NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth DIn. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky
May 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Rabbi Gutnick to remain head of RCANZ
RABBI Moshe Gutnick is to remain president of the Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ) despite the High Court rejecting an appeal application by the Sydney Beth Din (SBD), which he heads, to overturn contempt of court convictions against four of its members.
By Gareth Narunsky
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Vic Alhadeff outside TAFE's Ultimo campus, where the incidents took place. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
May 23, 2019, 12:00 am
TAFE acts after Jewish student told to ‘burn’
A JEWISH TAFE student was left too scared to go to class after enduring two years of antisemitic bullying.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president Lesli Berger, Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton, NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman and Minister for Multiculturalism John Sidoti. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
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
Holocaust survivors light the memorial candles. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 3, 2019, 12:00 am
Shoah survivors ‘inspire us’
ONE year after commencing his directorship of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson had one of the most meaningful experiences of his life.
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.
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
Dr Brendan Nelson. Photo: Lex Mrocki
April 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Nelson to headline Sydney’s Yom Hashoah commemoration
AN injection of youth participation, a distinguished keynote speaker in Dr Brendan Nelson, and free events in three parts of Sydney that share the theme of Memorials and Memories will make for a powerful and diverse Yom Hashoah commemoration program commencing later this month.
By Shane Desiatnik
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
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff. Photo: Noel Kessel
April 10, 2019, 12:00 am
Alhadeff makes case for new cemetery
A NEW cemetery at Varroville in Sydney's south west is "the only viable option" to avoid the Jewish community from running out of burial space in five years.
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
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