3+ day, 17+ min ago   (656+ words) Thousands of Australians are expected to gather on Bondi Beach this Chanukah in what organisers say will be the largest Jewish community event ever held in Australia, marking one year since a terrorist attack targeted the community’s annual celebration. Jewish…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (706+ words) Twenty-five years ago, the international community assembled in Durban for what should have been a noble purpose. The United Nations World Conference Against Racism, held from 31 August to 8 September 2001, promised a global campaign against racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance. Instead,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (458+ words) A neo-Nazi leader and his fledgeling political party have a reasonable chance of winning a High Court dispute, a leading legal expert has said. White Australia Party Inc, headed by white supremacist Thomas Sewell, launched the legal challenge after a…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (397+ words) Tasmania has introduced legislation targeting antisemitism that would ban the public display of terrorist and prohibited hate group symbols and create specific offences for intimidating worshippers and damaging religious sites. The Justice Miscellaneous (Prohibited Symbols and Protection of Worship) Bill…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (515+ words) The right-wing party that scored a landslide victory in the recent elections in Saxony seems to have provoked more outrage than reflection across Europe. Still, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is not some inexplicable creature of history. It has emerged after…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (581+ words) Glen Eira City Council has become the first local government in Victoria to adopt a dedicated Antisemitism Strategy and Action Plan, covering 2026 to 2028. The two-year plan was developed in response to data showing that Glen Eira accounted for 43 per cent…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (300+ words) UIA Victoria Kol Nidre Appeal As we gather for Kol Nidre, in the holiest hours of the Jewish year, we reflect on the promises we make – to ourselves, to one another and to our people. Promises of responsibility, solidarity and…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (852+ words) New Zealand’s oldest Holocaust survivor, 103-year-old Rachelle Calkoen, is sharing the story of how she survived Nazi-occupied Amsterdam under a stolen identity with a new generation of students.Calkoen appears in the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand’s educational film We…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (695+ words) Jewish community leaders are urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to renew Jillian Segal’s appointment as Australia’s antisemitism envoy. They are arguing her work remains essential as the government faces renewed scrutiny over security warnings before the Bondi Beach terrorist attack....