Features
July 2, 2025, 10:48 am
Voting for a Jewish future
Jewish Australians will vote in the first direct elections for the World Zionist Congress.
By Peter Kohn
July 1, 2025, 10:58 am
Letters from the Rebbe
Levi Shmotkin's new book draws on thousands of letters from the Lubavitcher Rebbe to provide practical tools for emotional wellness and healing.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Einat Wilf in Sydney. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
June 26, 2025, 11:35 am
Making Israel’s case with clarity
Dr Einat Wilf comments widely on Israeli society and foreign policy, has written several books on Zionism and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and continues to state Israel's case globally. She spoke to The AJN while in Australia earlier this month.
By Gareth Narunsky
June 19, 2025, 12:00 pm
Iran and other questions
Senior Israeli journalist Maayan Hoffman, executive editor of Israel’s ILTV News, speaks to Peter Kohn about the situation in Iran and other crises.
By Peter Kohn
Zoe Brash and Gabe Max at the UN General Assembly. Photo: Zoe Brash.
June 5, 2025, 11:40 am
Helping Israel’s UN fight
Leibler Yavneh alumni Zoe Brash and Gabe Max bring Aussie values to the world’s most hostile diplomatic posting.
By Bruce Hill
Hillel Neuer. Photo: UN Watch
May 29, 2025, 12:28 pm
Neuer’s mission to expose the UN
Hillel Neuer spoke to The AJN’s Carly Adno during his trip to Australia for JCA NSW, when he also travelled to Canber“ra to call on the Albanese government to stop funding UNRWA and investigate Francesca Albanese.
By Carly Adno
Abigail Mor Edan. Photo: supplied
May 19, 2025, 2:01 pm
‘I’m going to bring you home’
Liz Hirsh Naftali has spent almost 600 days tirelessly campaigning for the release of the hostages taken on October 7, including her three-year-old niece Abigail who came home on November 26, 2023.
By Jessica Abelsohn
LaunchPad Leadership Retreat 2025.
May 15, 2025, 10:45 am
Launching Changemakers
“LaunchPad was built very much around thinking of what does innovation look like in Jewish life," says Tracie Olcha.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Australian Jewish News ride along with Victoria Police. Senior Sergeant A.P. (Al) Farrell from Caulfield Police Station. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 8, 2025, 11:56 am
Inside a police Jewish community patrol
“We’re trying to provide reassurance to the community with these visible patrols,” says Superintendent Martin Bourke.
By Bruce Hill
Arsen Ostrovsky addressing the European Parliament.
May 1, 2025, 11:34 am
Australia’s A-list advocate
Former Sydneysider Arsen Ostrovsky has made the case for Israel before the United Nations, parliaments and Halls of Congress around the world, as well as in international courts in The Hague.
By Gareth Narunsky
Australian sisters Nicole Meyer (L) and Dassi Erlich (R) take part in a demonstration on March 13, 2019, outside the Jerusalem District Court after an extradition hearing for Malka Leifer, a former girls school principal wanted for sexual abuse in Australia. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 28, 2025, 12:00 pm
Gag order on sexual abuse case involving cabinet minister
Israel’s broad gag order regime is being used to shield powerful figures from public scrutiny.
By ARIELA KARMEL
Julie Leder of VAJEX before Anzac Day in 2021, at Signalman Jacob Sorsky’s grave in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 24, 2025, 12:10 pm
Operation Jacob’s grave battle for justice
Since Operation Jacob was launched by Sydney's Peter Allen just before Anzac Day in 2021, it has tirelessly pursued the correct commemoration of deceased Jewish Australian servicemen and women. But as Shane Desiatnik reports, Stars of David are yet to be inscribed on the headstones of Signalman Jacob Sorsky and Pilot Officer Raymond Shaw.
By Shane Desiatnik
Recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a point of difference in policies. Photo: Spiroview Inc./Dreamstime.com
April 17, 2025, 11:07 am
22 direct policy questions
Bipartisanship is fading. A new ECAJ survey shows key differences between major parties on Jewish issues.
By AJN STAFF
ECAJ CEO Alex Ryvchin delivers the B'nai B'rith Human Rights Oration at Glen Eira Town Hall in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 10, 2025, 11:09 am
Zionism our connection to the Jewish story
Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin delivered the 2025 B’nai B’rith Oration and accepted the Human Rights Award
By Alex Ryvchin
Nova Peris with Peter Kohn at the Union for Progressive Judaism conference in Canberra in November last year.
April 7, 2025, 12:31 pm
Tikkun olam in the outback
Nova Peris and Kevin Kalinko speak to Peter Kohn on Aboriginal-Jewish ties and helping remote communities.
By Peter Kohn
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