NSW Government
Professor Bernard Tuch.
January 22, 2019, 12:00 am
Collaboration brings hope for diabetes
Daily injections for type 1 diabetics could become a thing of the past within a decade thanks to research being conducted by Israeli and Australian scientists.
By Gareth Narunsky
FREE executive director Reuven Morrison (right) with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman at the Wellington Street, Bondi site where the new shule will be built. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 6, 2018, 12:01 am
Panel approves new Bondi shule
AFTER 12 years of frustration, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community is in celebration after Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe's (FREE) long-planned synagogue and community centre finally got the green light last week.
By Shane Desiatnik and Gareth Narunsky
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.
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley has promised to strengthen racial vilification laws if Labor is elected in the 2019 NSW election.
December 14, 2017, 12:00 am
NSW government snub over 20D
Jewish communal leaders are furious that after a lengthy campaign supported by a coalition of faith and ethnic groups, the NSW government is not making expected changes to Section 20D of the Anti-Discrimination Act, despite an admission from former attorney-general Gabrielle Upton that the legislation as it currently stands is not working as intended.
By Joshua Levi
From left: Gabrielle Upton (centre) presenting the $15,000 to OBK's Charlie Rabie, Rabbi Dr Dovid Slavin, George Karounis and Shannon Cohen.
February 10, 2017, 12:00 am
Cash for communal upgrades
Four Jewish organisations are sharing $75,000 of funding from the NSW government’s Community Building Partnership Program.
By Yael Brender
Ethnic community leaders gather at the launch of the Keep NSW Safe campaign. Photo: Noel Kessel
August 11, 2016, 9:46 am
Communities rally for race-hate reform
In an unprecedented move, a coalition of ethnic organisations came together on Wednesday to urge the state government to fix its -“completely ineffective” race-hate legislation.
By Evan Zlatkis
May 9, 2012, 12:00 am
Cemetery land turned down six years ago
A PARCEL of land that could accommodate up to 6000 graves at Rookwood Cemetery was rejected by the Jewish Cemetery Trust six years ago it has been revealed.
By Gareth Narunsky
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