Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ)
Israeli ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and leaders of the Jewish community. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 17, 2019, 12:00 am
Israel-NSW ties endure
ISRAELI ambassador to Australia Mark Sofer announced unequivocally at Israel's 71st Independence Day celebration on Tuesday evening that the Jewish community of NSW is one of the best, if not the best, community he has worked with during his 39 years in the foreign ministry.
The Uniting Church/ECAJ National Dialogue.
May 8, 2019, 3:31 pm
‘No place for hate in election debate’
A GROUP of Uniting Church and Jewish community representatives have gathered in Sydney to condemn the “spate of racist invective, vandalism and harassment” marring the federal election campaign.
Wayne Kurnorth
May 2, 2019, 12:00 am
Labor’s latest pains
LABOR has dumped a Northern Territory Senate hopeful who had shared antisemitic conspiracy theories on Facebook.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Waverley Liberal councillor Sally Betts, Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma, and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies acting president Isabelle Shapiro at the Bondi promenade where swastikas were daubed last week.
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
Coalition’s CCTV pledge
THE Coalition will invest $143,000 in enhanced CCTV at Bondi Beach to fight back against a recent spate of antisemitic graffiti if re-elected next month.
By Evan Zlatkis
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
April 19, 2019, 12:00 am
Committed to West Jerusalem as capital
COMMUNAL leaders have welcomed the opening of a new Australian Trade and Defence Office in Jerusalem as a sign of Australia's continued commitment to recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Josh Wilson speaking in Parliament last year. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
April 18, 2019, 12:00 am
‘An insult to our national debate’
AS the Australian Labor Party battles against anti-Israel elements within its ranks, leader Bill Shorten has stressed that a "Shorten Labor government will be committed to maintaining close ties with Israel".
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."
Melissa Parke.
April 13, 2019, 6:15 pm
WA Labor candidate quits over Israel comments
OPPOSITION leader Bill Shorten says Labor’s candidate for the WA seat of Curtin Melissa Parke did the “right thing” after withdrawing from the election contest over controversial comments she made about Israel.
By Gareth Narunsky
Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.
April 5, 2019, 12:00 am
Greens’ post slammed
JEWISH leaders have expressed their disgust at a gibe by a Greens staffer working for Macnamara candidate Steph Hodgins-May that deaths in Gaza were Israeli "genocide".
By Peter Kohn
Bennelong MP John Alexander removing the graffiti in Epping. Photo: Facebook
April 4, 2019, 12:00 am
Antisemitic graffiti condemned
JEWISH leaders have expressed their outrage after a string of swastikas and antisemitic remarks were daubed across Sydney late last month.
The offending graffiti which has since been removed.
March 29, 2019, 12:21 pm
Police investigating neo-Nazi graffiti in Sydney
POLICE are appealing for information after a series of neo-Nazi symbols and antisemitic remarks were sprayed on a Sydney laneway.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
March 29, 2019, 12:00 am
Australia backs Israel at the UN
SCOTT Morrison's government has received kudos from the Jewish community for its stand against a spate of anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth DIn. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky
March 28, 2019, 12:00 am
Sydney Beth Din to be investigated
THE Sydney Beth Din (SBD) has accused the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) of having a "history of effectively undermining the theological basis of Orthodoxy and halachah" after JBOD last week resolved to investigate it.
By Gareth Narunsky
An Israeli house hit by a Hamas rocket this week. Photo: Israel Police
March 28, 2019, 12:00 am
Australian Jewish leaders condemn Hamas attacks
JEWISH community leaders in Australia have condemned a barrage of Hamas rocket attacks against civilians in central Israel this week. 
By Peter Kohn
JBOD president Lesli Berger on stage with other faith leaders at St Mary's Cathedral.
March 21, 2019, 12:00 am
JBOD launches Christchurch crowdfunding campaign
THE New Zealand mosque massacres prompted the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) to launch a crowd-funding campaign in support of the Muslim community in Christchurch.
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