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WEBSunday, October 6, 2024 at 4:59 pm. Thousands of marchers have attended pro-Palestine protests across Australia, with the biggest gatherings taking place in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more. Young woman charged following Hezbollah flag display at Sydney protest. Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 5:42 pm. …
Sydney Jewish Community stands with Israel on October 7 …
WEB1 day ago · More than 12,000 members of the Jewish community and friends gathered in Sydney for a solemn vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023, massacre. Held in Dover Heights, the event drew prominent Australian political figures, including Mark Butler, a senior Labor minister, and Leader of the Opposition, Peter Dutton.
Australian Jewish leadership calls on major parties to preference …
WEB1 day ago · Read on for article. The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry have written to the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition requesting that both major parties prefer each other above the Greens at the next Federal election and rule out negotiating with or forming a minority government with the Greens.
Jewish community defiant as October 7 remembered – J-Wire
WEB2 days ago · The Queensland community commemorated the 7th October with in excess of 400 attendees at the Queensland Jewish Communal Centre with the Ilan Wittenberg Aftermath exhibition being a significant part of the evening. Lanterns in the shape of the yellow ribbon were lit and there were a number of …
Julian Leeser and October 7 – J-Wire
WEB2 days ago · October 8, 2024 by J-Wire News Service. Read on for article. Liberal MP for the Sydney seat of Berowra Julian Leeser addressed parliament today. This is what he told members. Julian Leeser. Today we think of the 1,200 men, women and children, citizens of more than 30 countries, who were slaughtered by Hamas in the largest murder of Jewish ...
October 7 and the antisemitic flood – J-Wire
WEB3 days ago · In Australia, it is now October 7, the first anniversary of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel. It’s been a heart breaking and incredibly intense year. It is a year that put social cohesion and long term multi-faith and inter-communal relationships to the test, and too often found them falling short. At the ...
Anthony Albanese - October 7 – J-Wire
WEB3 days ago · Prime Minister Anthony Albanese: “On the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks, we pause to reflect on the horrific terrorist atrocity that reverberated around the globe. October 7 is a day that carries terrible pain. Over 1,200 innocent Israelis died: the largest loss of Jewish life on any single day since the Holocaust.
Forecasting changes in Australia’s Jewish community – J-Wire
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The data reveals a modest 1.2% increase in the Jewish population from 2011 to 2021, a stark contrast to the 19% growth seen in the general population during the same period and to the strong growth experienced by the Jewish community since the 1980s. “The Jewish population likely peaked around 2016 at …
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WEBOctober 1, 2024 by Pesach Benson. Avigayil and Ariel were the most popular names given to Israeli Jewish girls and boys born in the past year, but there was a surge of children named Be’eri, after the southern Israeli kibbutz that was decimated during Hamas’s attacks on October 7, Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority said on Monday.
Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia up 35% in 2021 – J-Wire
WEBApr 20, 2022 · Each year, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the peak national body representing Australia’s Jewish community, produces the Report on Antisemitism in Australia. A major section of the report is dedicated to antisemitic incidents. These include physical assault, verbal abuse, vandalism, graffiti, and vilification or threats via email, postal mail, telephone, and placards ...