Danny Lamm
The Beth Weizmann Community Centre.
April 30, 2019, 12:00 am
JNF exit plans draw ire
TENSIONS have flared over a decision by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Victoria to end its long tenancy at Beth Weizmann Community Centre.
By Peter Kohn
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 18, 2018, 12:01 am
PM considering embassy move
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has denied that an announcement to look at moving Australia's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem is motivated by Jewish votes in this weekend's Wentworth by-election.
By Gareth Narunsky
Beth Weizmann. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 5, 2018, 12:01 am
Leaders greet security funding
JEWISH community leaders have lauded Prime Minister Scott Morrison's confirmation, reported in last week's AJN, that Beth Weizmann Community Centre will finally get its much-needed federal government funding – as part of round two of the Safer Communities Fund scheme, under which Jewish institutions across Australia received a total of $4.1 million. 
By Peter Kohn
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
President Bill Clinton (centre), presiding over ceremonies marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat on September 13, 1993. Photo: AP Photo/Ron Edmonds
September 13, 2018, 12:01 am
Twenty-five years on
JEWISH community leaders in Australia have offered mixed reflections on the quarter century since the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians were signed in a ceremony on the White House lawn on September 13, 1993.
By Peter Kohn
Palestinian students outside a UNRWA school in Beirut. Photo: EPA/Nabil Mounzer
September 6, 2018, 12:01 am
Palestinian aid shake-up ‘welcome’
AUSTRALIAN Jewish community leaders have praised a move by the US to cut the entire American aid budget to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides aid to the Palestinians.
By Peter Kohn
Julie Bishop speaking at Beth Weizmann Community Centre in Melbourne last year. Photo: Ren Rizzolo
September 4, 2018, 9:35 am
‘Israel support to continue’
AUSTRALIA'S new Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne will continue to support the State of Israel, according to Liberal deputy leader Josh Frydenberg.
Danny Lamm. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 6, 2018, 12:01 am
Lamm wraps up presidency
AFTER 16 years of Jewish and Zionist leadership, Danny Lamm is on the home stretch of his second and final term as Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) president; four years as eventful as any in the four decades he has been active.
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
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 5, 2018, 12:01 am
Our tax won’t ‘pay to slay’
THE Jewish community has cautiously welcomed a landmark announcement by the Australian government ending direct aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) through the World Bank, amid growing concerns that Australia's tax dollars may be helping to fund terrorism.
By Peter Kohn
The flyer for the event.
June 28, 2018, 12:15 pm
Abuse victims ‘distressed’ by event
THE Yeshivah Centre has come under fire for holding a 10th yahrzeit commemoration for Melbourne Yeshivah director Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner which ignored any reference to the coverups of child sexual abuse he was reportedly involved in at the organisation.
Nikki Haley addressing the UN General Assembly last Wednesday. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
June 22, 2018, 12:01 am
‘Voice of truth, honesty’
THE United Nations General Assembly has "disgraced itself by siding with terrorists" after it passed a one-sided resolution last week condemning Israel for defending its Gaza border, Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Anton Block said.
By Gareth Narunsky
Tamika Mallory. Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Hulu
June 7, 2018, 12:01 am
Activist’s invite revoked
VCOSS feared Tamika Mallory's comments would detract from their message, writes Peter Kohn.
By Peter Kohn
Tom Steinfort (left) speaks with Daniel Luria in the 60 Minutes report. Photo: Screengrab.
May 25, 2018, 12:01 am
‘Ludicrously dumbed down’ report
COMMUNAL leaders have lambasted a 60 Minutes report which attempted to shed light on the conflict between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, labelling it "biased" and "dumbed-down". 
By Rebecca Davis
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
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