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WIZO heartbroken on passing of NSW president Nilly Berger

Nilly Berger, the president of WIZO NSW and a long-time Bondi community figure, died on Friday morning following a...

Antisemitism envoy slams ABC, SBS over Gaza coverage

Australia's public broadcasters have rejected accusations of biased reporting of Israel's war in Gaza and will defend themselves at...

Hakoah White City reaches major construction milestone

Sydney’s largest Jewish community development in decades has reached a major construction milestone, with the Hakoah White City precinct...

Former commissioner questions decision not to name antisemitic abusers

Former Federal Court judge Ronald Sackville has questioned whether the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion risks leaving...

‘Really serious’: YouTube slammed over Bondi video

YouTube has been criticised at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion after allowing a video questioning whether...

Raised to hate Jews, now fighting antisemitism – featured speaker NCJWA conference

Syrian-born activist and writer Rawan Osman, who says she was raised to hate Jews before becoming a prominent advocate...

Online calls for violence against Jews surged after Bondi

Calls for violence against Jews surged on social media after the Bondi Beach terror attack, the Royal Commission on...

How online hate speech slips through the cracks at Meta

Meta has revealed it shifted its platforms to "reactive" moderation of posts containing hate speech, including antisemitism, to allow...

Coalition vows to block wider hate speech laws over free speech concerns

The Coalition has warned it will oppose any new federal hate speech laws that threaten free speech, despite renewed...

Secret emails expose Biennale’s antisemitism crisis and artist payout

Secret emails between the Biennale of Sydney and Creative Australia reveal how one of Australia's leading publicly funded arts...

Police charge two men after imitation gun pointed at Double Bay synagogue

Sydney police have charged two men after an imitation firearm was allegedly pointed towards congregants outside Chabad Double Bay. Police...

Jewish community security groups to face royal commission scrutiny

The role of Jewish community security groups in protecting schools, synagogues, events and community leaders will come under close...

Isaac Wakil has died at 104

Federal MP Julian Leeser has told the Australian parliament today the remarkable story of Isaac Wakil AO. The full text...

Sydney Jewish women come together for a night of song and joy

More than 200 women from across Sydney’s Jewish community came together last night for an evening of singing, connection...

Justice Bell hears first-hand accounts of antisemitism in Queensland

Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell has met members of Queensland’s Jewish community in Brisbane to hear first-hand accounts of antisemitism...

High profile barrister urges Royal Commission to confront institutional antisemitism

Non-Jewish Melbourne barrister Philip Crutchfield KC has urged the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion to confront what...

Alarm bells go off in New York

Extreme socialism is now on the march in America, with the demonisation of Israel as the principal weapon in...

Are Jewish Australians being given answers?

There is a question hanging over the Australian Jewish community: when something happens that shocks us, frightens us or...

EU antisemitism head warns against circumcision ban

At an emergency meeting on Wednesday about Belgium’s indictment of three Jewish circumcisers, the European Commission’s point person for...

The search for Sydney’s missing Steinway

What happened to the Steinway concert grand that once stood on the stage of the Sydney Opera House Concert...