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Wentworth MP Allegra Spender (right) with a family of new Australian citizens at the ceremony at JewishCare.

October 22, 2023, 6:49 am

Proud new Australians

...Spender and Bragg congratulated and warmly welcomed this newest group of Australian citizens

By AJN STAFF

October 12, 2023, 12:54 pm

Past residents invited to reconnect

"...we are looking forward to welcoming back the individuals who have contributed to making Shalom College the vibrant, inclusive and nurturing place it is today,"

By AJN STAFF

Orthodox Jews protesting outside the Pais Arena stadium in Jerusalem.
Photo: Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90

October 10, 2023, 7:02 am

Ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrate outside event

"Derogatory conduct towards worshippers is sacrilege and is simply unacceptable. Any form of hostility towards individuals engaged in worship will not be tolerated."

By AJN STAFF

October 1, 2023, 7:18 pm

Everyone is welcome

The evening will feature music, kosher and halal food, and informative conversation with people from different backgrounds mixing with people of other faiths or of no faith.

By Carol Saffer

From left: Pete Chelala, Angelique Lenox, Julian Voloj and Bryan Master at the Cornell Benjamin street renaming ceremony in the Bronx, June 2, 2023.

September 18, 2023, 12:02 pm

A Jewish gang leader and the start of hip-hop

Voloj, who lives in Queens, spoke with the New York Jewish Week about hip-hop history and how Melendez’s Jewishness has inspired his own projects on the genre.

By Andrew Esensten

From left: Chris Minns, Ernie Friedlander, Paul Blanket. Photo: Giselle Haber

September 6, 2023, 7:26 am

‘Stop Racism Now’ receives award

"Stop Racism Now shows us that powerful programs, well thought out and executed in a manner that gets action – will work," said NSW Premier Chris Minns.

By AJN STAFF

September 3, 2023, 6:50 am

At a bare minimum, we need to listen

The annual recitation of the story of Pesach requires us to teach future generations about our strength and to remember, “b’chol dor vador”. We want them to listen, learn and acknowledge.

By Courtney Winter-Peters

Steve Kamper with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip.

August 16, 2023, 7:23 am

Kamper moved by book

"I was moved to receive the biography of Eddie Jaku – a Holocaust survivor and volunteer at the Sydney Jewish Museum.

By AJN STAFF

Paul Forgasz at the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia.

August 13, 2023, 1:22 pm

New Testament not antisemitic

Forgasz believes that the Catholic Church has undergone a significant transformation in its relationship with Judaism, describing it as an act of teshuvah.

By Bruce Hill

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus addresses the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre at Victoria University in Melbourne. Photo: SZCC

August 9, 2023, 7:26 am

Constitutional change ‘hard but necessary’

"Enshrining the Voice in the Constitution would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples in Australia in our nation's founding document, for the first time," said Dreyfus.

By Peter Kohn

From left: Diana Mislov, Evelyn Walker and Ghil'ad Zuckermann. Photo: Judy Menczel

August 9, 2023, 6:30 am

Zuckermann continues to rebuild Barngarla

Zuckermann, who has known her through his work for 12 years, said part of Wardlada Mardinidhi is “a story of reconnection and empowerment of a Barngarla person who’d lost it all when she was young, and now has become one of her people’s leaders”.

By Shane Desiatnik

August 3, 2023, 1:07 pm

Making a difference in the community

Four young NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) directors share their motivations for being involved and how they and the community benefit.

By AJN STAFF

Students and staff with Rabbi Glasman in front of the Torah Scrolls.
Photo: Paul Topol.

August 3, 2023, 12:26 pm

St Kilda Shule hosts visitors from Scotch College

The visit also revealed a fascinating confluence as both Sir John Monash and Sir Zelman Cowen, historical members of St Kilda Shule, were once students at Scotch College.

By Mia Gardiner

Boggabilla community member Buddy Hippi talks to Derech Eretz participants in Boobera Lagoon. Photo: Supplied

July 24, 2023, 7:09 am

The power of listening

While our historical backgrounds differ, our journeys share common themes. The struggle for self-determination, recognition and security deeply resonates with both peoples’ past and present.

By TOBIAS SIEGAL

From left: Judy Fetter, Minister Colin Brooks, Dr Hass Dellal, Dana Krause and Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann.

July 24, 2023, 6:48 am

Minister and leaders meet

The education provided in the campaign includes information about the scope of the new laws, the impact of the Nazi swastika on Jewish Victorians, and the exemptions to the laws that allow faith communities that consider the swastika a symbol of peace to continue displaying it.

By Mia Gardiner