Australia & NZ.

With a heavyish heart I am closing down the website after ten years.        It is and it isn’t an easy decision after 10 years of constant work. The past years have not be kind to me. Apart from my very unwell husband, I have been unwell too and it is …

Late on Monday, 17 October 2022, a news story labelled “Exclusive” was published by the Guardian Australia, reporting that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) had removed two sentences from its website that had, until then, confirmed that “Australia recognised West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.” The …

On Sunday, 23 October, 2022, John Lyons, the ABC’s global affairs editor posted what was termed an analysis of the Albanese Labor government’s decision to reverse the previous Liberal Morrison government’s decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Aside from the one-sided emotional positioning of less informed readers which …

PRESS RELEASE:  AUSTRALIA NOT RECOGNISING WEST JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF  ISRAEL By Norman and Barbara Miller, Indigenous Friends of Israel Jihadi Bob Carr has been pushing the terrorist organization Hamas’ position for some years. So now we have Penny Wong, Anthony Albanese, Tony Burke, and the ALP cabinet reversing …

There is a story that emerged from Kristallnacht, of the Jews of one German town being forced to line up and spit on a Torah taken from the ransacked synagogue.  To the delight of the sneering Nazi thugs, even the most observant of the community did so, choosing debasement over …

Chabad Rabbi Ari Rubin will serve Australia’s largest army base in remote Northern Queensland His congregation is spread out over a swath of land of approximately 420,000 square miles—the size of Texas and California combined.  In Australia’s Northern Queensland region, where tropical rainforest meets parched, red desert plains, Rabbi Ari …

On October 1, the head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, expressed support for banning Hamas in its entirety. When questioned during a parliamentary inquiry, he stated, “Yes I would support it, but I am not the decision-maker.”  Mr Burgess went further, “There’s no doubt the group as a whole does advocate …

“Regarding the recent motion by the Qld ALP regarding  Israel, it is the Jewish people who have been subjected to ethnic cleansing from the land of Israel for many centuries,” said Norman and Barbara Miller, Convenors of the Indigenous Friends of Israel. “If you want to talk about ethnic cleansing, …

Australia is generally considered a relatively safe and free environment for its Jewish population. Despite this, antisemitism persists, with many incidents of attacks and threats against Jews. This situation is one that many Australians are often unaware of. Each year, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the peak national …

Australia and Judaism Combine Celebrating 2020 Hanukkah Season Cairns, QLD, —To celebrate the 2020 Chanukah season, Chabad North Queensland lit up a giant boomerang menorah at the Cairns Esplanade.  The life size menorah, was constructed entirely of boomerangs and provided Cairns’ Jewish and wider community with a safe way to …

MEDIA RELEASE: Adelaide Holocaust Museum is set to open its doors and the hearts of South Australians. The new Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre (AHMSEC) will be officially launched on Monday 9 November in the heart of the CBD.  With the generous support of the Catholic Archdiocese, …

The Zionist Federation of Australia warmly welcomes the signing of an Israel–UAE treaty and a Bahrain–Israel normalisation agreement, and congratulates the leaders of all three countries. Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler said, “From its very establishment, the State of Israel has sought peace with its neighbours. When Ben …

In an ABC documentary series to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Liberal Party of Australia, the daughter of Sir Robert Menzies, Heather Henderson, recalled that “sectarianism was alive and well in the fifties” and that her “father fought against that always.” Appreciating that he was at the helm of what was …

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry- ECAJ, the peak representative body of the Australian Jewish community, has lodged a formal complaint with FreeTV Australia, the industry body that represents the Free-to-air Australian TV network, about an interview that was aired on Ten Network’s ‘The Project’ on Wednesday 5 August 2020. …

This comment (name withheld) was posted on “Are we destined for Galut (Exile) forever?” , and is re-posted with permission. It’s a great source of comfort that we have so many good non-Jewish friends who support us and Israel. THANK YOU ALL. Am Israel chai – Long live Israel. ……………………………………….. …

The rapid spread of the potentially deadly Covid 19 virus has justifiably deeply unsettled people across the world.   People are right to take sensible precautions against contracting the virus.  Media coverage has boosted our awareness of the dangers of the virus and steps we can take to protect ourselves and …

As a very public Free Speech advocate (I am a Spokesperson for the Free Speech Coalition) I took claims that people would be silenced by Wellington City Council’s proposed adoption of the IHRA’s (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitism extremely seriously. After pressure from a variety of groups, …

The contemporary far-right in Australia is best described as a conglomerate of different ideas and ideologies, held with varying intensity and activity, but connected by certain political positions.  These positions, in general, include ultra-nationalism and racism, and opposition to multiculturalism, homosexual rights, equality for females, “the Left” and, in many …

Executive Council ofAustralian Jewry. MEDIA STATEMENT: ASIO chief sounds warning on neo-Nazi threat 25 February 2020. The Director-General of ASIO – Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Mike Burgess has warned about the rapid increase in neo-Nazi activity in Australia. “The Director General is correct to sound the alarm about the emergence …

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), Zionist Council of New South Wales (ZCNSW) and the Australia/Israel  & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today all highly praised the fact that Australia has opposed a bid by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories. Full document …