Naomi Levin
Around 600 people attended a rally in Melbourne in support of the Jewish community, Israel and the rights of Jews to feel safe in the Melbourne CBD. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 12, 2026, 11:49 am
Shaping the future of Jewish Australia together
Are we a Jewish community in name only, or a living, breathing network of shared purpose?
By Naomi Levin
JCCV CEO Naomi Levin speaks after Premier Jacinta Allan's announcement of new laws to curb antisemitism, outside the firebombed Adass Israel Synagogue on December 17, 2024. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 6, 2025, 10:36 am
Restoring the Melbourne we know and love
It is in our interest to recommit ourselves to this work for the good of our Jewish community.
By Naomi Levin
"Jew die" was daubed on the walls of Mount Scopus Memorial College in May 2024.
May 15, 2025, 5:00 pm
Turning the tide on antisemitism
In the 2024 Victorian Antisemitism Report the JCCV and CSG identify five clear trends.
By Naomi Levin
JCCV CEO Naomi Levin.
November 21, 2024, 11:51 am
Where are we heading as a community?
With support from the NSW Jewish Communal Appeal, Dr Graham has analysed data from the 2021 Australian Census and drawn some key findings on our Jewish community.
By Naomi Levin
Surveying land at Cranbourne in 1952 are (from left) course designer Sam Berriman, superintendent Gordon Black, journalist Jack Dillon, Cranbourne Golf Club president Syd Kaufman, captain Harry Cohen and vice-president Harold Lasky.
July 18, 2024, 2:46 pm
Blatant and open discrimination against Jews
Jewish doctors working in major health services have been told by long-time patients they no longer want to see them because they know they are Jewish.
By Naomi Levin
Antisemitic graffiti in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton last November. Photo: Supplied
January 18, 2024, 11:35 am
Time to consider antisemitism a unique problem
One-size-fits-all anti-racism campaigns are not helping.
By Naomi Levin
From left: Nicole Meyer, Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich leave the Victorian County Court after Malka Leifer was sentenced to 15 years in jail. Photo: AAP Image/Joel Carrett
September 15, 2023, 6:43 am
Looking back at the year that was
'5783 has been peppered with milestones'
By Naomi Levin
Antisemitic graffiti scrawled in Richmond in September 2021, the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 13, 2023, 11:50 am
A focused response to antisemitism
'Better understanding these trends allows advocacy organisations, like the JCCV, to respond to antisemitism in an evidence-based way.'
By Naomi Levin
From left: JCCV president Daniel Aghion, From the Heart director Dean Parkin and Stand Up First Nations partnership coordinator Tahlia Bowen at an event to help the Jewish community understand the Voice Referendum in late 2022.
March 23, 2023, 11:21 am
Working together for the community
We do not vote on or declare a global Jewish president or a global head rabbi. However, there are times, when Jewish communities require leadership.
By Naomi Levin
Stonnington Council members attend a Jewish immersion program. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 1, 2022, 9:17 am
Brighton allegations the catalyst for action
While we would love to eradicate antisemitism altogether, we need to tackle the problem in a meaningful way. What the JCCV aims to do is to create a society where antisemitism is addressed, not ignored.
By Naomi Levin
The Melbourne Jewish community's diversity was on display at the In One Voice festival in March. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 14, 2022, 11:30 am
A bird’s eye view of Jewish Melbourne
The JCCV is noticing an increasingly diverse community.
By Naomi Levin
JCCV president Daniel Aghion. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 13, 2022, 10:00 am
Standing up and speaking out for our community
The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has spent the past 84 years leading and advocating for our local community.
By Naomi Levin
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi wore a keffiyeh "in solidarity with Palestinians" in Parliament last May. Photo: Facebook
May 3, 2022, 5:00 pm
Pre-election extremism from the Greens
'Solidarity with everyone standing against artwashing apartheid. Justice for Palestine!'
By Naomi Levin
Gaza children trained in the use of weapons at a summer camp earlier this year. Photo: Hamas
October 11, 2021, 10:00 am
‘Hamas must be proscribed in its entirety’
'Hamas operates as a unitary group. Its politburo oversees and directs the militia. Officials move between military command and political positions.'
By Naomi Levin
November 18, 2019, 9:57 am
The media’s concealing the truth about PIJ
'These rocket attacks should not be reported as anything other than ongoing terror attacks from a group Australia defines as one of the world’s most dangerous'.
By Naomi Levin
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