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From left: Premier Dominic Perrottet, Sir Frank Lowy and Hakoah president Steven Lowy unveil the foundation stones for Hakoah at White City. Photo: Giselle Haber
March 20, 2023, 7:30 pm
NSW Government pledges $5m more for Hakoah
The funding is committed regardless of the state election result this weekend
By AJN STAFF
Justice Stephen Rothman speaking at The Great Synagogue.
February 10, 2023, 7:16 am
Call for dialogue
It called for a "calm and open dialogue" and a full consideration of the ramifications of the proposed changes.
By Gareth Narunsky
Rabbi Benjamin Elton (third from left) with Ministers Mark Coure (left) and Natalie Ward (centre, back), and other religious leaders. Photo: Salty Dingo Photography
November 24, 2022, 11:17 am
Ending domestic violence
Rabbi Benjamin Elton joined more than 70 religious leaders in signing a declaration to end domestic violence.
By AJN STAFF
Premier Dominic Perrottet announces the definition's adoption on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied
December 16, 2021, 12:00 am
NSW adopts IHRA definition
Premier Dominic Perrottet made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon, following the federal government's adoption of the definition in October.
By Gareth Narunsky and Zeddy Lawrence
A swastika that was scrawled along the Bondi Beach promenade in April 2019.
December 12, 2021, 1:00 pm
Inquiry into ban bill
NSW could become the first state in Australia to ban Nazi symbols if the bill becomes law.
By AJN STAFF
Volunteers at Our Big Kitchen. Photo: Facebook
November 23, 2021, 10:00 am
$70k for Jewish House, OBK
Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton announced the funding in Parliament last month, with Jewish House receiving $50,000 and OBK $20,000.
By AJN STAFF
NSW,Parliamentary Friends of Israel chair Scott Farlow.
October 28, 2021, 8:00 am
Farlow urges adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition
"We do not and will not accept antisemitism in our society, and it sends a clear message to the NSW Jewish community that we hear them and we stand with them in saying no to antisemitism."
By Gareth Narunsky
Gladys Berejiklian at this year's Yom Ha'atzmaut cocktail event. Photo: Giselle Haber
October 7, 2021, 12:00 am
‘An incredibly warm friend’
Jewish community leaders have paid tribute to former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian after she announced her resignation last Friday afternoon.
By Gareth Narunsky
Gladys Berejiklian and JBOD president Lesli Berger.
October 1, 2021, 1:41 pm
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigns
JBOD: "There has been no stronger friend for the Jewish community throughout her time as Premier, as a minister and through her entire period in Parliament."
By Evan Zlatkis
Yvonne Engelman with Norman Seligman at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
June 24, 2021, 11:10 am
‘We are leaving a legacy’
The NSW government has announced it will give more than $6 million to the Sydney Jewish Museum "to ensure the Holocaust is always remembered by future generations".
By Gareth Narunsky
A Sephardi Torah on display at the SJM.
June 20, 2021, 3:51 pm
Sydney Jewish Museum to receive $6m from NSW govt
"This expansion of the Sydney Jewish Museum will provide a vital link to ensure the Holocaust is always remembered by future generations."
By AJN STAFF
KTC principal Roy Steinman giving Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton a tour of the school in 2017. Photo: Noel Kessel
June 26, 2020, 3:04 pm
‘Truly grateful for the support’
Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton: 'Since 2011, I’m proud to have provided my support through almost $700,000 in grants to local Jewish organisations'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Ethnic community leaders gather at the launch of the Keep NSW Safe campaign. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 28, 2020, 12:01 am
New campaign to stop public threats of violence
'We need to work together to combat abusive and violent behaviour that discriminates against cultural or religious groups as well as other sections of our community'.
By Evan Zlatkis
Professor Bernard Tuch.
January 22, 2019, 12:00 am
Collaboration brings hope for diabetes
Daily injections for type 1 diabetics could become a thing of the past within a decade thanks to research being conducted by Israeli and Australian scientists.
By Gareth Narunsky
FREE executive director Reuven Morrison (right) with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman at the Wellington Street, Bondi site where the new shule will be built. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 6, 2018, 12:01 am
Panel approves new Bondi shule
AFTER 12 years of frustration, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community is in celebration after Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe's (FREE) long-planned synagogue and community centre finally got the green light last week.
By Shane Desiatnik and Gareth Narunsky
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