Gladys Berejiklian
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.
GAANZ co-founder Gidon Goodman speaking about Gaucher Disease at a Genetic Alliance Australia event at NSW Parliament House last month.
November 12, 2018, 5:16 pm
Teen launches rare disease support group
Moriah College student Gidon Goodman, 15, and his mum Karen, officially launched the Gaucher Association of Australia and New Zealand as part of International Gaucher Awareness Month.
By Shane Desiatnik
Gidon Goodman on Channel Nine's Today Extra program last week. Photo: Screenshot
March 27, 2018, 3:45 pm
Gidon’s new petition packs a punch
Take note, federal and state politicians – you can expect to hear from Sydney teenager and public health activist Gidon Goodman again very soon.
By Shane Desiatnik
The interior of The Great Synagogue.
March 8, 2018, 12:01 am
PM, Premier honour The Great
"A BEACON of worship, dedication and intellectual faith in NSW's Jewish community," is how NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian poignantly described The Great Synagogue – often considered "the mother congregation of Australian Jewry" – at the shule's momentous 140th anniversary service.
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley at the JBOD plenum. Photo: Noel Kessel
February 22, 2018, 12:01 am
Foley’s pledge on 20D
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley began his guest address at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) plenum on February 20 in dramatic style, holding a poster produced and circulated by Antipodean Resistance as an example of how "weak, inadequate and broken" Section 20D of the NSW anti-discrimination Act is, before restating his promise to "fix it within 100 days" should Labor be elected to government in 2019.
By Shane Desiatnik
Gabrielle Upton.
December 14, 2017, 12:47 pm
Section 20D: What went wrong?
It's important now that the community does not give up and that we continue to fight for it (Section 20D) to be amended.
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten wish the Jewish community a happy Chanukah.
December 12, 2017, 12:00 am
Chanukah messages from our leaders
Australia's federal and state leaders and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry's president Anton Block wishes the Jewish community a happy Chanukah.
Dr Tom Moss. Photo: Nadine Saacks.
December 1, 2017, 12:00 am
Humanitarian award for Moss
Dr Tom Moss was presented with the Dennis Clifford Humanitarian Award in front of 1000 people, including NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Opposition Leader Luke Foley, at Jewish House's gala dinner on Tuesday night.
By Joshua Levi
From Left: Gabrielle Upton MP, Ray Williams MP, JBOD president Jeremy Spinak, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 1, 2017, 12:00 am
Parliament lights up Chanukah
More than 100 people, including Jewish communal leaders, politicians and representatives from other faith communities, attended the NSW Parliament pre-Chanukah celebration last week.
Dr Dorit Samocha-Bonet holding a micro-fluid chip inside the Garvan-Weizmann Centre for Cellular Genomics. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
August 15, 2017, 12:01 am
Doors open for scientific breakthroughs
By Shane Desiatnik
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian addressing the Jewish community on Tuesday night. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 4, 2017, 12:00 am
Berejiklian toasts the State of Israel
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian proposed a toast to the State of Israel at a communal Yom Ha’atzmaut function on Tuesday night (May 2).
By Yael Brender
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley addressing members of the multicultural media at NSW Parliament House. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
April 14, 2017, 12:00 am
Foley: ‘No deals with Hanson’
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley has challenged Premier Gladys Berejiklian to “rule out” a Liberal–One Nation preference deal ahead of the next state election.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Ernie Friedlander, guest presenter Jay Laga'aia and Stepan Kerkyasharian.
March 26, 2017, 12:00 am
Top award for Moving Forward Together
A volunteer organisation chaired by Holocaust survivor Ernie Friedlander has won the top prize – the Stepan Kerkyasharian Harmony Award Medal – at the 2017 Premier’s Harmony Dinner.
By Shane Desiatnik
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at Parliament House on Tuesday. Photo: Noel Kessel
March 24, 2017, 12:37 am
Premier: ‘I’m the granddaughter of survivors’
As the granddaughter of survivors of genocide, it was a poignant moment when NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian addressed the multicultural media on Tuesday and declared that Holocaust education is “absolutely critical”.
By Evan Zlatkis
From left: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Coogee MP Bruce Notley-Smith, Gidon Goodman and NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard.
March 24, 2017, 12:00 am
Gidon’s win for the people
After half a year of determined campaigning for a fairer hospital parking fee system, Sydney year 9 student Gidon Goodman’s beaming smile on Monday said it all.
By Shane Desiatnik
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