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The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to this inquiry on antisemitism in NSW. The JBD is the elected, representative roof body of the NSW Jewish community. The JBD has 56 major communal organisations as its constituents, which encompass tens of thousands of members of the Jewish ...

On behalf of the NSW Jewish community, we extend our thanks and appreciation to NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb who has today announced her forthcoming retirement. We congratulate Commissioner Webb on a historic career of public service. In particular, we recognise the Commissioner’s work ensuring that the Jewish community was supported through the spate of antisemitic ...

Statement from Michele Goldman, Chief Executive of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Thursday, 27 March 2025   The comments captured in this video make plain what we already knew, activists are working hard to make Jews uncomfortable on campus. That anyone thinks saying this out loud is acceptable demonstrates how big the problem is on our university campuses. Calls ...

Statement from David Ossip, President of the NSW Jewish Sunday, 15 December 2024   The NSW Jewish community unreservedly condemns the anti-Islam graffiti which was daubed onto an underpass in Chester Hill overnight. The graffiti was hateful, deeply offensive and would have understandably caused distress to the Islamic community. A bigoted attack on any group of Australians is an attack on all ...

Statement from David Ossip, President NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on a reported arrest after vandalism and graffiti in Woollahra Reports that an arrest has been made following the horrific antisemitic vandalism and arson in Woollahra last week will give local families some relief after they were senselessly and maliciously targeted. We thank NSW Police for their ...

Attributable to David Ossip, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies President  We are closely liaising with the authorities following reports that a car was set alight and other vehicles were defaced with anti-Israel graffiti in Woollahra overnight.  This is the latest escalation in a campaign of intimidation and harassment targeted at the Jewish community. There cannot be any tolerance ...