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Mufti Zeeyad Ravat leads a prayer at the makeshift memorial by Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
March 21, 2019, 12:00 am
‘Our prayers go out to you’
IN an unprecedented move, New Zealand's only Jewish school was closed on Monday while all shule services were cancelled over the weekend in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack.
By Rebecca Davis
Friends of a missing man grieve outside a refuge centre in Christchurch last Sunday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
March 21, 2019, 12:00 am
‘Our hearts cry out. We are all the children of Abraham’
WHEN a gunman opened fire on Muslim men, women and children in prayer in Christchurch on March 15, killing 50, it had a monumental impact on the whole of New Zealand.
By Shoshana Maasland
Police stand outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of people attending Friday prayers, as New Zealand police warned people to stay indoors as they tried to determine if more than one gunman was involved. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
March 15, 2019, 4:06 pm
Terrorist kills Muslim worshippers in Christchurch
AUSTRALIA’S Jewish community has reacted in horror at news a terrorist shot and killed 40 people at two mosques in Christchurch.
By Gareth Narunsky
February 15, 2019, 10:22 am
NZ Jewry – A small but proud community
IN the last two years, the New Zealand Jewish community has faced significant challenges, especially its government's co-sponsorship of UN Security Council resolution 2334.
By Juliet Moses
New Zealand’s new government ministers, including Alfred Ngaro (fourth from right), Mark Mitchell (third from right) and David Bennett (second from right) at Government House in Wellington. (Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)
May 4, 2017, 11:24 am
New Zealand reaches out to restore diplomatic relations with Israel
The newly appointed foreign affairs minister of New Zealand Gerry Brownlee has contacted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to restore diplomatic relations. He received his ministerial warrant on Israeli Independence Day.
Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas. Photo: REUTERS
March 24, 2017, 9:54 am
‘Dual US-Israeli citizen behind most JCC bomb threats’
A 19-year-old dual American Israeli living in Ashkelon has been arrested, suspected of being behind most of a series of bomb and other threats to Jewish communities.
January 13, 2017, 1:16 pm
Athletes ready for Maccabi junior carnival
EXCITEMENT is building for the 2017 Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival, which begins this Sunday in Perth.
Holocaust survivor Guta Goldstein reads an excerpt from her book, There Will Be Tomorrow, the harrowing story of her survival of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz and other camps during World War II to Macleans College students.
July 26, 2016, 1:29 pm
Speaking for millions who perished
Guta Goldstein, an Auschwitz survivor from Melbourne, has been touring New Zealand to share her harrowing story with thousands of students.
Futsalroo teammates, Trans-Tasman MVP Jordan Mundell (left) and Jarrod Basger, holding the series cup.
July 21, 2014, 9:22 am
Futsal-Jews lead Kiwi smashing
Futsalroos’ Jarrod Basger and Jordan Mundell are not only teammates, but best friends, having grown up together playing football in Sydney’s inner suburbs.
December 12, 2013, 12:00 am
Heartbreak as search for Paul ends in tragedy
THE parents of an Australian man missing in New Zealand since Saturday night remain hopeful of finding their son alive.
By adam kamien
October 24, 2012, 10:17 am
Trans-Tasman netball triumph
February 18, 2011, 9:35 am
Minor premiership all but won
MACCABI Hakoah remained undefeated, extending its lead at the top of the New Zealand National Futsal League in Dunedin on the weekend.
December 13, 2010, 1:29 pm
Tefillin cause bomb scare on New Zealand ferry
An Israeli putting on tefillin set off a bomb scare on a New Zealand ferry.
December 7, 2010, 4:22 pm
Aussies upstage Kiwis on home patch
DENNY Dutra kicked Maccabi Hakoah to the top of the New Zealand National Futsal League table with a last-minute penalty on Sunday.
December 3, 2010, 9:53 am
Minister U-turns on Kiwi shechita ban
AS lawyers for the New Zealand Jewish community completed their final preparations ahead of a High Court challenge against the ban on shechitah (kosher slaughter), there was a last-minute reprieve for the country's kosher consumers.
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