Australian Jewish community Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/australian-jewish-community/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:46:03 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 International Holocaust Remembrance Day https://www.jwire.com.au/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-5/ https://www.jwire.com.au/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-5/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:46:03 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176969 A message from Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we pause to reflect on an act of inhumanity so vast and horrific, it is almost beyond reckoning. Yet reckon with it we must. As we give thanks for all who survived, we hold on to the memory of the victims. We […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-5/feed/ 2 176969 ‘Forever tarnished’: Netanyahu spews more vitriol on PM https://www.jwire.com.au/forever-tarnished-netanyahu-spews-more-vitriol-on-pm/ https://www.jwire.com.au/forever-tarnished-netanyahu-spews-more-vitriol-on-pm/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2025 07:47:45 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172296 Israel’s prime minister has launched another verbal salvo against Anthony Albanese over his handling of the situation in the Middle East as calls grow for calm. Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on criticism of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, despite calls from Jewish leaders to ease up on the verbal attacks. The Israeli prime minister said […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/forever-tarnished-netanyahu-spews-more-vitriol-on-pm/feed/ 4 172296 Dave Sharma: “loosen the grip Hamas has on Gaza” https://www.jwire.com.au/dave-sharma-loosen-the-grip-hamas-has-on-gaza/ https://www.jwire.com.au/dave-sharma-loosen-the-grip-hamas-has-on-gaza/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 01:11:58 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=156891 Australia must do more to repel Russian aggression in Ukraine and loosen the grip Hamas has on Gaza, a former ambassador to Israel warns. Dave Sharma, who lost his lower house seat at the last election, addressed the Senate for the first time on Wednesday after returning to parliament. Australia had a significant role to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/dave-sharma-loosen-the-grip-hamas-has-on-gaza/feed/ 0 156891 25 years on, the Maccabiah bridge victims remembered https://www.jwire.com.au/25-years-on-the-maccabiah-bridge-victims-remembered/ https://www.jwire.com.au/25-years-on-the-maccabiah-bridge-victims-remembered/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:17:27 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=138679 Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens joined Australian ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths in laying a wreath on Monday to honour the memory of the four Australians killed in the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse disaster. Ahead of the 21st Maccabiah Games which begin this week, Mr Henskens was among the Australians who paused for a minute’s […]

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