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Health regulator adopts IHRA definition in healthcare antisemitism response

Australia’s health regulator has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism as a reference tool in its...

France to serve as IHRA president in 2027

France has been unanimously elected to take over the annual rotating presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...

A cocktail definition for antisemitism mixed by La Trobe University

Melbourne's La Trobe University has combined the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA)...

Global Jewish call for UN to positively reference IHRA definition

AIJAC has joined 178 Jewish organisations across the globe in calling for the United Nations to favourably reference the...

L’Chaim – to Life: Josh Burns

Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Member of Parliament for Macnamara, about his recent motion in Parliament,...

Monash University adopts IHRA definition

Melbourne's Monash University has become the latest Australian university to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. This is a...

Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles

Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his...

Indigenous Friends of Israel condemns Adelaide Writers Festival

The Adelaide Writers Festival has invited two overseas pro-Palestine and anti-Israel writers resulting in the SA Premier announcing he...

ZFA slams Greens request to universities to ignore IHRA antisemitism definition

Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Senator Jordon Steele-John of the Australian Greens party announced on 9 February that they have...

The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies endorses IHRA definition of antisemitism

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) endorsed the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism and called on the NSW government,...

Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy says a Liberal government would be adopt IHRA definition

Zionism Victoria welcomed the announcement made yesterday by Matthew Guy at its Annual Assembly, that a future Victorian Liberal...

Maccabi Australia endorses IHRA definition of antisemitism

The Maccabi Australia board has unanimously endorsed the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism supported by the Executive Council...

Herzog shows his appreciation to the Australian Jewish community

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has written to Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler, welcoming the announcement that Australia...

Sydney’s Waverley Council leading the way adopting IHRA definition of antisemitism

The Liberal members of Sydney'sy's  Waverley Council which covers a major part of the city's Eastern Suburbs were victorious...

Australia adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism that the Australian government pledges to embrace the definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

President Herzog address the Malmo Forum

President Isaac Herzog participated virtually in the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Malmö, Sweden.

NSW Labor Israel Action Committee endorses Albanese and Minns’ opposition to BDS

NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) formally welcomed and endorsed statements by Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese and NSW State Labor leader Chris Minns opposing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement.

Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar

With terrorism and antisemitism ever-present threats, the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) featured NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch, whose topic was “Following the Money Trail: An Insight into the Funding of Terrorism and Antisemitism”.

Australia joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

Australia has been admitted as the thirty-third member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) following a unanimous vote of the plenary in Luxembourg.

IHRA upgrades Australia

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), an inter-governmental body with 31 member countries, unanimously agreed to upgrade Australia’s status in the organisation from Observer to Liaison status.