Operation Protective Edge

Captain Eitan Fund addresses the crowd at the Yom Yerushalayim celebration at Moriah College. Photo: Nadine Saacks

June 2, 2017, 12:02 am

HUNDREDS packed the Moriah College auditorium last week for a particularly emotional Yom Yerushalayim commemoration, marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.

By Yael Brender

February 23, 2017, 12:00 am

Appeal for return of twin’s body

UIA NSW guest speaker Tzur Goldin vividly remembers August 1, 2014, the day his world was turned upside down in southern Gaza.

By Joshua Levi

Benny Gantz addressing the UIA function in Sydney. Photo: Giselle Haber

March 4, 2016, 12:00 am

Gantz tackles the big issues

A SOLD-OUT auditorium greeted former Israel Defence Forces chief Benny Gantz at the United Israel Appeal’s (UIA’s) general division eastern suburbs function on Monday night.

By Gareth Narunsky

Major-General Jim Molan addresses the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum.

July 27, 2015, 12:00 am

A top brass take on the Gaza war

ISRAEL’S actions during last year’s Operation Protective Edge were lawful and justified, according to Major-General Jim Molan, who addressed the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum on Tuesday night.

By Phoebe Roth

Dave Sharma, Australian Ambassador to Israel at Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin

July 24, 2015, 12:00 am

Ambassador shares insights

THE conflict between Hamas and Israel last year has left a mark on the family of Australia’s ambassador to Israel.

By Joshua Levi

Major-General Jim Molan (PIC BY CPL JASON WEEDING)

July 14, 2015, 12:00 am

Military expert to reveal findings

WHEN the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted last week to condemn Israel for its actions during Operation Protective Edge, it did so despite a high-level military delegation finding that “Israel took extraordinary efforts to avoid civilian casualties” during the conflict.

Ravit Martinez will speak about her experiences as an MDA paramedic at MDA NSW's major function.

July 6, 2015, 12:00 am

Helping people in need with MDA

ONE of the special things about working for Magen David Adom (MDA) is the opportunity to help people all over the world, paramedic Ravit Martinez says.

By Gareth Narunsky

AJN photographer Noel Kessel (left) with NSW Premier Mike Baird. (Photo: Gareth Narunsky)

July 2, 2015, 12:00 am

The AJN’s photo finish

THE AJN’s Noel Kessel won Best Image at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Media Awards last Thursday.

January 30, 2015, 12:00 am

UN anti-Semitism session welcomed

By Gareth Narunsky

September 15, 2014, 12:00 am

A helping hand for injured soldiers

TWO organisations supporting the rehabilitation of Israel’s 50,000 injured soldiers and victims of terror – the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organisation (ZDVO) NSW and Beit Halochem Victoria – are joining forces to form one national body.

September 12, 2014, 12:00 am

Medics united in hopes for peace

MESSAGES of peace resonated through St Kilda Town Hall for Magen David Adom’s (MDA) appeal dinner in Melbourne this week as inspirational speakers, Mohammed Al-Hadid, of the Jordan National Red Crescent Society (JNRCS), and MDA’s Uri Shacham, shared their experiences providing humanitarian aid.

By ZOE KRON

September 11, 2014, 9:57 am

Remember the victims this Rosh Hashanah

WITH Rosh Hashanah fast approaching, Jews the world over are preparing to join with their families to celebrate the High Holy Days. Heralding the new year, they will gather round dining tables to recite kiddush, dip apple in honey and enjoy a festive meal. And then just a few days later, they will come together again to both start and break the annual Yom Kippur fast.

August 1, 2014, 8:00 am

Media disgrace

EDITORIAL Almost 2000 killed in just 10 days. No, not a statement regarding the current conflict in Gaza but the latest statistic to emerge from Syria, a country whose bloody civil war has raged for more than three years.

July 31, 2014, 12:00 am

SMH slammed over ‘anti-Semitic’ cartoon

THE Sydney Morning Herald could face legal action after widespread community outrage at a “clearly anti-Semitic” cartoon that could lead to the “inciting of hatred of Jews”.

By Joshua Levi

July 25, 2014, 12:00 am

Former Yavneh student shot in Gaza

AN Israeli soldier who grew up in Melbourne is recuperating in a military hospital in Petach Tikva, near Tel Aviv, after he was shot while in Gaza with his IDF unit last week.