3+ 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…...

6+ day, 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, 3+ 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, 5+ 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...