Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA)

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

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.

Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.

April 5, 2019, 12:00 am

Greens’ post slammed

JEWISH leaders have expressed their disgust at a gibe by a Greens staffer working for Macnamara candidate Steph Hodgins-May that deaths in Gaza were Israeli "genocide".

By Peter Kohn

Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

March 29, 2019, 12:00 am

Australia backs Israel at the UN

SCOTT Morrison's government has received kudos from the Jewish community for its stand against a spate of anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

By Peter Kohn

An Israeli house hit by a Hamas rocket this week. Photo: Israel Police

March 28, 2019, 12:00 am

Australian Jewish leaders condemn Hamas attacks

JEWISH community leaders in Australia have condemned a barrage of Hamas rocket attacks against civilians in central Israel this week.

By Peter Kohn

Meir Kahane addresses his followers during a demonstration in Jerusalem in 1984.
Photo: Nati Harnik/GPO

February 28, 2019, 12:01 am

‘A betrayal of Jewish values’

THE Benjamin Netanyahu-brokered merger of Israel's Jewish Home party with the far-right Jewish Power has been met with unanimous concern from Australia's peak Jewish groups.

February 21, 2019, 12:01 am

‘A rare show of unity’

THE Morrison government "will not turn a blind eye to an antisemitic agenda masquerading as defence of human rights in the UN", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this week.

By Gareth Narunsky

A piece of art taken from the vigil site where the body of Aiia Maasarwe was found. Photo: AAP Image/James Ross

January 24, 2019, 12:01 am

‘We mourn alongside her family and friends’

AIIA Maasarwe came to Melbourne to study as an exchange student at La Trobe University. But on Monday evening, her father Saeed helped to carry her coffin at the Albanian Islamic centre and mosque in Dandenong.

By Rebecca Davis

January 11, 2019, 11:00 am

Morrison’s imperfect but praiseworthy Jerusalem move

ON the occasion of Israel's 70th birthday, Gil Troy called on the international Zionist community to reclaim Zionism, even if it "doesn't poll well".

By Noa Bloch

Penny Wong addressing the Labor Party National Conference on Tuesday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

December 20, 2018, 6:49 pm

Lines drawn in the sand

SEVENTY years of Australian bipartisan agreement on Israel are over. On Tuesday, four days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia now recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Australian Labor Party – which says it will reverse that recognition in government – passed a resolution to recognise Palestine as a state.

By Gareth Narunsky

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking at the Sydney Institute last Saturday.
Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

December 20, 2018, 6:45 pm

Mixed reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called Labor's pledge to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "hasty and ill-advised".

By Gareth Narunsky

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (left) meeting with Scott Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

November 23, 2018, 3:13 pm

Australia’s Israel embassy dilemma

MPs and government agencies have received a letter and fact sheet from the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) about moving Australia's Israel embassy to undisputed West Jerusalem, as debate about Canberra's position swirls around the government, opposition and regional neighbours.

November 15, 2018, 5:19 pm

Ensure each tribe has a place at the table

The ZFA's credibility and influence depends on our ability to truly represent the plurality of views of our affiliates.

Limmud FSU founder and chairman Chaim Chesler. Photo: Shane Desiatnik

October 22, 2018, 12:00 am

Russian speakers flock to festival

THE UNSW Roundhouse Centre turned Russian on October 14, as more than 250 Russian-speaking Sydney Jews enjoyed food, music, art and seminars at the Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Australia festival.

By Shane Desiatnik

October 5, 2018, 12:01 am

Leaders greet security funding

JEWISH community leaders have lauded Prime Minister Scott Morrison's confirmation, reported in last week's AJN, that Beth Weizmann Community Centre will finally get its much-needed federal government funding – as part of round two of the Safer Communities Fund scheme, under which Jewish institutions across Australia received a total of $4.1 million.

By Peter Kohn

Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the UN General Assembly last week. Photo: AP Photo/Richard Drew

October 4, 2018, 12:01 am

Bibi’s bombshells

THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has labelled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's United Nations General Assembly speech "compelling", identifying Bibi's revelation of a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran a "key moment".

By Gareth Narunsky

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