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Sydney University vice-chancellor admits failures in antisemitism response

University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott has told staff and students the institution has made significant changes to address...

University reveals how protesters entered Jewish professor’s office

University of Melbourne officials have revealed how pro-Palestinian protesters gained entry to a Jewish professor’s office. The university’s interim vice-chancellor...

Streaming TV – Good Fortune

Service: HBO Max Available: Friday 17 July Stars: Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh A well-meaning but...

Streaming TV – Marc by Sofia

Service: HBO Max Starts: Thursday 16 July Subject: Marc Jacobs Directed by: Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola’s first documentary follows fashion designer Marc Jacobs...

UIA & JCA launch the 2026 Stanley Roth Philanthropy Fellowship with AJF

UIA NSW and JCA have launched the 2026 Stanley Roth Philanthropy Fellowship in partnership with Australian Jewish Funders (AJF). This...

University office invasion and death threat detailed at Royal Commission

A Jewish University of Melbourne professor has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that he feared...

Sydney Jewish Museum secures government funding for antisemitism education centre

The Sydney Jewish Museum has secured $5.2 million from the NSW and federal governments for a new Centre for...

We warned where this was heading. Yesterday, they said it out loud.

Yesterday I gave evidence before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion about what I have seen through...

‘Jews don’t have a future here’: tutor tells commission

A Jewish tutor at the University of New South Wales told the Royal Commission that escalating antisemitic incidents on...

Adelaide Jewish family targeted in antisemitic attack

A Jewish family’s Adelaide home has been defaced with Nazi symbols and antisemitic abuse in an attack condemned by...

‘Spineless’ unis blasted over campus antisemitism

New university rules aimed at combating racism have taken effect today as the federal opposition accused vice-chancellors of failing...

Melbourne Jewish Book Week returns with humour, memory and connection

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

Judge blasts ‘complicated’ Jewish slur claim

A judge has dismissed claims that parts of an antisemitic rant by a man imitating a recent mass shooting...

Boeing sued over Bondi terror welfare check complaints

An Australian lawyer sacked by Boeing has sued for almost $500,000, claiming the aerospace giant failed to check on...

Italy advances legislation on Holocaust-era art restitution

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

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

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

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...

Big tech grilled over vile slurs unchecked on platforms

Social media giants have faced intense questioning today at the Royal Commission over whether they are doing enough to...

A different Labor Conference for NSW

Labor luminary Michael Easson reports on the NSW ALP Conference held on the weekend at Sydney's Town Hall. For...