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From left: Penny Wong, Richard Marles, Opposition leader Anthony Albanese and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Canberra in February. Photo: Auspic

Labor opposes annexationALP: ‘Annexation violates international law’

Rumoured delayNetanyahu ally confirms delays in West Bank annexation plan

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Rabbi John Levi leading the 160th anniversary celebrations in 2005. Photo: Courtesy of the Hobart Mercury

FEATURE

175 years young: Hobart Shule’s landmark anniversary

Hobart Synagogue is turning 175 years old this weekend, but coronavirus restrictions have delayed the celebrations. The AJN speaks to key figures at the historic shule.

A Nazi flag flying in the Victorian town of Beulah earlier this year sparked
renewed calls for a swastika ban.

Parliamentary inquiry

Tougher vilification laws urged

Jewish organisations have told a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into anti-vilification protections that stronger legislation is needed.

From left: JBOD CEO Vic Alhadeff, Gabi Stricker-Phelps, Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO
Peter Wertheim and Julia Sussman at last year’s Jeremy Spinak Young Leaders graduation dinner.

Jewish Board of Deputies

‘A new level of energy’ at JBOD

By Gareth Narunsky and Sophie Deutsch

One of the largest ever contingents of young people in the history of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies are vying to be deputies, with almost a quarter of the 96 members of the community up for election for the next two years under the age of 30.

EXCLUSIVE

Johns: Jewish Museum tour was ‘inspiring’

Matthew Johns visited the Sydney Jewish Museum last Thursday morning with his wife Trish before meeting with and hearing the life story of Holocaust survivor Jack Meister.

Leon Landau (left) of Hatzolah and Justin Kagan of CSG, at Hatzolah headquarters this week. Photo: Peter Haskin

Communal leaders' warning

‘COVID-19 is not over’

With a resurgence of coronavirus infections in Victoria, and 10 Melbourne postcodes back in lockdown, the Victorian Jewish Community COVID-19 Taskforce has issued an urgent warning about complacency.

A COVID-19 warning sign at Rose Bay Public School last month.
Photo: AAP Image

Coronavirus crisisNSW Jewish community urged to remain vigilant

COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANTS

$5.2m to upgrade security

The federal government has rolled out more than $5.2 million in funding for security at 12 Melbourne Jewish organisations under the latest round of its Community Safety Grants initiative.

IN HOT WATER

Celebrity chef Pete Evans slammed over Icke interview

Pete Evans has come under fire this week for interviewing British conspiracy theorist David Icke – who has suggested that Holocaust denial be taught in schools – for an upcoming episode of his podcast.

Ask the Editor

Australian Jewish News editor live, this Sunday

The AJN’s national editor Zeddy Lawrence will appear in conversation with Zionist Federation of Australia CEO Ginette Searle this Sunday night at 8pm.

Kicking on

Joy for juniors as they return to the pitch

By Shane Desiatnik

For the first time since the COVID-19 sport shutdown began in March, AJAX Junior Footy Club teams were able to do contact training together and play a series of friendly intra-club matches last Sunday.

NEW EXHIBITIONS AT SJM

Sydney Jewish Museum reopens its doors

After a three-month closure due to COVID-19, the Sydney Jewish Museum reopened its doors this week and debuted two new exhibitions, including ‘Jews from Islamic Lands’.

Carl Reiner shows holds two Emmy statuettes presented to him as best comedy writer for the "Dick Van Dyke Show," during the annual Emmy Awards presentation in Los Angeles, on May 26, 1963.

Vale, Carl

Comedic legend Carl Reiner dies at 98

By JTA

Star of ‘The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming,’ Mel Brooks’ friend and foil, writer, director, and father of Rob, dies of natural causes at his Beverly Hills home.

Annexation controversy

Rudd urges Israel to reconsider annexation

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has lashed out at Israel’s planned annexation of large parts of the West Bank, calling on the Morrison government to “speak up” against the move, and urging Israel to “urgently reconsider” it.

PHOTO RELEASED

Police probe daubing

Victoria Police has released an image of a man they wish to speak to in relation to antisemitic graffiti at Middle Park Kindergarten in June.

The vandalism at Middle Park Kindergarten in Albert Park.

Neo-Nazi graffitiMelbourne kindergarten defaced

Josh Burns (second from left), Dvir Abramovich and Martin Foley with
representatives from Middle Park Kindergarten on Tuesday. Photo: Peter Haskin

Politicians condemn attack‘Fourth Reich’ removed from Melbourne kindy

UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. Photo: AP/Matt Dunham

UK Labour & Antisemitism

Starmer backs boycott, sacks MP over shared tweet

Days after sacking a senior MP from his shadow cabinet for sharing an “antisemitic conspiracy theory”, UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has reportedly backed a proposal to boycott products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank if annexation goes ahead.

