Security
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
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.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
March 18, 2019, 3:32 pm
$55m funding boost for religious security
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki this week. Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
July 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Trump and Putin discuss Syria
In past discussions Trump has shown naivety about Russia’s seriousness about threats from Syria, and all indications after this week’s summit are that he is becoming less assertive, not more, with Putin.
By Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay looks towards Syria from Mount Bental.
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Russian pledge on Syria
Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that “only representatives of the Syrian armed forces will be deployed on the Syrian side of the border with Israel".
By Nathan Jeffay
At the funding announcement at St Kilda Shule, clockwise from top left: State MP David Southwick, immediate past president of South Caulfield Shule Zeev Duieb, Senator James Paterson, Rabbi Yaakov Glasman of St Kilda Shule, Tim Wilson MP and Rabbi Dovid Rubinfeld of Melbourne Hebrew Congregation.
May 31, 2018, 12:00 am
Security funding boost for Melbourne shules
Funding for security upgrades at Melbourne shules, Jewish schools and organisations will receive a boost of more than $350,000 from the federal government's Safer Communities Fund.
By Peter Kohn
Palestinian protesters near the Gaza border on Monday. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
May 17, 2018, 12:00 am
Gaza border clashes: ‘IDF averted a great disaster’
As the international community raged against Palestinian deaths, Israelis who live near Gaza were praising the IDF and saying it avoided bloodbath in their areas.
By Nathan Jeffay
A statue of an Israeli soldier at Ben Tal next to the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights. Photo: EPA/Atef Safadi
April 19, 2018, 12:00 am
Golan Heights residents fear escalation
As world powers decide their next steps for a volatile Syria, in the largest Jewish town in the Golan Heights, the security chief is preparing bomb shelters.
By Nathan Jeffay
From left: Philip Dalidakis, Premier Daniel Andrews and Rabbi Gersh Lazarow study plans for the TBI upgrade during the Premier’s tour of the synagogue. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 27, 2017, 12:00 am
TBI lands $200,000 security grant
AFTER announcing a $200,000 grant towards a landmark security overhaul at Temple Beth Israel (TBI) in St Kilda, Premier Daniel Andrews said he sees his government as “a partner in this very significant security upgrade”.
By Peter Kohn
There were 343 antisemitic incidents reported to CSG in 2018.
May 11, 2017, 12:00 am
Federal budget: $10 million security boost
Jewish schools are expected to receive nearly $10 million in the latest round of security funding for educational institutions across Australia.
By Joshua Levi
Hannah Bladon. Photo: UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office / JTA
April 20, 2017, 10:02 am
British student killed, prisoners hunger strike
With Jerusalem residents reeling from a fatal attack and security prisoners launching a mass hunger strike, tensions between Palestinians and Israel are rising again.
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
Cap: A Palestinian shepherd walks past the settlement of Efrat. Photo: Brian Hendler/JTA.
October 27, 2016, 12:01 am
Palestinian succah visitors arrested
Four Palestinians finally walked free on Sunday, after being detained for an unusual misdemeanour – visiting a succah.
September 11, 2016, 12:01 am
Obama: Incitement, settlement must end
In his swan song to the United Nations, President Barack Obama urged the Palestinians to end incitement and Israel to end settlement.
Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.
June 30, 2016, 12:00 am
Messy campaign for Melbourne Ports
The battle for Melbourne Ports is on a knife edge this week after recent polling revealed that the Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May has closed the gap on Labor’s Michael Danby, and possibly pulled ahead.
By Joshua Levi
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