100 Australian doctors prepare to immigrate to Israel

Over one hundred Australian doctors were gathering this week in both Melbourne and Sydney as part of a major immigration fair for medical professionals planning on moving to Israel following the war against Hamas in Gaza. Read more

Sydney MPs face tough questions from Jewish community

Three Sydney MPs, representing electorates where most of the city’s Jewish community lives, met with Jewish voters this week in an online forum hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, confronting tough questions about antisemitism, Middle East policy, and national unity.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv declines allocation for Aston Villa match issuing a strong statement

Maccabi Tel Aviv announced last night that it has decided to decline any allocation offered for away fans at next month’s match against Aston Villa in Birmingham. Read more

JIFF launches with a deadly dinner party in “Bad Shabbos”

The Jewish International Film Festival has opened with a lively farce in Bad Shabbos, a sharp, fast-paced comedy that turns a well-intentioned Shabbat dinner into complete mayhem.

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Dutch masterpiece is returned to Jewish family after over 80 years

After a twenty-year battle with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), the painting ‘Lady with a Fan’ has been returned to the Jewish family, forced to sell it to the Nazis in the 1930s. Read more

Maccabi under-18s seek to win their third championship since 1998

2025 is set to go down as one of the most successful in the decorated football history of Jewish-affiliated soccer clubs. Read more

Court tosses out anti-protest laws to guard synagogues

Sweeping anti-protest police powers have been declared invalid after they were rushed through a state parliament despite concerns from faith leaders and legal experts.
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From Qatar to the Gold Coast

Qatar is a small country with a tiny population of less than 400,000 citizens, but with immense wealth and an ideology that drives it. Read more

Alleged mastermind of antisemitic attacks arrested

A man allegedly sprayed swastikas on a synagogue and played key roles in the firebombing of a childcare centre and an attack on a Jewish leader’s vacant home. Read more

Jewish ‘Sopranos’ star Jerry Adler dead at 96

Jerry Adler, a Broadway veteran and acclaimed Jewish actor best known for his role as consigliere Herman “Hesh” Rabkin on HBO drama The Sopranos, died at the age of 96 on Saturday, his family announced. Read more

“Next Year in Jerusalem”. This Year, Thanks to You

Each year, as Yom Kippur ends, we declare together: L’Shanah HaBa’ah B’Yerushalayim. Next year in Jerusalem. For generations, Jerusalem has been a symbol of our shared vision of unity, peace, home, and for the right to live freely and proudly as Jews. Read more

Bob Carr trades credibility for conspiracy

Former Foreign Minister and NSW Premier Bob Carr has been accused of promoting dangerous antisemitic conspiracy theories.

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Second man charged over Adass Israel Synagogue arson attack

A 20-year-old Meadow Heights man has been charged over the alleged arson attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024.

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‘Forever tarnished’: Netanyahu spews more vitriol on PM

Israel’s prime minister has launched another verbal salvo against Anthony Albanese over his handling of the situation in the Middle East as calls grow for calm. Read more

Investing in the future: Masada College to offer 40% off tuition fees through new bursary

In a groundbreaking step aimed at revolutionising Jewish education in Sydney, Masada College, on behalf of the Hyman Abramovich Foundation (HAF), has announced the launch of the HAF Jewish Bursary. Read more

Upholding the values that define us as a people

Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, is demonstrating both courage and integrity in urging the leaders of the State of Israel to adhere to “the vision that Theodor Herzl or the founders of Israel had for the state — a vision rooted in safety, democracy and moral purpose for all its citizens.” Read more

Honouring Phil Lamason: a New Zealand memorial with a Jewish resonance

The small New Zealand town of Dannevirke is preparing to honour one of its most remarkable sons, Squadron Leader Phil Lamason, whose forgotten wartime heroism saved the lives of 167 Allied airmen in 1944. Read more

Netanyahu lays out principles for victory and ending Hamas war

On Thursday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined his government’s conditions for ending the war against Hamas in Gaza. Read more

The Madonna of Gaza

The superstar Madonna has urged the Pope Leo XIV to visit the Gaza Strip and “bring his light” to the children there “before it is too late.” Read more

At the brink of occupation: confronting a changing narrative

Since October 7, 2023, the way Australia has talked about Israel and Gaza has shifted again and again, each time moving the so-called “red line” further away from where it once stood. Read more

Is combating media bias Netanyahu’s mission impossible?

The contrast was glaring. A week after The New York Times put a horrifying yet completely misleading picture of a Palestinian Arab child in Gaza on its front page to illustrate a story that lent weight to the false claim that Israel was deliberately starving people in Gaza, it had an opportunity to put an equally awful photo in the same spot. Read more

Australian broadcaster Erin Molan protests for hostages in Sydney

On August 3, nearly 22 months after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, tens of thousands of Australians converged on Sydney’s iconic Harbor Bridge in what they called a “March for Humanity” in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. Read more

The rally causes Australia to commits more food, medical aid for Gaza and comments from Jewish leaders

Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian assistance for women and children in war-torn Gaza after more than 100,000 turned out in protest across the country to spotlight suffering in the besieged enclave. Read more

Police hunting for masked serial graffiti attacker

Victoria Police is searching for an unknown man who has spray-painted hateful and offensive graffiti on the outside walls of the Toorak Road synagogue on at least five occasions between March and late July. Read more

UN self-destructing in pursuit of dead two-state solution

The New York Declaration (Declaration) issued at the conclusion of the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, held in New York City under the joint chairmanship of Saudi Arabia and France on 27-29 July, marks the beginning of the self-destruction of the United Nations. Read more

August 3, Sydney

This was Australia, Sunday 3rd August 2025, not Berlin 1935. Read more

Ruptured

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin – Shattered dreams and fragile hopes Read more

Poll reveals that less a quarter of Australians have a positive attitude to Jews

A new survey commissioned by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) has exposed deeply troubling attitudes and experiences, fuelling urgent calls for national and local action. Read more

Jewish texts saved from destruction at New Zealand’s National Library

Following concerns raised over reports that the National Library of New Zealand planned to destroy a large number of books, including religious texts, the Jewish community is welcoming a positive resolution. Read more

Transparently disgraceful

There are times when a situation is so clearly disgraceful that silence is no longer an honest option. Read more

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