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  • Darren Bark interviewed on SBS Radio 1 Jul 2022
    SBS Radio's Nitza Lowenstein interviewed NSWJBD chief executive Darren Bark nationwide on SBS Radio 1. Listen to the interview here.
  • Sydney University Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott rebukes SRC for anti-Israel stance 28 Jun 2022
    Noah Yim The Australian June 27, 2022 The University of Sydney has condemned its student council’s anti-Israel stance, saying it does not tolerate “anti-Semitic language or behaviour on campus”. University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott rebuked the student representative council in a letter to NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief Darren Bark. “The SRC’s motion does not represent the position ...
  • Wollongong Art Gallery removes Sredersas plaque 24 Jun 2022
      Wollongong City Council June 24, 2022 Wollongong City Council has removed a naming plaque from within Wollongong Art Gallery in acknowledgement to the recent confirmation that Bob Sredersas, who gifted the city 100 artworks, is a Nazi collaborator. The step is one of a series of measures Council has, and will continue to, introduce in response to a ...
  • Letter to NSWJBD CEO Darren Bark from Sydney University vice-chancellor Mark Scott 24 Jun 2022
    Professor Mark Scott AO Vice-Chancellor and President The University of Sydney Dear Mr Bark, I am sure that you have heard that the University of Sydney Students’...
  • Chris Minns MP responds to Anthony D’Adam comments 24 Jun 2022
      JOURNALIST: One of your own MPs made some fairly inflammatory comments in Parliament in regards to the Palestinian Israeli conflict, is there some sort of change in policy within Labor? Are you now favouring the Palestinians? MINNS: No, not at all and just in relation to those comments, I want to make something ...
  • Ensuring there is a vibrant NSW Jewish community 24 Jun 2022
    Darren Bark The Australian Jewish News June 24, 2022 JUST over a year ago, I had the immense honour and privilege of joining the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) as its CEO. With the Hamas conflict two days in, a third of the year in lockdown, floods, a war in Europe and significant increases in the challenges from ...