- 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 ...
- Hoenig sworn in as NSW minister 14 Apr 2023
AJN STAFF
The Australian Jewish News
April 13, 2023
Wearing a kippah and holding a chumash, Jewish Labor MP Ron Hoenig was sworn in as NSW’s new Minister for Local Government by Governor Margaret Beazley last Wednesday.
The swearing-in ceremony also saw Jihad Dib become the first minister in NSW to be sworn in on a Koran and Daniel ...
- Pesach greeting from the Premier of NSW 4 Apr 2023
On behalf of the NSW Government, it is my pleasure to wish the Jewish community of NSW a happy and fulfilling Pesach.
On seder night, the Jewish residents of NSW will join millions of Jews around the world to retell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Families will delight in the youngest child asking the ...
- Wollongong art collector ‘took part in execution of escaped Jew’ 30 Mar 2023
Rhiannon Down
The Australian
March 30, 2023
A Lithuanian-born art collector who was honoured for donating paintings to a NSW art gallery is now suspected to have been directly involved in the execution of an escaped Jew in 1943.
Holocaust historian Konrad Kwiet uncovered details of the incident while investigating the wartime activities of Wollongong art benefactor Bronius “Bob” ...
