4+ hour, 29+ min ago  (655+ words) The Zionist Federation of Australia has raised concern about proposed legislation before Israel's parliament that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the authority of the Chief Rabbinate, as Progressive and Masorti groups warn the move could criminalise…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (903+ words) Hostility as a Virtue: The Moral Logic of Anti-Zionism Distinct forms of anti-Jewish hostility are produced in response to what a given society considers morally persuasive, intellectually legitimate, or politically necessary. What changes is the language through which violence justifies…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (756+ words) This year's Yom Ha Shoah commemorations in Sydney will shift the focus from the horrors of the Holocaust itself to what followed: how survivors rebuilt their lives in Australia and how doing so helped shape the country they came to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (696+ words) Wednesday, April 01, 2026 A Rainbow Seder held in Melbourne ahead of Pesach has drawn a strong response from attendees, with many describing the evening as both deeply Jewish and personally meaningful. More than 70 people gathered at Temple Beth Israel last Friday,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (551+ words) After thanking God for the many miracles of the Exodus, the flight from Egypt, let's contemplate the amazing self-generated miracles of the Zionist movement. This was a flight from a latter-day Egypt of Exile, of powerlessness and humiliation, into a…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (300+ words) Hundreds of people gathered at the fourth annual Jewish Food Festival in Sydney's east on Sunday for a day of food, music and community connections. Organised by Shalom Collective in a new secure, all-weather venue, the festival featured about 40 kosher…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (948+ words) Parramatta and District Synagogue has marked a historic turning point for Jewish life in Western Sydney, bringing together the legacy of the Bankstown and Strathfield communities into a single centre. About 120 people attended a special event on March 15, which formally…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (887+ words) Shadow Education Minister Julian Leeser has called for a fundamental shift in how antisemitism is taught in Australian schools, warning that decades of Holocaust-focused education have failed to prevent rising hostility towards Jews. Speaking today at a national dialogue for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (262+ words) We Jews have always liked to argue about religion and who is kosher and who is not. Often, these differences are far from civil. In every branch and variation of Judaism (as elsewhere), there are sects and extremes, iconoclasts and revisionists,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (893+ words) A $12 million multi-year funding commitment to Jewish education and community programs was announced at Kesser Torah College during a visit by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis. The announcement by the Waratah Education Foundation was made this morning during a gathering…...