7+ hour, 11+ min ago   (430+ words) A wave of antisemitic attacks has left Jewish Australians shaken, a community leader said on Monday, as a royal commission turns its attention to security arrangements. A Jewish leader has described a growing sense of unease after a wave of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1053+ words) Mark Dreyfus was standing on a Melbourne street corner, waiting to join a march against violence against women, when a stranger crossed the road towards him. The then attorney-general greeted the man. The response was immediate: “You’re a genocidal Zionist....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1035+ words) Protecting Australia’s Jewish community has become “a second life” for security volunteers. Some are devoting the equivalent of a second full-time job as record levels of antisemitic incidents force Jewish schools, synagogues and community organisations to rely on extensive protection,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (199+ words) The evidence emerging from the Royal Commission’s hearings into antisemitism at Australian universities this week has been, regrettably, not surprising. It is, however, damning. The harrowing testimony of Jewish students and staff, together with the evidence of several university vice-chancellors,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (480+ words) University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott has told staff and students the institution has made significant changes to address antisemitism but accepts further work is needed. In an email sent to the university community on Wednesday evening, Professor Scott reflected…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (360+ words) A new study by a Tel Aviv University researcher offers a possible resolution to a question that has divided scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls for decades. Was the Qumran sect’s unusual 364-day calendar ever put into practice, while suggesting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (173+ words) Tribes on the March The two portions of the Torah this week concern the route the Israelites took to reach their promised land. And laws about the 12 Tribes, their land allocation, and how they should be governed. The issue of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1190+ words) The current onslaught against the Jewish people is causing many Diaspora Jews to ask themselves profound and unsettling questions. Israel is being used by its enemies to divide them. The condition of their acceptance as Americans or Brits, they are…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (676+ words) It is a beautiful time to be Jewish. While crowds around the world chant slogans stripped of any rational meaning, the phrase “From the river to the sea” is repeated without regard for geography, history or consequence. When “genocide” is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (284+ words) As the sun rose over Bondi Beach on Tuesday, members of the Sydney Jewish community came together to mark six months since the terror attack that shook Australia and the Jewish world. The special gathering was to honour the victims,…...