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  • SRC has ‘a history of divisive activism’ 11 May 2023
    The University of Sydney. Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News May 11, 2023 Communal leaders have condemned a “concerning” video posted by University of Sydney student Freya...
  • NSW Premier celebrates Australia’s ties with Israel 4 May 2023
    AJN STAFF The Australian Jewish News May 4, 2023 NSW Premier Chris Minns was the keynote speaker at a major Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration, which was hosted by the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the Zionist Federation of Australia and the Zionist Council of NSW. Representatives from an enormous number of consulates joined politicians ...
  • 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 ...