October 7 Archives – J-Wire

Magen David Adom event cancelled by Dublin concert hall

J-Wire Newsdesk — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:27:13 +0000

An event at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, at which Magen David Adom was set to feature testimony from survivors and first responders to the October 7 Hamas attacks, was cancelled by the Irish auditorium. MDA Global President and former Israeli ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, said that the decision is antisemitic. He […]

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JNF Blue Box continues to strengthen Israel

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:21:48 +0000

For 125 years, JNF has played a central role in building and strengthening the State of Israel. Founded in 1901, long before Israel’s independence, JNF helped turn the dream of a Jewish homeland into reality by purchasing land, planting forests, developing water infrastructure, and establishing agricultural communities. Today, as Israel faces one of the most […]

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NCJWA slams Grace Tame for calling October 7 rape evidence “propaganda”

Rob Klein — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:13:20 +0000

Grace Tame, the 2021 Australian of the Year, has spent the past two years recasting herself from a celebrated survivor advocate to one of Australia’s most polarising voices in the antizionist movement. That shift reached a new flashpoint this week when she told ABC Sydney Mornings host Hamish Macdonald that claims of sexual violence committed […]

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New screen fellowship aims to boost Jewish Australian stories

Rob Klein — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:00:19 +0000

A new fellowship aimed at strengthening Jewish Australian representation on screen has been launched by Jump Street Films as part of its growing Jewish Australian Screen Fund. The Jewish Australian Screen Fellowship, announced in Variety, will provide $20,000 and a year of mentorship from Jump Street Films to one Jewish Australian filmmaker whose work advances […]

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Modi pledges closer ties with Israel in historic Knesset speech

Pesach Benson — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:14:47 +0000

In a speech reflecting shared history and ambitions for closer ties and condolences, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a two-day visit to Israel by becoming the first Indian premier to address the Knesset. Modi began by expressing sympathy for the victims of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. “We feel your pain […]

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Israeli mayor brings message of radical hope to Sydney

Rob Klein — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 02:27:58 +0000

Michal Uziyahu has a phrase she returns to again and again: snap out of it. She first said it on the morning of October 7, holding her sons in a shelter as Hamas terrorists rampaged through her region. She said it again as friends’ names disappeared from emergency WhatsApp groups. And she said it last […]

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Jewish community welcomes announcement of royal commission into antisemitism

Rob Klein — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:29:16 +0000

Australia’s peak Jewish organisations have welcomed the federal government’s decision to establish a Commonwealth Royal Commission into antisemitism and the circumstances leading to the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. They described the move as a necessary national response to unprecedented levels of hatred directed at Jewish Australians. The president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, […]

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Prestigious award for photographer

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:38:27 +0000

Acclaimed photojournalist Chen G. Schimmel is set to join the ranks of the “25 Young Visionaries” next week, receiving the prestigious nod at a high-profile Jerusalem Post summit in Florida. The award, a joint initiative with the Jewish National Fund-USA, marks Schimmel as a leading voice among Zionist trailblazers under 45. Now in its third […]

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A soldier’s new mission – fighting antisemitism

Rob Klein — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:16:33 +0000

On the night of October 10, 2023, days after the massacre in Israel, crowds chanted ‘Where’s the Jews?’ at the Sydney Opera House. Watching the news the next day, Col Michael Scott turned to his wife. ‘I can’t stay silent,’ he said. It was at the moment he realised he had a responsibility to act. […]

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Two years of impact marking a lifelong commitment

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:14:40 +0000

UIA communities in both Victoria and New South Wales gathered for their AGMs and Report Back events, marking a clear post-ceasefire shift from emergency response to the long-term rebuilding of Israel both physically and emotionally. In Melbourne, UIA Victoria President David Slade framed the moment simply but powerfully. As a grandson of Holocaust survivors, he […]

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