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Melbourne Jewish Book Week returns with humour, memory and connection

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Melbourne Jewish Book Week will return next month with a program built around humour, memory and connection, bringing Israeli,...

Racism isn’t funny, says online hate watchdog

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The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has called on Victoria Police to consider charges against Lisa Jane Spencer, a...

Italy advances legislation on Holocaust-era art restitution

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The Italian parliament has initiated legislation to establish a formal restitution process for looted art, a Jewish organisation said...

Holocaust trauma in mothers linked to schizophrenia risk in children

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Children of Holocaust survivors whose mothers were older than five when Nazi persecution began faced more than double the...

Nazi ‘unemployable’ after salute during Holocaust movie

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A white supremacist found guilty of performing a Nazi salute during a film about the Holocaust says his political...

Schools get new tools to confront antisemitism

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The federal government has launched a national online education hub bringing together existing teaching resources from across Australia to...

Steven Lowy urges dedicated police units to protect Jewish Australians

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Prominent Jewish businessman Steven Lowy has urged every state and territory to establish a dedicated policing capability to protect...

Heritage College students stand with Jewish community

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Students at a school in Melbourne’s south-east have held a Holocaust remembrance ceremony after taking the initiative to show...

Yad Vashem to open first Holocaust education center outside Israel in Munich

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Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, announced on Thursday that it will establish its first Holocaust...

BJE’s Project Heritage inspires families through “The Happiest Man on Earth”

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The Board of Jewish Education (BJE)’s Project Heritage brought together students and parents for a powerful cultural and educational...

Lost Holocaust songbook published in English for the first time

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A rare Holocaust-era songbook compiled by Jewish refugees and survivors has been translated into English and published for the...

Eddie Jaku’s granddaughter reflects on “The Happiest Man on Earth”

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By Danielle Jaku-Greenfield You wouldn’t believe how strange it is to see a man you don’t know perform as your...

Behind every Royal Commission witness are hundreds too afraid to speak

Australia & NZ Rob Klein -
For every witness who has appeared before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, there are likely thousands...

“Like a Volcano”: Survivor warns antisemitism has erupted across Australia as Royal Commission prepares interim report

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Adelaide Holocaust Museum founder and Holocaust survivor, 93-year-old Andrew Steiner has described a sudden “volcano” of antisemitism erupting across...

Youth HEAR marks Yom Hashoah with message: “You are not alone”

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More than 500 young people gathered in Sydney on Sunday, 12 April, for a Youth HEAR Yom Hashoah commemoration...

‘From the depths’: Melbourne community gathers for Yom Hashoah commemoration

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Holocaust survivors and younger generations gathered side by side on Monday night as Victoria’s Jewish community marked Yom Hashoah...

Survivors’ lives rebuilt in Australia to shape Sydney Yom Hashoah commemorations

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This year's Yom HaShoah commemorations in Sydney will shift the focus from the horrors of the Holocaust itself to...

Leeser calls for rethink of antisemitism education at UNESCO schools forum

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Shadow Education Minister Julian Leeser has called for a fundamental shift in how antisemitism is taught in Australian schools,...

92-year-old survivor urges action against hatred at Adelaide museum reopening

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At 92, Holocaust survivor Andrew Steiner delivered a message shaped by experience and urgency: remembrance must lead to action. Steiner...

A mother’s survival, a son’s oath: a judge’s story of gratitude

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When Gregory Sirtes took the oath as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on Friday,...

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