Robert Goot
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
Departing ECAJ president Robert Goot addresses the 2016 ECAJ conference in Sydney on November 27. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
December 1, 2016, 12:00 am
18C dominates ECAJ AGM
Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act dominated debate at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s 2016 conference on November 27.
By Shane Desiatnik
Anton Block.
December 1, 2016, 12:00 am
Block takes up the mantle
Victorian Anton Block was elected the new president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry at its annual conference on November 27.
By Peter Kohn
November 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Furore over Jewish One Nation event
After a week of confusion and accusations of anti-Semitism, One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts have confirmed they will take questions from the community on December 4 at IDF Training in Caulfield.
By Joshua Levi
US President-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
November 17, 2016, 12:00 am
Cautious welcome for Trump
Donald Trump’s historic election as the 45th US president has been met with mixed reactions from leaders of the Australian Jewish community.
By Evan Zlatkis
AIJAC executive director Colin Rubenstein.
November 10, 2016, 12:00 am
Caution urged over 18C inquiry
Communal leaders are cautiously welcoming a parliamentary inquiry into freedom of speech, but maintain sections 18C and 18D should remain untouched.
By Evan Zlatkis
Josh Weinberger sings Hatikvah at the Shimon Peres commemoration in Sydney's Central Synagogue on October 26. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 7, 2016, 12:31 pm
Moving tributes to Peres
Moving tributes to the late former Israeli president Shimon Peres were held at communal events in Melbourne and Sydney last week.
By Shane Desiatnik and Peter Kohn
Greens leader Richard Di Natale. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
October 20, 2016, 12:00 am
‘Graceless’ Greens leader under fire for Peres speech
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has delivered a speech about the late former Israeli president Shimon Peres, which has been condemned as “disgusting”, “rotten” and “hateful”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Yuval Rotem in 2013. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Top appointment for Rotem
Jewish community leaders have given a rousing welcome to news that Yuval Rotem, the former Israeli ambassador to Australia, has been appointed acting director-general of the Foreign Ministry of Israel.
By Peter Kohn
A view of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images.
October 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Australia urged to protest UNESCO resolution
The Australian government has been urged to denounce a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) resolution that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Kotel.
By Joshua Levi
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones (left) met Shimon Peres in Jerusalem in 2007.
September 29, 2016, 10:25 am
Australian Jewish leaders mourn Peres
“Optimists and pessimists die the exact same death, but they live very different lives.” So said Shimon Peres, the last of Israel’s founding generation of leaders.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 22, 2016, 12:00 am
ScoMo talks tax
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced the country could sign a formal tax treaty with Israel in the first half of next year.
By Joshua Levi
The number of Jews on the Australian census has dropped.
August 4, 2016, 12:00 am
Jews urged to make Census count
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ motto for the 2016 Census, which will be held on Tuesday night (August 9), is “Your moment to make a difference” – and this is particularly the case for Australian Jewry according to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and to JCA demographer Dr David Graham.
By Shane Desiatnik
Gary and Sheila Esterman’s view of the Nice boulevard where 84 people were killed by a terrorist last week. Flowers have been left by family and friends of those killed.
July 21, 2016, 12:00 am
Aussie couple witness Nice terrorist attack
Gary and Sheila Esterman watched on in horror from their hotel balcony as a terrorist used his truck to kill 84 people and injure hundreds more on Bastille Day in Nice.
By Joshua Levi and Evan Zlatkis
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
July 14, 2016, 12:00 am
Turnbull welcomed by community
Communal leaders have congratulated Malcolm Turnbull on being returned as Prime Minister of Australia after more than a week of vote-counting by the Australian Electoral Commission.
By Joshua Levi
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