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25.01.2022 A hearty mazal tov to The AJN's religious affairs editor Yossi Aron (pictured with son Zev) who was today presented at Government House with a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the Jewish community of Victoria. Well done Yossi!

23.01.2022 Wishing all our readers well over the fast!

22.01.2022 When Jewish seniors had difficulty accessing fresh food a community group in Sydney's eastern suburbs rallied to their aid. Overnight a food distribution hub wa...s set up in the events space at COA Sydney. The community’s response to COVID-19 has been so successful that the program has been adopted by local councils. COA stands for ‘connections, opportunities and activities’. #GetReadyAwards #DisasterRecovery #Preparedness

22.01.2022 The German government will issue a historic apology on Sunday, 82 years since the day that Yorta Yorta man William Cooper and a delegation from the Australian Aborigines’ League marched to the German consulate in Melbourne to protest against the cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazis. Pick up a copy of this week's AJN, out today. https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/germany-to-apologise-for-wil/

22.01.2022 Chickens on a plane: A Melbourne pilot took to the skies with three chickens on Sunday to carry out the pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot that was otherwise off-limits due to the coronavirus lockdown.

22.01.2022 Pick up a copy of this week's AJN, out today. https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/queen-mary-refugees-mark-80t/

22.01.2022 In One Voice organisers are set to welcome members of Melbourne's Jewish community back to the festival this weekend following the cancellation of last year’s event due to COVID-19.

21.01.2022 Gmar Chatima Tova to you too, John Safran

21.01.2022 When US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on erev Rosh Hashanah, the outpouring of grief was global indicative of her far-reaching impact. Four Australian Jewish leaders share their reflections on RBG and her legacy with The AJN.

20.01.2022 Lighting up Parliament: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian joined state MPs and Jewish community leaders at a pre-Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony at Parliament House in Sydney earlier today.

20.01.2022 Almost 35 years to the day after his arrest outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, Jonathan Pollard (left) was granted the freedom to do what he wanted that day travel to Israel. Pollard’s lawyers announced on Friday that the US Parole Commission had lifted remaining restrictions on him, five years after he was paroled from federal prison, and 35 years since his November 21, 1985 arrest. Pollard and his then-wife, Anne, were turned away from the embassy that day as ...law enforcement closed in on the US Navy civilian analyst who had for several years spied for Israel. The decision to terminate Pollard’s parole brings to an end a saga that threatened Israel’s close military cooperation with its main ally and created one of the most serious rifts between Jerusalem and Washington in recent decades.

19.01.2022 If you know someone in the Jewish community who is making the world a better place, nominate them in this year’s B’nai B’rith and JNF Jewish Changemaker Awards. Proudly supported by The AJN, the awards honour individuals in our community who have made a difference, as well as inspire others to get involved. To nominate, visit jewishnews.net.au/changemaker.

19.01.2022 Dozens of people from 49 countries delivered filmed greetings to a Polish rescuer of Jews on his 101st birthday. Jozef Walaszczyk (right) watched the 25-minute video of greetings at his Warsaw home on Friday. One of the greetings was from Eddie Jaku, a German-born survivor of the Holocaust now living in Australia. I was in Auschwitz. I am 100 years old. I wish you, on your 101st birthday, good health. Enjoy the rest of your life the best you can. I’ll do the same. It’s very ...nice to find a man like you, who has done so much good, Jaku said. Walaszczyk rescued his Jewish girlfriend and 50 others during the Holocaust. He also fought the Germans as part of the underground, smuggling allied troops across borders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLa5Nw-cv9k

18.01.2022 Communal leaders have commended Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching for her remarks about the shameful double standards to which Israel is held at the United Nations. The Jewish people are proud to count Senator Kitching as a friend, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry says.

18.01.2022 Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday revealed a secret arms depot belonging to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah near Beirut’s International Airport, warning of another catastrophic explosion. Watch Bibi's remarks here >

18.01.2022 The AJN has four double passes to give away to the staged reading of Alice Spigelman's A Kind of Reunion on Wednesday, December 16 at 7pm. Good luck!

