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YeahMad's Kat Andrews delivers the offensive joke (Screenshot).
July 14, 2025, 4:33 pm
ADC chairman condemns comedian’s execution ‘joke’
Controversy comes a week after an arson attack on the East Melbourne Synagogue; it is not the first time YeahMad has faced criticism for antisemitic content
By AJN STAFF
Released hostage Ofer Calderon, top left, reunites with his children Rotem, Gaya, Erez and Sahar on February 1. Photo: Maayan Toaf/GPO
July 10, 2025, 3:16 pm
Freed hostage Ofer Calderon recounts trauma
Calderon said he initially thought his entire family in Nir Oz had died in the massacre.
By TOI STAFF
Benjamin Netanyahu visits a destroyed home in Nir Oz, on July 3. Photo: X
July 10, 2025, 3:10 pm
Netanyahu finally visits Kibbutz Nir Oz
Most government politicians, including the Prime Minister, have stayed away from Nir Oz.
By MICHAEL HOROVITZ, TOI STAFF and NAVA FREIBERG
Eitan Chitayat.
July 10, 2025, 11:24 am
Challenging falsehoods with pride
'I'm That Jew' is a global movement empowering Jews of all backgrounds to proudly own and express their identity.
By Carly Adno
Eli Sharabi will headline the JNF Australia campaign this year. Photo: Amit Gueta
July 10, 2025, 11:12 am
‘Turning pain into purpose’
Eli Sharabi will visit Australia to headline JNF Australia's annual campaign, "Together, We Rise With Israel".
By AJN STAFF
From left: David Southwick MP, Senator Paul Scarr, Rabbi Dovid Gutmick, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Opposition leader Susan Ley MP, Senator James Paterson, ECAJ President Daniel Aghion. Photo: Sharyn Kolieb
July 10, 2025, 10:54 am
Opposition Leader visits East Melbourne Synagogue
Ley told reporters she "wholeheartedly" supported the 15-point plan by ECAJ.
By Sharyn Kolieb
The image of the suspect which was sent out via the JEAP app, leading to his arrest.
July 10, 2025, 9:18 am
CSG app leads police to synagogue arson suspect
Community security training credited with preventing casualties during Friday night's arson attack.
By Bruce Hill
The authors of the Dinah Project's report on sexual violence on and since October 7 are pictured with First Lady Michal Herzog (center) at the President's Residence, Jerusalem, July 8, 2025. (Itzik Biran)
July 9, 2025, 8:36 am
Report lays groundwork for prosecuting Oct 7. sexual violence
Dinah Project finds Hamas used sexual violence to terrorise, humiliate and dehumanise Israelis.
By ARIELA KARMEL
Soldiers killed in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun on July 7, 2025: (L-R) Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, Staff Sgt. Moshe Shmuel Noll. (Courtesy)
July 8, 2025, 5:29 pm
5 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza roadside bomb attack
IDF says explosive detonated while soldiers were on foot in Beit Hanoun; four of five slain troops served in ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion
By Emanuel Fabian
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators clash with police during a protest against the drafting of Haredi youth near Bnei Brak, June 5, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
July 8, 2025, 12:28 pm
Haredim shown watered-down conscription bill
IDF to send out 54,000 draft orders to Haredi men this month, said planning to set up checkpoints to catch evaders.
By SAM SOKOL
Photo: Supplied
July 7, 2025, 12:46 pm
A Wake-Up Call for the Jewish Community
No parent should ever have to question whether their child was safe in someone else’s care.
By Dr Michelle Meyer
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan speaking with women from the Jewish community at Central Shule last year. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 7, 2025, 6:47 am
Victorian Premier announces Anti-Hate Taskforce
Jewish organisations welcome initiative following synagogue attack
By Bruce Hill
L to R: Melbourne MP Sarah Witty, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, former Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, speaking outside the East Melbourne Synagogue.
July 6, 2025, 1:47 pm
Antisemitic incidents ‘an attack on Australia’
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has told Jewish Australians, "You belong in Australia" after a horror weekend.
By Bruce Hill
The Bob Vylan duo performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset. England. Photo: Yui Mok/AP
July 4, 2025, 4:58 pm
When music festivals become a stage for hate
Explicit calls for the extermination of Jews were met not with moral clarity, but with ambiguity, deflection — and in some quarters, outright defence
By SHANE SHMUEL
US demonstrators carry a large photo of Mahsa Amini during a protest against the Iranian regime, in Los Angeles, on October 22, 2022, following the death of Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic's notorious "morality police." (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
July 4, 2025, 11:55 am
The Iranian regime is a threat to everyone
Iran, the region, and the world would be significantly better, safer places without the Islamic Regime.
By Alana Schetzer
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