7+ hour, 34+ min ago   (444+ words) Rabbi Daniel Rabin has been named among the world’s 25 leading young Zionists, with the Caulfield Shule senior rabbi placing 19th on the annual list. He is the only Australian selected for the 2026 Top 25 Young ViZionaries by The Jerusalem Post and Jewish…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (656+ words) Thousands of Australians are expected to gather on Bondi Beach this Chanukah in what organisers say will be the largest Jewish community event ever held in Australia, marking one year since a terrorist attack targeted the community’s annual celebration. Jewish…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (812+ words) Grace Tame’s belated apology for dismissing accounts of sexual violence against Israelis on October 7 as “propaganda” and “debunked” should have been an uncomplicated act of moral accountability. Tame now says that she believes Israeli survivors, including those who have given…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (189+ words) As Jewish communities around the world prepare to mark Sukkot, Adamama is once again opening its communal sukkah to the public. Throughout Jewish tradition, the sukkah serves as a reminder of both human vulnerability and resilience. Built beneath the open…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (852+ words) New Zealand’s oldest Holocaust survivor, 103-year-old Rachelle Calkoen, is sharing the story of how she survived Nazi-occupied Amsterdam under a stolen identity with a new generation of students.Calkoen appears in the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand’s educational film We…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (761+ words) The ABC’s internal framework for reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could lead to systematically one-sided coverage even when journalists follow it faithfully, according to a new report from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC). The AIJAC report argues that the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (489+ words) The Choice Foundation has announced new and renewed funding for programs spanning inclusive sport, school learning support, parent connection and fertility-related genetic screening across Sydney’s Jewish community. The 2026 initiatives include four programs delivered with Maccabi All Abilities, continued funding for…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) More than 2.6 million Israeli children have returned to classrooms on Tuesday as the country begins a new school year, with schools facing a teacher shortage while introducing new restrictions on smartphones and expanding artificial intelligence studies. Education Minister Yoav Kish…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (359+ words) Mitzvah Day Australia will relaunch on 22 November 2026 through a new partnership with Stand Up, calling on people across the country to turn goodwill into action through one simple deed. Mitzvah Day is a Jewish-led international movement that brings together people…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (462+ words) A letter written by a young Israeli soldier to songwriter Naomi Shemer during the Six-Day War has been reunited with Shemer’s reply nearly six decades later, after the soldier’s family recognised his handwriting on a postcard displayed at the National…...