17.01.2022 Israel on Friday vaccinated its one millionth citizen against COVID-19 and became the first country to have provided the first dose of the vaccine to more than 10 per cent of its population. Israel started vaccinating on December 20, with a focus on healthcare workers and then on over 60s and at-risk sectors. Next week, a large-scale vaccination centre is set to open in Tel Aviv’s famous Rabin Square, and aims to inoculate approximately 5000 people per day.... More Israelis have now been vaccinated than have caught the virus in the fastest COVID inoculation drive in the world.

17.01.2022 Who will you REMEMBER? Who will you CONNECT with? Hear our incredible community talk about who they will they will connect with on Sunday 27 Sep & remember on t...he YIZKOR MOMENT OF UNITY at 12pm on Monday 28 Sep. This Yom Kippur we don’t wan’t anyone to feel alone as we stand #togetherneverapart by Lior See more

17.01.2022 Families struggling to afford school fees will be able to apply for assistance under a new short-term program administered by JCA. StudentKeeper joins a series of community initiatives from JCA and its constituent organisations to ease burdens faced across the community as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

17.01.2022 An Iranian propaganda video posted online in the past few days has revealed freed Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert married an Israeli man of Russian heritage, Ruslan Hodorov, under a chuppah in 2017. It’s also claimed Moore-Gilbert converted to Judaism in the late 2000s while travelling in Israel; and the video also shows her visiting the Kotel.

16.01.2022 Regular visitors to Bondi’s famous promenade will recognise this mural that Hersz Friedman’s family painted for him to mark his 100th birthday in January. It is with sadness that we report Hersz passed away last month. Known affectionately as Zaida, he’ll be remembered as the life of the party and an inspiration to all who knew him. Farewell, Mr Friedman.

16.01.2022 Ask a Survivor, a program that has future-proofed the process for younger generations to interact with Holocaust survivors, has won the Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) a prestigious Victorian museums accolade.

15.01.2022 Alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer has been dumped by her lawyers ahead of an extradition appeal hearing in the Supreme Court of Israel on December 3. Tal Gabay (left) and Yehuda Fried, who have represented Leifer for six years and through more than 70 court hearings, said they would no longer represent her. However, Gabay insisted he still believed the Israeli justice system would prevent Leifer’s extradition and that even if it did not, an Australian court would deter...mine that she is unfit to face justice, and therefore will be allowed to return to Israel. The Israeli government must still sign off on Leifer’s extradition after a judge ruled in September that she should be sent to Australia to face 74 charges of sexual abuse. #bringleiferback!

15.01.2022 Shabbat Shalom to all our readers!

15.01.2022 Leibler Yavneh College has launched a student wellbeing policy focusing on the safety, inclusivity and acceptance of all students, staff and community members who identify as LGBTQI+. It is understood the extensive policy is the first of its kind to be adopted by a Melbourne Jewish school.

14.01.2022 Wishing all our readers a safe and prosperous new year. Here's to a better 2021! Thanks for reading, The Australian Jewish News

13.01.2022 Shabbat Shalom and Chag Sameach to all our readers! #sukkot Peter Haskin

12.01.2022 Nineteen-year-old singing sensation Avital recently released her debut single, That Way, which quickly hit #1 on the iTunes singer-songwriter charts. The Sydneysider says, Music is something that makes me happy I want to wake up every morning and love what I do. Go Avital!

11.01.2022 We were so pleased to hear from His Excellency Abdulla al-Subousi, UAE's Ambassador to Australia, at our Biennial Conference last Sunday. He continued the very ...warm relations established by his country to Israel and Jewish communities across the world and spoke enthusiastically of the benefits of peace. Of his comments, ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, The Ambassador demonstrated a genuine commitment, not just to furthering peace with Israel, but to establishing a warm friendship with the Australian Jewish community. To watch an extended version of highlights from his speech ---> https://youtu.be/gxneIg0Rqc8

10.01.2022 From Australia to Paris Fashion Week and back again in the midst of a pandemic had jewellery designer Zohar Edelshtein Budde on the edge of her seat, but she says her first experience exhibiting at a fashion show was a magical one.

09.01.2022 There was a double celebration across the generations last Sunday as Melbourne Holocaust survivor, Rita Kaufman celebrated her 101st birthday together with her great-granddaughter Zoe, from Sydney, who was celebrating her first birthday.

