Jewish Agency
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Maj. Gen. Doron Almog.
February 12, 2026, 10:56 am
Delegation shares their pain
As Herzog visits, delegation members shared stories of loss, with Doron Almog.
By Gareth Narunsky
Isaac Herzog in Australia in 2018. Photo: Peter Haskin
January 28, 2026, 11:18 am
Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit confirmed
Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia in February following Bondi terror attack.
By AJN STAFF
President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, speaking at the recent World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. Photo: Times of Israel.
November 7, 2025, 10:53 am
Lamm slams World Zionist Congress for division
The Mizrachi Australia leader has called for non-political leadership to refocus the Zionist movement
By Bruce Hill
Yaron Shavit in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Kohn
June 19, 2025, 4:44 pm
Jewish Agency mobilises to aid missile victims
In Australia, Jewish Agency deputy Yaron Shavit pledges massive aid to victims of Iran's ballistic missiles.
By Peter Kohn
Yaron Shavit.
June 12, 2025, 11:28 am
Diaspora ‘has a voice’ in Israel
"The Jewish people have a voice in what's happening in Israel," said Yaron Shavit.
By Peter Kohn
Yigal Nisell. Photo: Attila Szucs
November 26, 2023, 7:19 am
Terror-affected families find peace in football
By Shane Desiatnik
Coalition lawmakers crowd around Justice Minister Yariv Levin to take a celebratory selfie in the Knesset, as they pass the first of the coalition's judicial overhaul laws, July 24, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 27, 2023, 9:31 am
Reflections on passing of reasonableness law
'Israel will become a poor, religious, messianic and extremist state'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan in May. Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
June 23, 2023, 7:03 am
Putin calls Zelensky a ‘disgrace’ to Jews
Putin said Moscow "must fight" neo-Nazism, adding that Russia had suffered enormous losses during the country's fight against Nazi Germany in World War II.
By AJN STAFF
New AUJS shaliach Tobias Siegal. Photo: Supplied
June 16, 2023, 7:28 am
New shaliach for AUJS
"There's a prevailing notion that [Israelis] are independent, and we know ourselves best, but we owe it to ourselves and to Diaspora Jews to maintain that connection."
By AJN STAFF
UIA NSW chair Gary Perlstein with Jewish Ethiopians in the Gondar region.
February 14, 2023, 7:11 am
Lowy joins aliyah flight
The flight was for family reunification as part of the second phase of Operation Tzur, conducted with the support of Keren Hayesod and the Jewish Agency
By Shane Desiatnik
Isaac Herzog.
June 28, 2018, 12:00 am
Herzog takes helm of Jewish Agency
The Jewish Agency has selected Isaac Herzog, leader of Israel’s opposition, to take over as chairman from Natan Sharansky - a move Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to block.
By Nathan Jeffay
FAJEX delegates Peter Allen, Bob Mountwitten and Andrew Hamilton laying a wreath on Tuesday. Photo: Nathan Jeffay
November 2, 2017, 8:42 am
Where was the rest of the Jewish world?
IT was a great day for Australians and New Zealanders – but the rest of the Jewish world didn't get the memo.
By Nathan Jeffay
The Western Wall.
June 29, 2017, 9:36 am
Bibi blasted for ‘betraying’ Jewish unity
THE government in Jerusalem is being accused of sabotaging the Israel–Diaspora relationship, after it suspended plans for a grand mixed-gender prayer gallery at the Western Wall.
By Nathan Jeffay
Jack Smorgon (holding the book) with President Reuven Rivlin and Keren Hayesod leaders.
May 12, 2017, 12:01 am
Smorgon honoured by President Rivlin and UIA
PHILANTHROPIST and businessman Jack Smorgon was presented with the Israel Goldstein Prize for Distinguished Leadership by Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin last
From left: Eman Banakh, Gabi Hodge and Ariel Singer.
June 3, 2016, 12:00 am
Russians in the house
Australia will soon have its first-ever Russian-speaking Moishe House, which will play host to various events for young adults in a bid to unite the Russian-Jewish and mainstream Jewish communities in Melbourne.
By Evan Zlatkis
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