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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry
Meir Kahane addresses his followers during a demonstration in Jerusalem in 1984. Photo: Nati Harnik/GPO
February 28, 2019, 12:01 am
‘A betrayal of Jewish values’
THE Benjamin Netanyahu-brokered merger of Israel's Jewish Home party with the far-right Jewish Power has been met with unanimous concern from Australia's peak Jewish groups.
Scott Morrison speaking in Parliament.
February 21, 2019, 12:01 am
‘A rare show of unity’
THE Morrison government "will not turn a blind eye to an antisemitic agenda masquerading as defence of human rights in the UN", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this week.
By Gareth Narunsky
ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 23, 2018, 12:01 am
ECAJ ‘cautiously welcomes’ findings
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has "cautiously welcomed" the long-awaited release of the Religious Freedom Review and the federal government's response.
By Gareth Narunsky
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking at the Sydney Institute last Saturday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
December 20, 2018, 6:45 pm
Mixed reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called Labor's pledge to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "hasty and ill-advised".
By Gareth Narunsky
Jeremy Spinak at the 2018 Yom Ha'atzmaut cocktail party. Photo: Noel Kessel
November 22, 2018, 12:01 am
‘A beautiful, unique young man of untold value’
JEREMY Spinak was one of the most influential and highly respected communal leaders in Sydney, but last Thursday morning at the age of 36 he succumbed to a rare form of cancer.
By Joshua Levi and Gareth Narunsky
In a rare moment of unity Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Cheryl Edwards, who led the advisory group for the apology, came together to apologise to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. Photo: AAP Image
October 25, 2018, 12:01 am
The national apology
WITH one sentence, emotion filled Parliament House in Canberra on Monday. "Today the Australian government and this Parliament, on behalf of all Australians, unreservedly apologises to the victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
By Joshua Levi
Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly last week. Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew
October 4, 2018, 12:01 am
Bibi’s bombshells
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has labelled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's United Nations General Assembly speech "compelling", identifying Bibi's revelation of a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran a "key moment".
By Gareth Narunsky
Sderot residents survey the damage to a house caused by a rocket from Gaza. Photo: Sderot Municipality
July 19, 2018, 12:01 am
ABC coverage bombs
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has lodged an official complaint with the ABC over its coverage of events in Israel and Gaza last weekend.
By Gareth Narunsky
The poster stuck on Mike Kelly's office.
March 2, 2018, 12:01 am
Neo-Nazi group’s assault
A BARRAGE of anti-Semitic attacks has ravaged NSW and Victoria, with community leaders and MPs voicing concern over an upsurge in hatred and bigotry.
By Peter Kohn
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