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Following discussions with the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, Football Australia has announced Sydney United 58 FC will undergo compulsory education and training to counter antisemitism, racism...

Stephen Rice The Australian October 31, 2022 Extreme left activist Jay Tharappel, who once wore a jacket bearing slogans that declared “Curse on the Jews” and “Death to Israel”, has been thrown out of the Labor Party after The Australian revealed that the former Sydney University academic was granted party membership this year. Revealing the expulsion, NSW Labor leader ...

Michael 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 ...

Carly 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 ...

The 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 ...

Stephen 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 ...