Leading Australian rabbi implores Israeli government to tone down its rhetoric over Bondi terror attack

by mgall74 | Dec 16, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] ‘No Need for Diagnoses From Far-off’ Rabbi Benjamin Elton, the spiritual leader of the oldest synagogue in Sydney, told a Knesset committee that he would encourage Israeli leaders to ‘have confidence in the Jewish institutions in Australia, to...

Prisoners, gold seekers, and refugees from Nazis: the story of Jews and Australia since 1788

by mgall74 | Dec 16, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] In the summer of 1788, several ships docked at Sydney, Australia, after a grueling 250-day journey. Their passengers, about 1,000 convicts exiled from England, were the first settlers in this new penal colony on a far-off continent. Eight of them were Jews....

Bondi Beach shooting was inspired by Islamic State, Australian police chief says

by mgall74 | Dec 15, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Here are the latest updates from Israel, the West Bank, Gaza and the Middle East:■ The White House has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s strike over the weekend, which killed a top Hamas militant, was a violation of the...

Australia has become the epicenter of antisemitic violence. But we can't surrender to fear

by mgall74 | Dec 15, 2025 | Israeli News

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'We welcome Jewish Syrians to their country again': Syrian-American Jews register first Jewish NGO in Syria to restore heritage

by mgall74 | Dec 13, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] For the first time, a Jewish organization has been officially registered in Syria, which the foreign minister called ‘a step for us to tell the world that Syria has room for everyone.’ As the minority has almost entirely left and synagogues are...