Julian Leeser

May 30, 2019, 12:00 am

Leeser: Dirtiest, nastiest election I can remember

RE-ELECTED MP for Berowra Julian Leeser despaired that the recent federal election campaign was "singularly the dirtiest and nastiest election I can remember".

By sophie deutsch and adam kamien

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

September 13, 2018, 12:05 pm

Suicide: shattering the stigma

Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44. Today is R U OK? Day, imploring us to begin conversations with those around us and provide support in order to prevent the silence that leads to these staggering statistics. So, let's talk. Rebecca Davis lifts the lid on suicide.

By Rebecca Davis

Josh Frydenberg being sworn in as Federal Treasurer last Friday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

August 30, 2018, 12:01 am

Josh Hashanah

WHEN Malcolm Turnbull addressed the media on Thursday afternoon last week, the thought of becoming deputy leader of the Liberal Party hadn't even crossed Josh Frydenberg's mind.

By Joshua Levi

Jules Hoffman points to his brother Adolf's name on the National Jewish War Memorial. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos

August 16, 2018, 11:20 am

Honouring our fallen Diggers

JEWISH history was made in our nation's capital last Sunday when Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove officially unveiled the first ever Australian Jewish War Memorial (AJWM), which commemorates all 341 Jewish Diggers who are known to have died on active service for their country from 1900 to today.

By Shane Desiatnik

The Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy launch last September.

August 8, 2018, 2:56 pm

Wolper Foundation grants bolster five projects

From supporting a suicide prevention strategy tailored to the Jewish community, to boosting services for Jewish senior citizens and people with multiple sclerosis, Wolper Jewish Hospital Health Foundation grants will go a long way.

By Shane Desiatnik

July 10, 2018, 12:00 am

Leeser to deliver Human Rights address

Federal politician Julian Leeser will examine the singling out of Israel by the international community and the role of international human rights when delivering the 2018 B’nai B’rith Human Rights Address in Sydney on July 15.

Julian Leeser at the launch of the strategy. Photo: Noel Kessel

March 27, 2018, 5:44 pm

Watershed strategy to save lives

TWENTY-ONE organisations have banded together to launch a landmark and inspiring Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy (JSPS).

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.

Jewish members of Parliament witness the completion of the Torah with Rabbi Shmueli Feldman and Rabbi Eli Gutnick. Photo: Andrew Taylor

October 29, 2017, 12:00 am

History made in Parliament

THE first Torah to be inaugurated in Australia's Federal Parliament had its final letters inscribed in a landmark event last week.

Re-enactment of the cavalry charge at the 90th anniversary commemorations in Beersheba. Photo: AP/Ariel Schalit

October 26, 2017, 12:00 am

Turnbull and Shorten bound for Beersheba

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will be joined by senior politicians, military personnel and communal leaders next Tuesday when they stand shoulder to shoulder with their Israeli counterparts in Beersheba to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the landmark battle that saw the defeat of the Ottoman Turks and helped pave the way for the establishment of the Jewish State.

By Joshua Levi

Tackling suicide: the launch of the Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy project on Sunday, September 10.

September 14, 2017, 9:00 am

Jewish suicide prevention strategy launched

In response to a number of suicides within the Jewish community, JewishCare has launched the first ever Jewish Suicide Prevention Strategy project.

By Evan Zlatkis

Julian Leeser presenting a replica slouch hat to Elsie Amamoo.
Photo: Shane Desiatnik

August 22, 2017, 12:01 am

Recognising Indigenous role

TEARS were shed at a moving ceremony in Sydney last Sunday, when Jewish federal MP Julian Leeser presented certificates to 12 descendants of Indigenous men who served in Australian Light Horse brigades during the WWI Sinai-Palestine campaign.

By Shane Desiatnik

Attorney-General George Brandis (left), who has said people have a "right to be bigots", with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

March 2, 2017, 12:00 am

Report ‘shows no reason to change 18C’

Jewish community leaders have welcomed this week’s findings by Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights report on the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA), which failed to reach a consensus on amending freedom-of-speech laws.

By Peter Kohn

Marteen and Kyle Joustra accept Righteous among the Nations medals of behalf of Ids and Elizabeth Joustra.

February 3, 2017, 12:03 am

‘We can never remain silent’

“To speak about Auschwitz isn’t easy and it never will be easy,” said Holocaust survivor Olga Horak in her testimony. “Our generation was betrayed by mankind."

By Yael Brender

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