- University unlawfully sacked lecturer over Nazi swastika incident, court finds 28 Oct 2022Michael Koziol The Sydney Morning Herald October 28, 2022 The higher education union is calling for Sydney University to reinstate controversial lecturer Tim Anderson after a court found he was unlawfully sacked over comments about Israel and other matters – including superimposing the Nazi swastika on the Israeli flag in a lecture slide. Federal Court Justice Thomas Thawley ruled ...
- NSWJBD recognised in Parliament 27 Oct 2022Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News October 27, 2022 A MOTION was passed in the NSW Parliament last week recognising the important work of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) in both the Jewish and broader community. Introduced by Liberal Scott Farlow, the motion also acknowledged the contribution of recently retired NSW JBD president Lesli Berger. Farlow, NSW Parliamentary ...
- Statement regarding reversal of recognition of West Jerusalem 19 Oct 2022The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies joins with the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) in expressing our extreme disappointment at the federal government’s decision to reverse its recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. We endorse the following statement by the ECAJ: We are extremely disappointed by the Government’s decision to withdraw Australia’s recognition of west ...
- NSW Labor to ‘urgently review’ membership of Jay Tharappel 18 Oct 2022Stephen Rice The Australian October 18, 2022 NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns has ordered Labor’s head office to urgently review its decision to allow extreme left activist Jay Tharappel to join the party, following outrage from members and demands by Jewish groups to dump the controversial former Sydney University academic. The move comes after revelations by The Australian that ...
- Nazi swastika graffiti at Rose Bay preschool shocks Jewish community 15 Oct 2022Brooke Rolfe news.com.au October 15, 2022 A cowardly vandal has painted a Nazi swastika outside a predominantly Jewish preschool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Parents were left horrified after noticing the anti-semitic display at the front entrance to the Rose Bay school on Thursday. While the school isn’t entirely Jewish, a large proportion of its attendees are, the Jewish Board of ...
- Neo-Nazi flyers in Bondi letterboxes 13 Oct 2022Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News October 13, 2022 DISTURBING flyers promoting a neo-Nazi group have been found in letterboxes around Bondi. A woman who reported the flyers to the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies said her husband had taken the material to Bondi Beach Police Station. “This is of course a very Jewish neighbourhood with synagogues nearby,” she said, ...
