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Nina Taylor (centre) with Jewish Community Council of Victoria board member Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann and COO Naomi Levin.
September 26, 2023, 6:22 am
Call for submissions
"While we would prefer that making these laws would not be necessary, this government will always take action to tackle racism, hate speech and hate conduct head on..."
By Bruce Hill
Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Southern Metro, Russell Barrett, receives a certificate of appreciation from CSG CEO Justin Kagan
September 26, 2023, 6:18 am
Shmooze with the Blues
"In safeguarding the Jewish community, the CSG plays an indispensable role."
By Bruce Hill
Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, with a recycled plastic Yad
September 26, 2023, 6:10 am
‘Blue is the new silver’
Rosenthal believes that as Psalm 95 says "Asher lo hayam", the sea is God's, and we should treat it as such.
By Bruce Hill
Joel Kaplan (centre) outside the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne last Thursday. Photo: AAP Image/Diego Fedele
September 21, 2023, 7:53 am
Court finds against Brighton
After the judge left the courtroom last Thursday in the case against Brighton Secondary College and Victoria’s Department of Education, there was a round of applause and several people present burst into a spontaneous chorus of Hatikvah.
By Bruce Hill
Brighton Secondary College. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 14, 2023, 4:02 pm
Court rules in favour of former Brighton students
Judge orders $436,000 to be paid to Matt Kaplan, his brother Joel, Liam Arnold-Levy, Guy Cohen and Zack Snelling.
By Bruce Hill
Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi speaking at the JNF Victoria gala. Photo: JNF
September 14, 2023, 12:28 pm
Funds raised for Soroka Medical Centre in Israel
More than 600 guests attended the JNF annual gala in Melbourne, which featured guest speakers actress and activist Noa Tishby and former IDF chief of staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi.
By Bruce Hill
Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara in July. Photo: Adem Altan/AFP
September 13, 2023, 4:58 pm
Australia condemns Mahmoud Abbas’ antisemitic remarks
'We urge Mr Abbas to issue an apology. The Albanese government will always fight against antisemitism,' foreign minister Penny Wong says
By Bruce Hill
Poster for a 1939 Yiddish play in Melbourne.
September 10, 2023, 7:19 am
Youngsters interested in Yiddish
Weiser said during their visit to Australia, he and Halpern found a great interest in Yiddish among young people.
By Bruce Hill
The University of Melbourne. Photo: Polly Clip.
September 7, 2023, 10:42 am
Academic says campus antisemitism survey faulty
Academic Larry Stillman claims the results from the recent ZFA and AUJS antisemitism survey are 'based on a heavily skewed sample and it's not a real sample'
By Bruce Hill
First Bar Mitzvah in the North Territory
September 7, 2023, 9:46 am
‘God provided a choir of birds’ in Northern Territory
The ceremony took place at an aboriginal sacred site in the dried-up bed of the Todd River just outside Alice Springs.
By Bruce Hill
Rabbi Donniel Hartman at the ZFA plenary conference. Photo: Supplied
September 7, 2023, 8:50 am
Donniel Hartman on Israel and Zionism
'I think our Zionism has to evolve into … an engagement and an exciting journey to join in with Israel to build the Israel that we want'
By Bruce Hill
Attorney General Mark Dreyfus at the JHub site in Perth. Jonathan Silbert (L) and Tony Tate (R). USE THIS
September 3, 2023, 7:01 am
AG visits JHub and Chabad WA
While in Perth, Dreyfus also took time to visit Chabad WA, along with federal Minister for Early Childhood Education and Youth, Anne Aly.
By Bruce Hill
Former Israeli diplomat Mark Regev.
August 31, 2023, 9:51 am
Expanding the circle of peace
Former Israeli diplomat Mark Regev believes an Israel–Saudi normalisation would have a major positive effect in the wider Arab and Muslim world, even in our part of the world.
By Bruce Hill
Neo-Nazis outside Parliament in Melbourne on Saturday, March 18. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross
August 31, 2023, 9:46 am
Holocaust survivors consulted over development of new laws
The Andrews government introduced a bill to ban the Nazi salute and other gestures in Victoria, with penalties ranging from fines of up to $23,000 to up to a year in jail.
By Bruce Hill
La Trobe University.
August 24, 2023, 1:53 pm
La Trobe offers to meet ZFA over IHRA furore
There are concerns over La Trobe University's only partial adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.
By Bruce Hill
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