melbourne Airport has pleaded not guilty and will fight the charges. Oscar Diaz Ysuiza, 24, from Greenvale in Melbourne’s north, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with two counts of performing a Nazi salute in a public place in circumstances […]

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Confessions of a Peace Activist

J-Wire Newsdesk — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:04:27 +0000

By Donna Jacobs-Sife Like most of us, October 7 changed me. Prior to that day, I facilitated countless dialogue groups and listening circles with Palestinians and Jews, taught Jewish studies, attended protests, and served as program director for more than a decade with Together for Humanity. I was also a long-time mentee of the great […]

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