Ernie Friedlander continues his stellar work within the NSW Jewish community and other ethnic groups. Now, he has been appointed as one of three candidates for the NSW Senior Australian of the Year award. Ernie Friedlander All state division winners will be the Senior Australian of the Year nominees. Read more » »

‘Stop Racism Now’ has been awarded the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Award for Community Campaign of the Year. Read more » »

B’nai B’rith Australia New Zealand (ANZ) is honouring documentary filmmaker Saulius Beržinis with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the body of research, study, and documentation of Lithuania’s Jewish population during the Holocaust. Read more » »

I am not sure what is actually causing the insanity currently being displayed internationally and domestically. Michael Kuttner Perhaps it is climate change that has addled the brains and common sense of so many or something in the water. Read more » »

We are just about to do the math, but this may be a record number of honorees.  Join us in wishing each every one of the a hearty mazel tov! OFFICER [AO] IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Professor Michael HOROWITZ, Unley Park SA 5061 Read more » »

AIJAC has joined 178 Jewish organisations across the globe in calling for the United Nations to favourably reference the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Antisemitism at its upcoming in its upcoming “UN Action Plan on monitoring antisemitism and enhancing a system-wide response”. Read more » »

Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his name? That’s like letting the bed bugs bite. Read more » »

More and more these days, people are calling Israel an apartheid state…writes Paul Schneider. For some, it’s a socially acceptable way to channel antisemitic impulses. For others, it’s a form of virtue signalling. And of course, there are the anti-Zionists at places like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Read more » »

Around 100 members of the Melbourne Jewish community and friends gathered at the St. Kilda Town Hall on Sunday to institute the inaugural Wallenberg Day, in memory of the heroic deeds of Raoul Wallenberg in Budapest during World War II. Read more » »

Melbourne’s Raoul Wallenberg Unit of B’nai B’rith will hold its inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Day on Sunday, 15 January at the St Kilda Town Hall.This Sunday is nearest to the date of his arrest by the advancing Russian army on 17 January 1945, never to be seen, or heard from, again. Federal Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will be the keynote speaker. Read more » »