Melbourne Jewish Book Week

From Page to Screen: Ben Lewin in conversation with Jan Epstein

Free live stream: 8-9pm July 14, 2020. Ben Lewin, internationally renowned Australian film director, considers himself a ‘forty year overnight success.’

World News

US couple finds swastika on their pizza

By JTA

A couple in the US was left shocked and disappointed when they opened their pizza to see pepperonis arranged in the shape of a reverse swastika. The restaurant says it has zero tolerance for racism and discrimination and has fired two employees responsible.

The empty departure hall at the Ben-Gurion International Airport on March 11, 2020. Photo: Flash90

Air travelIsrael extends ban on entry of foreigners until August 1

By jns

A warning to parentsTikTok riddled with antisemitism and Holocaust denial

By JTA

KTC principal Roy Steinman giving Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton a tour of the
school in 2017. Photo: Noel Kessel

COMMUNITY GRANTS

‘Truly grateful for the support’

Jewish organisations in five electorates have benefited from the latest allocations of the NSW government’s Community Building Partnership grants.

AJN special investigation

‘Simply not acceptable’

By Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch

An AJN special investigation has revealed an alarming reality: Over one third (37 per cent) of 111 women surveyed said they have experienced gender-based bullying in a Jewish organisation, with five per cent saying it is a regular occurrence.

EditorialGender on the agenda

FeatureWomen’s equality: is the tide turning?

By Rebecca Davis and Sophie Deutsch

Illustrative image of a woman in traditional Muslim attire. Photo: Dreamstime

JEW RAISED AS MUSLIM

Jewish woman’s father is a Hamas sheikh

An Israeli Jewish mother of three, the daughter of a Hamas official, who escaped the Arab family where she was raised, has shared her harrowing experiences in an online event with the Australian Jewish community.

Fraud at Moriah College

Nosti ‘used stolen money on poker machines’

In civil proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court, Moriah College’s former financial controller Gus Nosti agreed to misappropriating school funds by providing his bank details to the ATO instead of the college’s details.

Former employee arrestedCharges laid over alleged Moriah fraud case

UNITED NATIONS

Australia takes a stand against anti-Israel bias

Communal leaders have lauded the Australian government’s stance at the United Nations Human Rights Council, after it was the only country to vote against all five anti-Israel resolutions at UNHRC’s 43rd session.

New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Winston Peters on October 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

'serious concern'

New Zealand urges Israel to reconsider annexation

By RAPHAEL AHREN

New Zealand has joined an ever-growing list of countries expressing “serious concern” about Israel’s planned annexation of large parts of the West Bank.

NATIONAL LIBRARY

Monash papers go digital

By Shane Desiatnik

“It’s extraordinary,” is how Michael Bennett describes the digitisation of his great-grandfather General Sir John Monash’s vast personal collection of handwritten letters, photographs and diaries.

FOOTY

Rabbi’s AFL rallying call

Blowing a shofar, pumping his fists with excitement and wearing black and white tzitzit to match his Collingwood jersey was how Melbourne’s own “AFL Rabbi”, Gabi Kaltmann celebrated the restart of the footy season earlier this month.

COVID-19 LATEST

Israel virus cases pile up

Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday morning announced that 420 cases of the coronavirus had been diagnosed in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed cases to 21,666.

Back to lockdownPartial lockdown starts in two Israeli cities

Participants of Achotenu, the Hadassah Ethiopian Nurses Scholarship program in Israel.

NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS

COVID-19 highlights Israel’s chronic nursing shortage

An initiative of Hadassah Hospital to stem a shortage of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic while also creating new opportunities for Ethiopian-Israelis was experienced first-hand by Melburnian Michael Krape during a visit to Israel.

DEFAMATION ACTION

Parke v Sharma in court

Liberal Dave Sharma has accused former Labor MP Melissa Parke of choosing to ‘use the courts in an attempt to intimidate and silence those who do not share her anti-Israel views’.

Legalisation bill

Israel closer to decriminalising personal use of cannabis

The legislation will decriminalise possession of up to 50 grams of marijuana while legalising possession and consumption of up to 15 grams by people above the age of 21.

Antisemitism in Hollywood

Ryder opens up about her experience with antisemitism

By JTA

Winona Ryder, who was born as Winona Laura Horowitz, talked about her experiences with antisemitism in Hollywood as part of wide-ranging interview.

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