Jewish schools
March 26, 2026, 12:46 pm
A question of continuity, not just cost
Jewish education should not become something that is financially inaccessible.
By Josh S
National Council of Jewish Women Australia (NCJWA) president Lynda Ben-Menashe addresses the parliamentary inquiry into antisemitism.
July 4, 2025, 4:32 pm
Jewish school children taunted with ‘Heil Hitler’
A NSW parliamentary inquiry in antisemitism has heard how the Jewish community has experienced shocking incidents of hatred.
By AJN STAFF
Special envoy to combat antisemitism Jillian Segal. Photo: Giselle Haber
September 19, 2024, 8:16 am
Stricter social media restrictions urged
Instagram posts from a group called Free Palestine Printing have recently targeted a well-known Melbourne rabbi and pupils at a Jewish school.
By Bruce Hill
A student from Marcellin College Randwick can be seen performing the Nazi salute and mimicking Adolf Hitler’s moustache, while wearing full school uniform and standing on a chair in a classroom. Picture: Sky News Australia.
August 14, 2024, 2:38 pm
NSW Police investigating online antisemitic attacks
High school students at Sydney's Moriah College were subjected to 'horrific' antisemitic attacks by other high school students in an online chat group.
By AJN STAFF
Students at Sholem Aleichem College on the first day of school in 2019. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 7, 2023, 12:25 pm
Fee assessment board update
"the pilot has shown us there is a real need in our community to supplement the existing school fee support with an independent process"
By Mia Gardiner
Justice Stephen Rothman. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 7, 2023, 12:15 pm
ALRC releases paper
Faith-based schools would not be able to refuse to enrol LGBTIQ+ students or expel students on grounds of sexual identity under proposals put forward
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Nuthawut Somsuk/Dreamstime.com
January 17, 2022, 8:00 am
Fee assessment board urged
"By filling the existing vacancies in Jewish schools we can provide hundreds more children with a Jewish day school education, increase revenue for schools, and drive down fees for all..."
By CARLY DOUGLAS
JBridge will allow parents to pay less money up-front to send their children to Jewish schools.
November 10, 2017, 12:00 am
Making Jewish education affordable
A HECS-style system for Jewish primary schools has been launched to make Jewish education more affordable.
By Joshua Levi
Danny Hochberg (left) and Woolworths Double Bay manager Matthew Walsh with memorial candles that will be in the Zachor Project reading kits.
April 11, 2017, 12:01 am
Card and candles to honour Shoah victims
THOUSANDS of Jewish Sydneysiders will receive the tools to observe a more personalised and meaningful Yom Hashoah commemoration in their own homes thanks to the launch of the Zachor Project.
The Lawrence Family JCC in San Diego was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat in an email.
March 17, 2017, 12:01 am
Threats continue against JCCs
At least seven Jewish community centres in the US and Canada received bomb threats while they were hosting Purim events.
February 25, 2013, 12:00 am
Schooling alone won’t ensure continuity
THE widespread belief that Jewish day schooling is crucial to the formation of Jewish identity in adulthood has been challenged by the findings of a report released by the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC).
By Timna Jacks
April 27, 2012, 12:00 am
Schools funding in limbo
JEWISH schools across Australia could lose funding if the government only implements sections of the Gonski review into school funding.
By Joshua Levi
May 13, 2011, 1:49 pm
Government keeps promises
THERE were no real surprises for the Jewish community in the federal Budget, with the Government committing piles of money to pledges made in the past.
February 18, 2011, 7:49 am
Rabbi moves to calm discrimination fears
DESPITE an alarmist media report last weekend suggesting otherwise, The AJN understands that Jewish organisations, such as schools, are not in the habit of hiring or firing based on an individual’s sexual practices or beliefs.
December 24, 2010, 7:34 am
Victorian Jewish schools top the table
THE Jewish schools have done it again, ranking as the top non-selective schools in Victoria.
Load More

Enjoy Unlimited Access To The Australian Jewish News Website And All Our Online Content For AUD$18/month Or Just AUD$120/year.

Subscribe Now
Already have an account? Click here to log in