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ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron. Photo: Screenshot
July 16, 2026, 11:56 am
ABC and SBS defend editorial models
Senior figures from the ABC, SBS and media regulator ACMA faced sustained questioning.
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Screenshots combined.
May 21, 2026, 8:00 am
Shameful rejection of IHRA definition
ABC and SBS criticised after refusing to adopt the internationally recognised definition of antisemitism.
By AJN STAFF
John Lyons leaving the ABC office. Photo: AAP Photos.
May 19, 2026, 5:20 pm
ABC and SBS refuse to adopt IHRA
Jewish leaders "deeply concerned" by the public broadcasters dismissal of the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Josh Merten in Mezuzah Man. Photo: Jewish Australian Screen Fund.
February 19, 2026, 11:52 am
SBS rejects Jewish film
SBS declines Bondi short Mezuzah Man, citing concerns over “inflammatory” content.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia and Alon Cassuto, ZFA CEO, announcing the human rights complain against former SBS newsreader Mary Kostakidis. Photo: Bruce Hill /The AJN
July 14, 2024, 3:51 pm
Mary Kostakidis faces Human Rights complaint
Since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Mary Kostakidis has shared extreme propaganda with her 30,000 Twitter followers,
By Bruce Hill
January 25, 2024, 10:00 pm
Honours for former NSW JBD CEO and AJN editor
Vic Alhadeff has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the Jewish community, and to the media.
By AJN STAFF
SBS Radio Hebrew Program host since 1988, Nitza Lowenstein, during her final show.
August 31, 2023, 12:41 pm
Nitza bids farewell after nearly 36 years
The guest lists on her program each week ranged from prime ministers, Nobel Prize winners and professors, to rabbis, musicians and movie stars, and quiet achievers who work hard behind the scenes to help others, in all sorts of fields.
By Shane Desiatnik
John Safran, Cal Wilson and Adam Liaw.
July 17, 2023, 7:26 am
Hey Australia, who the bloody hell are you?
Safran said what is excellent about the program is that it shows all cultures cannot be treated as “basically the same story, just with different window dressings”.
By Jessica Abelsohn
May 4, 2023, 11:35 am
Celebrating a 35-year radio ride
SBS Radio broadcaster Nitza Lowenstein has interviewed thousands of guests on her Hebrew-language program to an audience that has gone global thanks to social media and podcasts. She tells Shane Desiatnik about her career.
By Shane Desiatnik
Vic Alhadeff.
October 7, 2021, 8:00 am
New role for Vic Alhadeff
Alhadeff, who led JBOD for 16 years before stepping down earlier this year, said he was "deeply honoured" to have been appointed to the public broadcaster's board.
By Evan Zlatkis
Netta Barzilai.
December 13, 2018, 12:01 am
SBS threatens boycotters
EUROVISION broadcaster SBS has threatened to sue anti-Israel boycott activists for using its logo on their campaign materials.
By Gareth Narunsky
Colin Rubenstein has criticised the ABC's lack of coverage regarding the rocket attacks on Israel.
June 8, 2018, 12:01 am
ABC’s ‘glaring failure’
THE Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has written to the ABC's managing director Michelle Guthrie asking her to explain the lack of coverage of last week's rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, the largest bombardment since the war with Hamas in 2014.
Rabbi Yossi Rodal prays in central Australia during a trip by Chabad of RARA which was filmed for a SBS documentary.
May 16, 2018, 9:47 am
Search for ‘lost’ Jews
From the outback to tropical Queensland, a new TV documentary follows two Chabad of RARA rabbis as they go off the beaten track in their mitzvah tank in search of 'lost' Jews.
Back (from left): Vic Alhadeff, Phillip Wolanski, Caroline Marcus, Suzy Wolanski, Zac McLean, Bryan Seymour. Front (from left): Lisa Davies, Jenny Campbell, Anna Caldwell, Sally Roberts, Tory Maguire.
October 12, 2017, 11:05 am
Israel ‘captured my heart and my mind’
EIGHT senior journalists, editors and producers shared their thoughts on Monday night on an intensive week-long study mission they'd recently been on to Israel and the West Bank.
By Evan Zlatkis
SBS's Nitza Lowenstein.
October 2, 2017, 12:00 am
SBS Hebrew program safe
JEWISH programming will continue on SBS Radio after a major review of foreign-language services by the broadcaster.
By Peter Kohn
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