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Derech Eretz participants at the Toomelah sign.
November 6, 2025, 8:00 am
Walking together: A life-changing friendship
Celebrating two decades of true allyship between Jewish and First Nations communities.
By Carly Adno
From left: David Arkles (TBI Co-President), Rabbi Allison Conyer (TBI), Kevin Moore (Desert Mob Gurindji man), Jacky Magid (TBI Co-President), Hayley Southwick (JCCV Vice-President), Commissioner Silvia Renda (VMC), Commissioner Gabrielle Marchetti (VMC), Courtney Winter-Peters (Stand Up CEO).
May 28, 2025, 8:00 am
Interfaith Kabbalat Shabbat
Break Bread, an initiative of Stand Up, brings people together over a shared meal to build trust.
By AJN STAFF
The Kol Halev launch event in Sydney. Photo: Sam Babus - SB Creatives Photography
July 27, 2023, 6:00 am
JCA funds not used for Voice
Claims that funds from JCA have been used for any Kol Halev events or the campaign more generally are 'entirely false'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Keynote speaker Thomas Mayo and panellist Ruby Langton-Batty. Photo: SB Creatives Photography
July 27, 2023, 5:55 am
Mayo urges solidarity for Voice
"Kol Halev" Jewish Voice for Yes campaign is a national initiative founded by Stand Up and the Jewish Community Council of Victoria.
By Shane Desiatnik
Boggabilla community member Buddy Hippi talks to Derech Eretz participants in Boobera Lagoon. Photo: Supplied
July 24, 2023, 7:09 am
The power of listening
While our historical backgrounds differ, our journeys share common themes. The struggle for self-determination, recognition and security deeply resonates with both peoples’ past and present.
By TOBIAS SIEGAL 
From left: Gali Brooks, Rosemary Kariuki and Ashley Feldman at the screening of Rosemary's Way at the Classic Cinemas in Melbourne.
July 23, 2023, 6:54 am
Addressing loneliness and isolation
"Refugees often arrive in a new country without family or friends, lacking ties or connections, unfamiliar with the culture and bureaucracy, sometimes unable to understand the language and burdened by post-traumatic experiences."
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Screenshots from The Jewish Youth for Yes video
June 1, 2023, 11:23 am
Multicultural communities rally behind the Voice
The growing nationwide alliance of multicultural groups has issued a joint resolution urging “all Australians to work together to ensure referendum success”.
By Mia Gardiner
Parents and students from the Emanuel School recently attended the Tikkun Wakulda retreat. Photo: Supplied.
May 25, 2023, 9:41 am
‘Felt a deeper connection to the land’
Parents and students recently returned from a powerful Jewish-Indigenous retreat, which was a collaboration between parents from the Emanuel School, Stand Up and Wangat Lodge.
By Carly Adno
Mark Baker at the 2017 Sydney Jewish Writers Festival. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 11, 2023, 10:45 am
‘Everything he touched turned into success’
Tributes have flowed for academic, historian and author Mark Baker, who passed away last week aged 63 from pancreatic cancer.
By SHANE DESIATNIK & GARETH NARUNSKY
May 5, 2023, 2:44 pm
Mark Baker remembered as ‘one of Australia’s leading Jewish public intellectuals’
Tributes are flowing for well-known academic, Holocaust historian, award-winning author, social justice advocate, Mark Baker, who passed away yesterday, aged 63
By Shane Desiatnik
The Derech Eretz group in Moree on January 26. Photos: supplied by Stand Up Derech Eretz.
February 16, 2023, 11:46 am
Welcoming ‘the Jewish mob’ to country
Stand Up's Derech Eretz program recently returned from its 18th trip to Toomelah and Boggabilla. The AJN finds out about the lasting impact the program has had on both the Jewish participants and First Nations communities involved.
By Carly Adno
A man walks over debris of collapsed buildings in Hatay, Turkey. Photo: Hussein Malla/AP
February 16, 2023, 9:53 am
Emergency appeal launched
The Australian Jewish community has launched an appeal to help those affected by the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. All funds raised as part of the communal appeal will assist IsraAID's efforts on the ground.
By Mia Gardiner
Susan Moylan-Coombs shared her story at the first 'Come Together' event in Sydney. Photo: Supplied
December 15, 2022, 10:41 am
‘Come Together’ for truth-telling
'We have a shared story of trauma and survival, and I felt like I was among people who, on a deeper level, understood me.'
By Carly Adno
Iranian women Nos Hosseini (bottom left) and Sarve Naz Almasi (top right) contributed to the webinar.
December 8, 2022, 9:53 am
Community urged to ‘raise awareness’
The Jewish community have been urged to speak up to support the people of Iran during a webinar.
By AJN STAFF
December 7, 2022, 12:00 pm
We all have a responsibility to the community and the world
By Daniel Samowitz
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