08.01.2022 Not since 1917. #todaysheadlines

08.01.2022 Be sure to pop by Melbourne’s In One Voice festival today to grab a free copy of The AJN! Rain hail or shine, the event goes on! Details: www.inonevoice.org.au/day

07.01.2022 Dubbed Sydney’s public relations queen, Roxy Jacenko is no stranger to the spotlight. In this interview with The AJN, the Sweaty Betty PR founder explains how her drive, determination, chutzpah and make-it-happen attitude stem from her Jewish roots.

07.01.2022 Diego Maradona at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, 1990.

07.01.2022 What happens when you are a twenty something extrovert who gets locked down with your parents? When the lockdown first hit, ABC TV + iview put the call out to young filmmakers all around Australia to document their experience. #LockdownStories

05.01.2022 79 years ago today marked the beginning of the Babi Yar massacre in which the Jews of Kiev (33,771 men, women and children) were massacred by the Nazis and their collaborators in a ravine on the northern edge of the city. This is a plaque erected in Sydney’s Bondi, which is home to a large Jewish community from Ukraine, in 2014 in memory of those who perished. May their memory be a blessing.

05.01.2022 A former Mount Scopus College teacher has been given a three-month suspended sentence for lying about his qualifications to get a job at the school back in 1976. Principal Rabbi James Kennard says, Some old collegians remember [Neil Lennie] as a fine teacher, but the fraud he perpetrated was unacceptable.

04.01.2022 Yitzhak Rabin’s daughter Dalia Rabin will address the Australian Jewish community and light a candle in memory of her father as part of an online event organised by the Zionist Federation of Australia later this month to mark the 25th anniversary of the Israeli prime minister’s assassination.

04.01.2022 New year, same mainstream media.

03.01.2022 A bedtime story read to a grandchild via a pixelated and jerky screen can never replace the same story read while the child drops off to sleep while nestled in their grandparent’s embrace. Rabbi James Kennard reflects on what’s truly important during this pandemic in this week’s AJN.

03.01.2022 We all know rabbis are multitalented, but Sydney chazan Rabbi Yehuda Niasoff might just take the prize for this performance. Rabbi Niasoff, who's also a mohel and a student pilot, was concerned about catching a commercial flight to the NSW north coast to perform a bris due to the coronavirus. So he flew himself to Mullumbimby and back literally.

03.01.2022 Students at Sydney's Emanuel School will be learning in new purpose-built spaces within three years after the school was granted both DA approval for a major construction project and JCA approval to hold a capital appeal next year.

03.01.2022 A song for new days Happy Tuesday!

03.01.2022 What a difference a year makes ... @zionistfedaus

02.01.2022 Daniel and David Rifkin are on a mission to make us nosh with purpose. The brothers, who hail from South Africa but lived in Sydney and Melbourne before settling in Brisbane, created Do Good Labs, a social enterprise that combines healthy snack food and helping communities in need. David Rifkin speaks with The AJN.

02.01.2022 Community call-out: With the NSW-Victoria border reopened after many months, and the Queensland border too, there are bound to be some memorable family reunions happening, including grandparents meeting their latest or first grandchild for the first time. If this applies to you, or you know of somebody else in that situation, please let us know below (or via direct message).... Happy travels from The AJN!

02.01.2022 THANK YOU to these incredible Muslim volunteers who staffed all of United Hatzalah's Jerusalem ambulances on Yom Kippur so that Jewish volunteers could spend the day in prayer. Unity at its finest.

02.01.2022 Mazon Australia is spreading the love by way of groceries and toiletries to those who need it most. The Street Pantry initiative in Melbourne was lovingly built by volunteers with donated materials, and encourages community members to give what they can, and take what they need.

01.01.2022 Believed to be the first-ever Jewish Miss Australia finalist, Port Macquarie local Nicola Di Bona is leveraging her status as a finalist to help sexual assault survivors to connect and heal together. Good luck in the competition, Nicola!

01.01.2022 Melbourne sisters Stef and Jess Dadon are so much more than the founders of a vegan footwear brand. They speak on the importance of sustainability and ethical business and share their own personal journeys with The AJN.