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Josh Frydenberg (left) and Daniel Andrews (right) with plaques of Jerusalem stone marking the reopening of BWJCC, with Sam Tatarka . Photo: Peter Haskin
August 5, 2021, 9:30 am
‘Work, play in complete safety’
Josh Frydenberg: “Given [Beth Weizmann's] prominence, it’s only appropriate that it has a level of security that is commensurate with the threat.”
By Peter Kohn
From left: Dave Sharma MP, Emanuel Synagogue CEO Suzanna Helia and ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
July 9, 2020, 1:12 pm
Security funding ‘unfortunate but necessary’
Within Sydney's Wentworth electorate, $5 million from the federal government will be allocated to fortify communal organisations with upgraded security infrastructure.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 9, 2020, 10:16 am
Calls for Israel to join Five Eyes intelligence network
In an opinion piece in The Australian, Boaz Ganor says 'it would be prudent to consider having Israel join this arrangement'.
By Evan Zlatkis
From left: Tim Wilson, David Southwick, Rabbi Motty Liberow and Senator James Paterson with children at Hamerkaz Shelanu’s Lamdeni School after the security grants were announced. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 2, 2020, 12:01 am
$5.2m to upgrade security
'This significant investment by the Morrison government will go a long way to supporting the safety and security of our local Jewish community'.
By Peter Kohn
Photo: Peter Haskin
February 13, 2020, 3:30 pm
Antisemitic material sent to Jewish community
Antisemitic material, including a note titled 'Death of the Jews Secret Masterplan' was sent to a Melbourne communal organisation and to a well known individual in the community.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Rabbi Gersh Lazarow, Rebecca Silk and TBI fundraising chair Helen Shardey with Senator James Paterson. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 18, 2019, 6:30 am
Boost to TBI’s security
Melbourne's Temple Beth Israel synagogue received a grant of more than $200,000 towards bolstering security and safety.
By Peter Kohn
From left: ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim, Council for Jewish Community Security chairman Peter Wise, Dave Sharma, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger and CSG head of security Matt Meyerson. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
October 17, 2019, 8:00 am
Jewish groups reap benefit
The ECAJ says security funding received by Jewish organisations across Australia is 'much-needed and very timely given the resurgence of antisemitism'.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger, Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
May 22, 2019, 11:41 am
NSW govt provides $2m for communal security
MAKING good on a pre-election pledge, Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton joined NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti to present the community with a $2 million cheque for communal security on Tuesday night.
Police outside Sydney's Central Synagogue on Sunday night. Photo: AJN
May 2, 2019, 12:00 am
‘Business as usual’ following security scare
THE Community Security Group (CSG) in NSW insists it will be “business as usual” for Shabbat services, after an online threat against Sydney’s Central Synagogue triggered a large-scale police operation on Sunday night.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
March 18, 2019, 3:32 pm
$55m funding boost for religious security
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
July 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Trump and Putin discuss Syria
In past discussions Trump has shown naivety about Russia’s seriousness about threats from Syria, and all indications after this week’s summit are that he is becoming less assertive, not more, with Putin.
By Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay looks towards Syria from Mount Bental.
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Russian pledge on Syria
Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that “only representatives of the Syrian armed forces will be deployed on the Syrian side of the border with Israel".
By Nathan Jeffay
At the funding announcement at St Kilda Shule, clockwise from top left: State MP David Southwick, immediate past president of South Caulfield Shule Zeev Duieb, Senator James Paterson, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman of St Kilda Shule, Tim Wilson MP and Rabbi Dovid Rubinfeld of Melbourne Hebrew Congregation.
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Security funding boost for Melbourne shules
Funding for security upgrades at Melbourne shules, Jewish schools and organisations will receive a boost of more than $350,000 from the federal government's Safer Communities Fund.
By Peter Kohn
Palestinian protesters near the Gaza border on Monday. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
May 17, 2018, 12:00 am
Gaza border clashes: ‘IDF averted a great disaster’
As the international community raged against Palestinian deaths, Israelis who live near Gaza were praising the IDF and saying it avoided bloodbath in their areas.
By Nathan Jeffay
A statue of an Israeli soldier at Ben Tal next to the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights. Photo: EPA/Atef Safadi
April 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Golan Heights residents fear escalation
As world powers decide their next steps for a volatile Syria, in the largest Jewish town in the Golan Heights, the security chief is preparing bomb shelters.
By Nathan Jeffay
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