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Darwin honours Australia’s only Jewish premier

A ceremony in Darwin honouring Australia’s only Jewish state premier, Vaiben Louis Solomon, has highlighted the long but little-known...

Yom Haatzma’ut celebration marked by unity, resilience and defiance

Political leaders, diplomats and members of Sydney’s Jewish community gathered on Thursday night to celebrate Israel’s 78th Independence Day. This...

Job applicant targeted with antisemitic hate

A young Israeli woman was surprised to be the target of a nasty antisemitic message after being rejected for...

Minns praises Jewish Museum redevelopment after “summer of rolling hatred”

NSW Premier Chris Minns today toured and praised the Sydney Jewish Museum’s redevelopment, meeting with Holocaust survivors and students...

Victorian multicultural review

The Victorian Government has announced its response to the Victorian Multicultural Review. The review was announced by the Premier...

Lowys, Leeds and looking back

Decades ago in Sydney, a father took his three sons regularly to watch Hakoah play soccer, but this came...

Blessing for Victoria

Senior members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) Executive have blessed the State of Victoria ahead of Rosh Hashana.

Rabbis meet the Premier

Senior members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) Executive, have met  with the Premier of Victoria,  Dr Dennis...

Film withdrawn from the Israeli Film Festival

A Melbourne-based patron of the AICE Israeli Film Festival complained to the organisers that the message delivered by one exhibit was in fact anti-Israeli.

Melbourne Al-Quds Day features antisemitic cartoons

Melbourne held its first Al-Quds Day rally this year.

UNRWA Summer Camp

UNRWA is partially funded by AusAID which receives its money from Australian taxpayers to assist Palestinian refugees. Visit one of their summer children's camps on J-Wire...

Limmud-Oz Shines

Sydney's Limmud-Oz 2013 was the biggest ever, attracting more than 1200 participants including over 200 presenters from across Sydney, 17 presenters from overseas and 20 travelling from interstate to spend two and a half days of the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at UNSW.

Jewish Muslim Comedy Debate

The Jewish Muslim Comedy Debate held last night at the Melbourne Town Hall produced a hilarious evening's entertainment.

Greens say “No Thank You” to signing the London Declaration

Greens MPs John Kaye and David Shoebridge said they won't sign the London Declaration into Combatting Anti-Semitism even though it “contains a number of laudable commitments to stamp out any resurgence of hatred against a people who have historically suffered more than most.”

Jewish Anzac commemoration

Over 170 guests attended a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating Anzac Day in Sydney at the NSW Jewish War Memorial.

Basketball team makes the finals

Northside Maccabi Basketball Club Mens 'C' grade team, The Maccabi Kings have made the Grand Final.

The Final Movement

Bandleader, musician and composer Tommy Tycho has passed away in Sydney at the age of 84...sending many of his fans on a journey down memory lane.