Thank you to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for your Pesach wishes!

This year is the 80th anniversary commemoration of the Holocaust in Hungary, marking 80 years since the Nazi invasion of Hungary.

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies invites you to join us on 5 May for a moving segment that will honour the lives and experiences of three Hungarian

After a weekend of tragedy, our city was further shaken last night by an attack on faith leaders in a church in Wakeley. It was an act of terror in a place of peace, solace and prayer.

We condemn this act of terror in the strongest possible terms and pray for a swift and

In her speech last night, Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong stated:

“We are now thirty years on from the Oslo Accords that put Palestinian statehood at the end of a process. The failures of this approach by all parties over decades ... have caused widespread frustration.”

This

Last night, Hamas indicated that it would reject a ceasefire deal with Israel and, in devastating news, stated that it was unable to free 40 hostages who are women, children, elderly men or men under the age of 50 who are unwell because there are not enough living hostages in

Yesterday marked six months since the 7 October terror attack on Israel when 1,200 innocent human beings were murdered, tortured and raped and over 250 men, women and children were taken hostage by Hamas.

It was the largest loss of Jewish life on a single day since the Holocaust

Wishing all of our followers Shabbat Shalom.

We pray for the wellbeing and immediate release of the hostages still being held by Hamas.

Candle-lighting Friday: 6:36 PM
Shabbat ends Saturday: 7:30 PM
The parasha (Torah portion) this week is Tzav

Thank you to The Hon. Rachel Merton, MLC for your sensible words about the need to ensure our schools are free from political advocacy!

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies was honoured to yesterday attend Senator Dave Sharma’s maiden speech to the Senate.

Dave delivered an outstanding address and focused part of his speech reflecting on the necessity of continuing to support Israel as well as the moral clarity and

We have this afternoon seen footage of Early Childhood Education Minister Anne Aly being harassed and intimidated by anti-Israel activists last weekend. Ms Aly had to be escorted out of the park by plain-clothed Australian Federal Police officers.

This is exactly the type of

Andrew Wallace MP, the Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, delivered a powerful address in Parliament yesterday in which he castigated the Greens political party for their appalling response to 7 October:

“On 7 October, 14,492 people

Jeremy Jones AM z'l was inducted into the NSW Multicultural Honour Roll last night, honoured for his role as a Jewish community leader and interfaith activist who dedicated his life to fostering unity among people of diverse backgrounds and faiths.

Pictured here is Jeremy’s wife

Since December, the Australian Federal Government has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

There is currently a proposal for a six-week ceasefire on the table. Israel has accepted this proposal whilst Hamas continues to reject any such deal, hoping instead to ignite

The Australian Human Rights Commission has gone “AWOL”

Liberal MP Julian Leeser MP has today accused the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) of committing an “aberration of duty” by turning a blind eye to racism against Jews and being “frozen by political paralysis” in the

A bit of good news out of the Oscars yesterday.

Mia Schem, who lost her best friend in the Nova Festival massacre and spent 54 days in captivity as a hostage of Hamas, attended the Oscars to draw attention to the continued plight of the hostages.

She said: “I promised the

Today marks the first day of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar.

Part of what makes NSW and Australia special is our ability to not just tolerate difference, but to celebrate our collective diversity and embrace the festivals and holidays which others treasure.

MUST READ

The cover of this week’s edition of TIME magazine features an unmissable essay called ‘The New Antisemitism’ by Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman.

There has been no finer piece written since 7 October and we implore you to read it.

“In antisemitic discourse,