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Sandra Bernhard is ‘super liberal’ – but can’t be friends with one group right now
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (832+ words) February 9, 2026 " 5:00am Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week, he talks to Sandra…...
I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit
21+ hour, 9+ min ago (794+ words) February 8, 2026 " 1:30pm Around the turn of the century, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict still appeared hopelessly intractable but not yet ruinous to the whole world, I remember having dinner with a group of close male friends up in the hills of Byron…...
‘We want him to hear what we have to say’: Australian Jews are divided over Herzog’s visit
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1223+ words) While some see Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit as an act of solidarity and comfort after the Bondi terror attacks, others fear it will inflame tensions. When Isaac Herzog called, the full horror of Bondi was still emerging. Jeremy Leibler,…...
These Holocaust survivors took refuge in Australia. This is their message for the nation
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1437+ words) The frigid forests in the Polish borderlands were where Dasia Black-Gutman discovered fear. She had fled for the dense tree cover flanking her home in Galicia, an area in Ukrainian hands, as Nazi SS officers stormed the town, tasked with…...
Australia unites for day of mourning to honour Bondi victims
2+ week, 2+ day ago (46+ words) A national memorial service heard tributes from those who lost loved ones in the Bondi Beach terror attack. A national memorial service heard tributes from those who lost loved ones in the Bondi Beach terror attack. Updated January 23, 2026 " 6:28pm,first published…...
Bondi mourners pay respects at interfaith Perth service
2+ week, 3+ day ago (408+ words) January 22, 2026 " 3:12pm The head of Western Australia's Anglican Church has declared light will win following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 innocent lives in a moving National Day of Mourning service at St George's Cathedral in Perth. Archbishop of Perth Kay…...
Jewish teens ‘chased by car’ in St Kilda East as driver yells anti-Semitic slurs
2+ week, 5+ day ago (299+ words) A group of Jewish teenagers has been targeted in a racial attack after a driver chased them on a main road in St Kilda East, allegedly yelling anti-Semitic slurs out of an open window. In footage shared on social media…...
Federal politics LIVE updates: Dreyfus, Burns, Leeser speak on antisemitism in Australia as MPs return to Canberra ahead of National Day of Mourning after Bondi terrorist attack
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1759+ words) The House of Representatives has returned today to debate condolence motions after the December 14 Bondi shooting. We will bring you live updates from the key speeches made throughout the day. You can watch the proceedings live below. Treasurer Jim Chalmers…...
First, we mourn. And mourn again. Then, life must go on
3+ week, 1+ day ago (208+ words) And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 30 days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended." - Deuteronomy 34:8 So the Bible records the agonising days after the death of the beloved, charismatic…...
‘Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good’: Jewish groups urge Ley to back bill
3+ week, 3+ day ago (760+ words) The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has urged the Coalition to pass Labor's antisemitism reforms drafted after the Bondi attack, fearing that Opposition Leader Sussan Ley's objections could "allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good. The call…...