Lesli Berger

May 22, 2019, 11:41 am

NSW govt provides $2m for communal security

Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton joined NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti to present the community with a $2 million cheque.

By Evan Zlatkis

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.

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff (left) and Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma. Photo: Noel Kessel

May 15, 2019, 2:23 pm

Government commits $200k to JBOD

THE Morrison government has committed more than $200,000 in funding to the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD), it was announced on Wednesday.

Lena Goldstein, pictured ahead of her 100th birthday earlier this year, passed away peacefully in her sleep on
Tuesday night. Photo: Noel Kessel

May 15, 2019, 1:38 pm

Shoah survivor Lena Goldstein passes away at 100

TWO weeks after lighting a candle at Yom Hashoah, 100-year-old Lena Goldstein died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday night.

By Joshua Levi

Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane. Photo: Twitter

May 8, 2019, 2:23 pm

Outrage over Labor MP’s appointment

LABOR MP Shaoquett Moselmane, who described some Israel supporters as a "political lobby group that is cancerous, malicious and seeks to deny, misinform and scaremonger", has been appointed as assistant president of the NSW Legislative Council.

By Gareth Narunsky

Police outside Sydney's Central Synagogue on Sunday night. Photo: AJN

May 2, 2019, 12:00 am

‘Business as usual’ following security scare

THE Community Security Group (CSG) in NSW insists it will be “business as usual” for Shabbat services, after an online threat against Sydney’s Central Synagogue triggered a large-scale police operation on Sunday night.

Jamie Parker (right) with Rabbi Mendel Kastel at the NSW Parliament
Chanukah event in 2016. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

April 15, 2019, 12:00 am

Building Greens relationship

THE NSW Greens will host representatives from the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) at a lunch at NSW Parliament House later this month.

By Gareth Narunsky

AJA president David Adler (left) in conversation with Dr Zuhdi Jasser.

March 29, 2019, 12:00 am

Communal clash over speaker

IN the wake of the massacre in Christchurch this month, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) called for a talk by US Islamic reformist Dr Zuhdi Jasser at Maroubra Synagogue to be cancelled.

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

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.

Rhiannon Spinak (right) accepts husband Jeremy Spinak's award from Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Photo: Salty Dingo

March 7, 2019, 12:01 am

‘Another example of the legacy he leaves’

JEREMY Spinak's tireless work building bridges with diverse communities and spearheading the Keep NSW Safe campaign was posthumously recognised at the Premier's Harmony Dinner last week.

By Gareth Narunsky

Candidate forums will be held for two key Sydney seats with large Jewish populations ahead of the upcoming NSW and federal elections.

March 6, 2019, 3:19 pm

Election forums – ask the candidates

With both a state (NSW) and a federal election looming, two upcoming communal forums will give members of the community a chance to hear from candidates in two key seats.

By AJN STAFF

February 7, 2019, 12:01 am

$2 million security pledge

STATE Labor has pledged $2 million for Jewish communal security should it win the NSW election, it was announced this week.

By Gareth Narunsky

January 24, 2019, 12:01 am

Moriah mourns Max

THE Moriah College family has lost a "revered friend and iconic educator" with the passing of Max Lemberg, college Rabbi Dr Aryeh Solomon said this week.

By Gareth Narunsky

January 3, 2019, 12:01 am

Rabbinate reform urged

IT has been revealed that Sydney’s Orthodox rabbis were told they were prohibited from attending the communal funeral service of former NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) Jeremy Spinak, who died at the age of 36 last year, because it was being held at “a Reform Temple” .

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