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ECAJ urges visa ban for comedian Bassem Youssef

Australia’s peak Jewish representative body has urged the federal government to deny Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef a visa ahead...

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...

Greens councillors oppose local government motion against antisemitism and racism

A national local government motion urging a coordinated national framework to tackle antisemitism and racism has passed today despite...

Abraham Foxman, towering champion against antisemitism, dies at 86

Abraham H. Foxman, the Holocaust survivor who became one of the most influential Jewish leaders in the United States...

Mother shocked by racist and antisemitic graffiti at local playground

A mother in Rolleston near Christchurch, New Zealand, says she felt sick and unsafe after discovering racist and antisemitic...

Words stopped being enough a long time ago — consequences are long overdue

Across Australia, for more than two years, we’ve witnessed a dangerous decline — not just in rhetoric, but in...

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...

ECAJ warns of flaws in university racism survey

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has raised concerns about flaws in the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Racism@Uni...

Jewish community leaders warn NSW inquiry of ‘terrifying’ rise in antisemitism

The NSW Jewish community has issued a powerful call for urgent and sustained action against antisemitism, warning a parliamentary...

Warning as conspiracies swirl over antisemitic plot

A caravan that was found packed with explosives has given rise to antisemitic conspiracy theories, prompting a call for...

Combatting racism with an award-winning program

‘Stop Racism Now’ has been awarded the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Award for Community Campaign of the Year. In the wake...

Laurinda: A Melbourne Theatre Company production reviewed by Alex First

Bullying and racism are not acceptable in any environment and yet the schoolyard can be a hotbed of discontent. So...

WJC welcomes measure to combat racism and antisemitism

The World Jewish Congress has applauded the Council of the European Union’s adoption of measures to combat racism and...

Athletes Say NO to Antisemitism

To coincide with the Olympic Games, International March of the Living, Maccabi World Union and the Maccabiah are launching a global campaign to combat the exponential rise of antisemitism around the world. 

Uncritical Race Theory

Jeremy Rosen: Let me say at the outset that Critical Race Theory is a dangerous, completely unsubstantiated pseudo theory of race that has now become dogma in academia.

Fans ridicule Jewish man at European Championship soccer final

The experience “only strengthens my anti-racist belief,” said Jewish actor and satirist Jolyon Rubinstein.

In Trump vs. ‘the Squad,’ American Jews have picked the wrong target

Melanie Phillips: The president wasn’t attacking the women’s colour or ethnicity. He was attacking their disloyalty to America. Racism is picking on people for who they are; Trump attacked them for what they do.

Kahane

Jeremy Rosen To me, the name Meir Kahane conjures up an aspect of the Jewish people that I deplore.

Israel: Identifying the enemy as the enemy is not ‘racism’

Martin Sherman: Israeli security policy is driven by Arab enmity–not Arab ethnicity

President Rivlin addresses United Nations

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York...and tells its members "never again".