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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
Gabrielle Upton.
December 14, 2017, 12:47 pm
Section 20D: What went wrong?
It's important now that the community does not give up and that we continue to fight for it (Section 20D) to be amended.
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has promised to strengthen racial vilification laws if Labor is elected in the 2019 NSW election.
December 14, 2017, 12:00 am
NSW government snub over 20D
Jewish communal leaders are furious that after a lengthy campaign supported by a coalition of faith and ethnic groups, the NSW government is not making expected changes to Section 20D of the Anti-Discrimination Act, despite an admission from former attorney-general Gabrielle Upton that the legislation as it currently stands is not working as intended.
By Joshua Levi
From Left: Gabrielle Upton MP, Ray Williams MP, JBOD president Jeremy Spinak, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 1, 2017, 12:00 am
Parliament lights up Chanukah
More than 100 people, including Jewish communal leaders, politicians and representatives from other faith communities, attended the NSW Parliament pre-Chanukah celebration last week.
By AJN STAFF
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