bankstown Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/bankstown/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:19:43 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Building a future of peace and cooperation for Jewish life in Western Sydney https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-life-in-western-sydney/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-life-in-western-sydney/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:19:43 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179174 Parramatta and District Synagogue has marked a historic turning point for Jewish life in Western Sydney, bringing together the legacy of the Bankstown and Strathfield communities into a single centre. About 120 people attended a special event on March 15, which formally recognised the establishment of the Greater Western Sydney Jewish Cultural Centre and the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-life-in-western-sydney/feed/ 2 179174 ‘Hate in hearts’: illegal prayer halls hit after Bondi https://www.jwire.com.au/hate-in-hearts-illegal-prayer-halls-hit-after-bondi/ https://www.jwire.com.au/hate-in-hearts-illegal-prayer-halls-hit-after-bondi/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:38:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176433 Extremist preachers using unlicensed premises to radicalise followers could be on the hook for more than $100,000 as local councils are enlisted to combat hate. Radical preachers operating prayer halls in the shadows face hefty fines in the latest effort to weed out those sowing division. Local councils will be given the ability to cut […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/hate-in-hearts-illegal-prayer-halls-hit-after-bondi/feed/ 1 176433 Minns vows to keep racist preacher’s prayer hall shut https://www.jwire.com.au/minns-vows-to-keep-racist-preachers-prayer-hall-shut/ https://www.jwire.com.au/minns-vows-to-keep-racist-preachers-prayer-hall-shut/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:28:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175871 The NSW Premier said he will do all he can to keep a racist preacher’s prayer hall closed in a bid to confront division in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre. A prayer hall where a controversial Islamic preacher held “racist, anti-Semitic” lectures will remain closed, NSW Premier Chris Minns has vowed. Wissam Haddad […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/minns-vows-to-keep-racist-preachers-prayer-hall-shut/feed/ 0 175871 The words that shut down racist preacher’s prayer hall https://www.jwire.com.au/the-words-that-shut-down-racist-preachers-prayer-hall/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-words-that-shut-down-racist-preachers-prayer-hall/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:57:56 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175706 Hard-line Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad and his followers are searching for a new home after their controversial prayer hall in a medical centre was shuttered. A prayer hall where a controversial Islamic preacher held “fundamentally racist, antisemitic and devastatingly offensive and insulting” lectures has been closed. Wissam Haddad had delivered numerous hardline sermons to scores […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-words-that-shut-down-racist-preachers-prayer-hall/feed/ 1 175706 Nurses who threatened to kill Jewish patients committed for trial https://www.jwire.com.au/nurses-who-threatened-to-kill-jewish-patients-committed-for-trial/ https://www.jwire.com.au/nurses-who-threatened-to-kill-jewish-patients-committed-for-trial/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:04:13 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=175085 Two dismissed nurses who allegedly made violent antisemitic threats during an online video chat with a Jewish social media personality appeared in a Sydney court on Tuesday, with both moving closer to District Court trials. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 27, faced Downing Centre Local Court, maintaining her not guilty pleas to charges of threatening violence to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/nurses-who-threatened-to-kill-jewish-patients-committed-for-trial/feed/ 2 175085 Major charge dropped for nurse in anti-Israel video https://www.jwire.com.au/major-charge-dropped-for-nurse-in-anti-israel-video/ https://www.jwire.com.au/major-charge-dropped-for-nurse-in-anti-israel-video/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2025 05:46:08 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=173091 A nurse sacked over her alleged inflammatory rhetoric is no longer accused of threatening to kill Israeli patients after prosecutors dropped a charge. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 27, and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 28, sparked national condemnation when they were recorded saying they would refuse to treat Israelis and appeared to threaten violence towards them. The pair […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/major-charge-dropped-for-nurse-in-anti-israel-video/feed/ 0 173091 Bankstown nurses face legal battle over video https://www.jwire.com.au/bankstown-nurses-face-legal-battle-over-video/ https://www.jwire.com.au/bankstown-nurses-face-legal-battle-over-video/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:25:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=167418 Former Sydney nurses Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, 27, have appeared in court for the first time after being charged over an alleged antisemitic video in which they discussed refusing to treat Israeli patients and threatening to kill them. The case now faces a potential legal hurdle, as Nadir’s lawyer has signalled […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/bankstown-nurses-face-legal-battle-over-video/feed/ 0 167418 Jewish Board of Deputies president visits Bankstown Hospital https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-board-of-deputies-president-visits-bankstown-hospital/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jewish-board-of-deputies-president-visits-bankstown-hospital/#comments Thu, 13 Feb 2025 02:01:11 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=166469 The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies president, David Ossip, has visited Sydney’s Bankstown Hospital, from which two nurses participated in a social media video threatening an Israeli. He was accompanied by NSW Health Minister Ryan Park and Secretary of the Health Department Susan Pearce. David Ossip said: “The Jewish community cannot accept a […]

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