History
The Janowska Orchestra
May 20, 2026, 1:17 pm
Songbook compiled in Nazi camps finds new life
'Some of these songs were almost lost to history and now they can be heard again'
By AJN STAFF
Jews supporting Iranians in Sydney.
April 22, 2026, 8:00 am
The enduring bond between ancient Iran and Israel
As Israel and the Iranian people work to liberate Iran from the Islamic regime's grip, this ancient bond has resurfaced.
By Carly Adno
Dr Breann Fallon. Photo: Bruce Hill.
January 22, 2026, 11:14 am
MHM looks to bridge generations
The museum’s January 27 commemoration comes amid renewed focus on antisemitism.
By Bruce Hill
July 22, 2025, 8:39 am
A journey through 300 years of family history
'I wanted to give life and continuity to my ancestors, and to pass on the stories of my ancestors to my family, my children and my grandchildren'
By AJN STAFF
March 20, 2025, 3:13 pm
Rare Holocaust postcards at Sydney Expo
The Sydney Stamp & Coin Expo 2025 will feature exhibits from over 30 professional stamp and coin dealers from around the world, including rare Holocaust-era correspondence.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Professor Jay Waronker, Janice Iloni-Furstenberg.
October 27, 2023, 6:33 am
St Kilda Shule hosts architectural historian
A self-taught artist, his first two books are filled with his paintings of the synagogues of India and Africa, a history and description of each of the communities, and photographs and images of every synagogue.
Tell es-Sultan in Jericho. Photo: Diego Delso/Wikimedia Commons
September 27, 2023, 7:03 am
Ancient ruins now World Heritage Site in ‘Palestine’
"The property proposed for nomination is the prehistoric archaeological site of Tell es-Sultan located outside the antique site of Jericho," Ernesto Ottone, UNESCO's assistant director general, said during the meeting to discuss the site.
By AJN STAFF
Pope Pius XII, circa 1940. Photo: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images
September 26, 2023, 6:49 am
Pope knew about camps
Koenig's letter leaves little room for doubt about whether Pius knew of the Holocaust.
By Andrew Lapin
The Australian cast of You Don't Have to Be Jewish.
September 18, 2023, 11:47 am
You Don’t Have to be Jewish staged in Sydney
“It portrays the mundane of life with humour. There’s not a swear word in it, it’s clean, it’s loaded with irony, it’s loaded with pathos as well. Yet it’s still hysterical.”
By Jessica Abelsohn
Ruins near Hisham's Palace, Jericho. Photo: Zairon/Wikimedia commons
September 18, 2023, 7:11 am
UNESCO to vote on ancient Jericho
If the vote passes, the ancient city will join three other "UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Palestine": the Church of the Nativity and the pilgrimage route in Bethlehem, the cultural landscape of southern Jerusalem and Battir, and the Old City in Hebron.
By TOI STAFF
Helen Granek (middle front) the last Bialystoker survivor with her family.
September 15, 2023, 12:18 pm
‘The jewel in the Jewish cultural world’
“When the Germans stormed the ghetto and ordered everyone to leave that was the end of Jewish life in Bialystok.”
By Carol Saffer
Anna Ciddor (left) and Tamara Lewit with A Message Through Time.
September 5, 2023, 7:07 am
A pacy and action-packed time-slip adventure
"A Message Through Time tells the story of a modern Australian girl and boy who slip through time to the Roman Empire and accidentally bring an ancient Roman girl into the present," Ciddor said.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Hannah Gandy, Major General James Edward Barry and David Polonsky from the Spirit of Australia Foundation at the 2023 Monash Commemorative Service.
August 24, 2023, 12:09 pm
The influence of General Sir John Monash
Hannah Gandy uses education to benefit the community
By Carol Saffer
Professor Leon Mann (left) and Margaret Price at the memorial benches dedication ceremony at Broken Hill Synagogue. Photo: AJHS
August 24, 2023, 11:49 am
Huge crowd honours shule’s history
On the Sunday morning of the event, more than 100 people gathered in the shule’s forecourt for the dedication ceremony of two memorial benches.
By AJN STAFF
The Google Doodle for August 4. Photo: Google, Wikimedia Commons. Design by Mollie Suss
August 14, 2023, 7:11 am
Google Doodle celebrates Altina Schinasi
A trained sculptor, Schinasi designed the glasses in the late 1930s while working as a window display designer.
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