Timna Jacks

April 14, 2014, 12:00 am

NINETY years on from its establishment, Betar Australia has opened the doors of a new home for future generations of the movement, in a ceremony drawing 200 people.

By Timna Jacks

April 8, 2014, 12:00 am

Bionic legs at Beth Weizmann

WHEN former IDF soldier Radi Kaiuf was shot by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon in 1988, he was told that he would never walk again.

By Timna Jacks

April 3, 2014, 12:00 am

Jewish education failing to make the grade

A GROUNDBREAKING study highlighting weaknesses in the way Hebrew and Jewish studies are being taught at Jewish schools across Australia has been welcomed by Australian Jewish educators, who agree with the findings that Australian Jewry has entered a “new era” and curriculums must be revised accordingly.

By Timna Jacks

April 2, 2014, 12:00 am

MP sparks ‘Holocaust’ furore

STATE Upper House MP Bernie Finn has thrown his weight behind a pro-life Facebook page called “Silent Holocaust”, a move that has angered Holocaust survivors in Melbourne.

By Timna Jacks

March 28, 2014, 12:00 am

Changing the tone on Israel

PHILLIP Salvador, 24, is a Catholic scout leader and Israeli Air Force veteran. Salma Aboganem, 55, is a Muslim bedouin and former Israeli Defence Forces veteran. Rani Sneh, 25, is a gay Jewish student living in Israel. They may not be household names, but their stories are the focus of a new campaign by the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), designed to educate tertiary students about the real Israel.

By Timna Jacks

Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence committee member Sheiny New. Photo: AJN file

March 18, 2014, 12:00 am

Top prize for Taskforce

By Timna Jacks

February 25, 2014, 12:00 am

New commissioner calls for 18C axing

By Timna Jacks

February 21, 2014, 12:00 am

Parliamentary spat over Sharon

By Timna Jacks

Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser speaks during the Monash debate. Photo: Peter Haskin

February 19, 2014, 12:00 am

‘I would get on a boat’

By Timna Jacks

December 17, 2013, 12:00 am

‘Australia is our iron dome’

ISRAEL’S Minister of Economy, Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett declared there is “no one stronger and more connected to Israel” than Australia, at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC) lunch last Friday.

By Timna Jacks

December 11, 2013, 12:00 am

Women of Australia honour Women of Wall

FIVE female stalwarts of the Australian Jewish community have joined women from across the globe in contributing to a publication celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Israeli women’s rights organisation Women of the Wall.

By Timna Jacks

December 10, 2013, 12:00 am

AJN reconnects The Wire creator with his family

AN appeal to AJN readers by The Wire creator David Simon to help track down the family of a long-lost cousin has brought to an end a decades-long mystery.

By Timna Jacks

Education Minister Naftali Bennett has withdrawn his demand to be Defence Minister.

November 26, 2013, 12:00 am

Bennett bound for Oz

ISRAEL’S Minister of Economy, Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs, and chairman of the Jewish Home (HaBayit Hayehudi) party, Naftali Bennett, is set to address Jewish audiences across Australia next month.

By Timna Jacks

November 15, 2013, 12:00 am

PM pledges to stand by Israel

IN his first appearance at a Jewish function since being elected Prime Minister, Tony Abbott pledged to “commit the new Australian Government to stand by the State of Israel” a country he described as a “bastion of liberal pluralism and democratic freedom in a part of the world where these ideals are almost unknown.”

By Timna Jacks

October 18, 2013, 9:21 am

ZFA furore erupts over J Street critique

A ZIONIST Federation Australia (ZFA) email criticising American Zionist advocacy group J Street has sparked controversy with some younger members of the Jewish community saying they felt alienated by the organisation's actions.

By Timna Jacks