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The ABC studios in Ultimo, Sydney. Photo: AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy
April 16, 2019, 12:00 am
ABC headline still ‘misleading’
THE Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has upheld an Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) complaint relating to a misleading headline, "Israel attacks targets in Gaza following signing of Golan Heights proclamation."
An Antipodean Resistance poster.
November 29, 2018, 12:01 am
Right on the rise
NEO-fascist organisation Antipodean Resistance (AR) has taken a prominent and concerning role among antisemitic forces threatening Jewish Australians, according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ).
By Peter Kohn
From left: Jeremy Jones, Labor Senators Anthony Chisholm and Kristina Keneally, Colin Rubenstein.
August 22, 2018, 12:17 pm
Keneally and co return from Rambam
Labor Senators Kristina Keneally and Anthony Chisholm addressed an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council briefing earlier this month after participating in a recent Rambam study program to Israel.
With the rejuvenated Sefer Torah, from left, Dvir Bar-Gal, Philip Dalidakis, Drew Nuland and Kehilat Shanghai's community coordinator Hannah Maia Frishberg.
August 17, 2018, 1:43 pm
A Torah’s odyssey
What do a fragile Torah scroll, a bar mitzvah boy and a government minister have in common? As Peter Kohn discovered, they are entwined in an epic tale of upheaval and renewal.
By Peter Kohn
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
Colin Rubenstein has criticised the ABC's lack of coverage regarding the rocket attacks on Israel.
June 8, 2018, 12:01 am
ABC’s ‘glaring failure’
THE Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has written to the ABC's managing director Michelle Guthrie asking her to explain the lack of coverage of last week's rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza, the largest bombardment since the war with Hamas in 2014.
Australian representative to the UNHRC Sally Mansfield voted against the resolution. Photo: UN Photo /Elma Okic
May 24, 2018, 12:01 am
‘We can hold head high’
A UNITED Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to investigate Israel's actions at the Gaza border during the recent violent unrest "failed the test of balance and impartiality", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
By Gareth Narunsky
Joe Gersh
May 18, 2018, 12:01 am
AFR columnist defended
THE Australian Financial Review (AFR) has doubled down after an "in-joke" between columnist Joe Aston and Jewish businessman Joe Gersh offended members of the community.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left to right: sisters Elly Sapper, Nicole Meyer and Dassi Erlich with Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky.
April 25, 2018, 12:01 am
‘The justice principle’
NEW details of how Malka Leifer, the former principal of the Adass Israel School, allegedly sexually abused children have been revealed in the first part of an Australian Story investigation, titled The Justice Principle.
By Joshua Levi
Paul Zimmet (centre) receiving his Victorian award from Premier Daniel Andrews and Governor Linda Dessau last October.
January 25, 2018, 12:01 am
Zimmet eyeing up senior title
THE 2018 Victorian Senior Australian of the Year, Professor Paul Zimmet, has arrived in Canberra ahead of the Australian of the Year Awards to be announced this evening (Thursday).
By Rebecca Davis
Sophie McNeill reporting from Jerusalem. Photo: Screengrab
December 15, 2017, 12:00 am
ABC’S McNeill to return to Australia
ABC’s controversial Israel correspondent Sophie McNeill is set to move back to Australia to join Four Corners next year.
By Joshua Levi
Michael Danby. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 11, 2017, 6:00 pm
Danby remains defiant
FEDERAL MP Michael Danby said this week he was shocked at the attacks levelled against him for using his communications allowance to place advertisements in The AJN, highlighting the unbalanced coverage of Israel by the ABC's Jerusalem-based Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill.
By Joshua Levi
Ike Curtis has converted to Judaism through the Melbourne Beth Din.
July 14, 2017, 12:01 am
‘Compass’ takes on conversion
ABC TV’s Compass will present ‘Ike’s Conversion’ this week, telling the story of 21-year-old Melbournian Ike Curtis, and his journey to Orthodox Judaism through the Melbourne Beth Din.
A screen grab from a report on June 15 on ABC TV's 7.30 program, which referred to Gaza as being part of the "occupied territories".
August 18, 2016, 12:00 am
ABC admits Gaza report errors
The ABC corrected two errors it made in a report on Palestinians crossing from Gaza into Egypt and Israel, following a complaint by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC).
July 28, 2016, 12:01 am
Fury over Q&A tweet
A tweet drawing equivalence between Israel and ISIS that appeared on-screen during Monday’s edition of Q&A has caused communal outrage.
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