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  • A Q&A with JBD CEO Darren Bark in Masada College ‘Link Magazine’ 1 May 2023
    A Q&A with JBD CEO Darren Bark in Masada College 'Link Magazine'
  • Antisemitic slurs exposed at top private Sydney school 28 Apr 2023
    AJN STAFF The Australian Jewish News April 28, 2023 The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) has been left “shocked and deeply saddened” by antisemitic and racist remarks made by students at the King’s School in North Parramatta. According to a report in The Daily Telegraph, one student in a WhatsApp group, called Studies of Religion Group Chat, wrote: ...
  • New NSW Liberal leader a ‘friend and supporter’ of the Jewish community 27 Apr 2023
    AJN STAFF The Australian Jewish News April 27, 2023 The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) has congratulated Mark Speakman on his election as state Opposition Leader. Speakman – who as attorney-general in 2018 saw the passage of stronger incitement legislation and last year the banning of Nazi symbols in NSW – was elected to the post on Friday ...
  • Yom Hashoah: We remember 80 years on 20 Apr 2023
    Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News April 20, 2023 Remembering the victims and honouring the survivors of the Holocaust was front of mind this week, as close to 2000 people attended the two major Yom Hashoah commemoration events across two nights in Sydney. The theme was ‘Heroism in the Holocaust’, with this year’s Yom Hashoah coinciding with the 80th ...
  • Backlash over local council plan to fly Israeli flag 18 Apr 2023
    Duncan Murray AAP April 18, 2023 Residents have gathered outside a Sydney council meeting to protest its decision to fly the Israeli flag, which has sparked outrage from some. Earlier this year, Randwick City Council voted in favour of flying the flag atop its town hall on April 26 to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary of independence. On Tuesday night the ...
  • Sydney survivor to be honoured at Yom Hashoah commemoration 14 Apr 2023
    Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News April 13, 2023 “It’s very sad, but I also feel like the victorious one because I have survived the war,” Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman told The AJN ahead of Yom Hashoah. The life of Engelman will be honoured by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) with a moving video at the community’s ...