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Israeli innovation could transform treatment for millions living with enlarged prostate

News Pesach Benson - 16/07/2026

A first-in-human clinical trial of an Israeli-developed technology for treating benign enlarged prostate has been conducted at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. Researchers are...

News

‘My father was an antisemite’: university chancellor warns of the cost of silence

Western Sydney University Chancellor Jennifer Westacott has revealed that she grew up with an...

News

Monash vice-chancellor says antisemitism surfaced quickly after October 7

Monash University vice-chancellor Professor Sharon Pickering told the Royal Commission that the aftermath of...

News

Jewish A-League star playing in Scotland

Former Sydney FC A-League club player Jake Girdwood-Reich has signed a three-year contract with...

News

Australian triathlete claims four golds in remarkable Maccabiah campaign

Melbourne triathlete Barry Lipp has completed a remarkable Maccabiah Games campaign, winning four gold...

Community

Natasha Hausdorff to head JNF Australia 125 years celebration

JNF Australia will celebrate 125 years of the Jewish National Fund with a national...

News

Sydney University vice-chancellor admits failures in antisemitism response

University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott has told staff and students the institution has...

News

Intelligence experts dispute Ahmadinejad ‘regime-change’ report

Former Israeli intelligence officers and an American defence expert are expressing deep scepticism regarding...

News

University heads admit Jewish students paid price for protest response

University of Sydney vice-chancellor Mark Scott has defended his institution’s decision to negotiate an...

News

World Cup antisemitism targets Lionel Messi, revives old anti-Jewish myths

Major international sporting events are increasingly being exploited to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories online,...

News

University reveals how protesters entered Jewish professor’s office

University of Melbourne officials have revealed how pro-Palestinian protesters gained entry to a Jewish...

News

One Nation senator condemned over promotion of Holocaust denier’s work

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts is facing calls to repudiate a Holocaust denier whose...

Community

Dayenu welcomes removal of directors linked to “extremist” and “antisemitic” group

Jewish LGBTQ organisation Dayenu has welcomed the removal of two Pride in Protest members...

University leadership has failed Jewish students and staff

Colin Rubenstein -

The evidence emerging from the Royal Commission's hearings into antisemitism at Australian universities this week has been, regrettably, not...

Shabbat Devarim

Jeremy Rosen -

Justice and Goodness The Book of Devarim includes a complete re-statement and reformulation of the laws issued on Sinai and also restates the struggles Moshe...

Podcast: L’Chaim to Life

Features Desk -

Mythbuster – The ABC at the Royal Commission Gavin Fang, Editorial Director of the ABC, explains the involvement of the Australian Communications and Media Authority...

Dog

Anne Sarzin -

Book review by Anne Sarzin Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and narcotics and alcohol addictions are at the core of Yishay Ishi Ron’s extraordinarily powerful and...

The Odyssey

Alex First -

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is an epic retelling of one of the oldest surviving works of ancient Greek literature. Homer composed the poem Odyssey...

Israel’s election and the future of Zionism

Ron Weiser -

President Trump loses faith in negotiations with Iran and the war resumes, mostly restricted to areas around the Persian Gulf and the Strait of...

Bernard-Henri Lévy calls post-Oct. 7 isolation of Israel a ‘historic moral failure’

Etgar Lefkovitz - JNS -

The diplomatic isolation of Israel during the war in Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre will go down in history as a moral...

Toxic campus culture needs to be tackled

Peter Wertheim -

The evidence coming out of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion this week, where Jewish students and academics at Australian universities have...

We warned where this was heading. Yesterday, they said it out loud.

Michael Gencher -

Yesterday I gave evidence before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion about what I have seen through my work with StandWithUs Australia. I...

Ambassador Rose misspeaks on the Holocaust. Again.

Menachem Rosensaft -

Like stagnant, unrefrigerated salami inauspiciously ingested during a heatwave, Ambassador Tom Rose is a gift that keeps on giving. The U.S. ambassador to Poland has...

Israel’s ‘medical malpractice’

Ruthie Blum - JNS -

Israel ought to have its head examined. Its bleeding heart could use a check-up, too. Because something is clearly wrong with a country that repeatedly...

On the other hand

Michael Kuttner -

The IDF’s new “CPR GO” combat‑medic interface represents one of the most advanced battlefield medical tools ever fielded by Israeli forces, allowing medics to...

Couldn’t be clearer

Michael Kuttner -

There are times when rhetoric and subsequent actions leave no room for ambiguity, doubt or confusion. Israel in particular and the Jewish People worldwide in...

Transliteration

Jeremy Rosen -

The Conundrum Transliteration is a mug’s game, and I confess, I have made a cat’s meal out of it. Of course, I am primarily concerned...

The trillion-dollar campaign to conquer the West

Melanie Phillips - JNS.org -

More and more information is surfacing to reveal that the Islamic holy war against the West isn’t just being waged on the battleground of...

Have You Heard?

Melbourne Jewish Book Week returns with humour, memory and connection

Have You Heard? J-Wire News Service -

Melbourne Jewish Book Week will return next month with a program built around humour, memory and connection, bringing Israeli,...

Raised to hate Jews, now fighting antisemitism – featured speaker NCJWA conference

Have You Heard? Rob Klein -

Syrian-born activist and writer Rawan Osman, who says she was raised to hate Jews before becoming a prominent advocate...

Young leaders honoured at Parliament House for promoting harmony after Bondi

Have You Heard? J-Wire News Service -

Young Australians promoting inclusion, respect and cultural understanding through art, music and film were recently honoured at NSW Parliament...

St Vincent’s Hospital opens 24-hour kosher pantry

Have You Heard? J-Wire Newsdesk -

Jewish patients and families at Sydney's St Vincent’s Hospital now have 24-hour access to kosher food and religious items...

Sydney Jewish women come together for a night of song and joy

Have You Heard? J-Wire News Service -

More than 200 women from across Sydney’s Jewish community came together last night for an evening of singing, connection...

Emanuel School brings generations together for Shabbat babka bake

Have You Heard? J-Wire Newsdesk -

Emanuel School students have baked babkas alongside grandparents, relatives and family friends at an event celebrating Jewish tradition and...

Opinion

Genug shoyn!

Bankstown nurses ruling is no vindication

Reader’s letter: “Six months after Bondi”

Your say – the Wilcox cartoon

Your say – University antisemitism

Two dichotomies

The PM meets with rabbis

“Where’s the Jews?”

A partially religious assessment of the Hamas-Israel conflict

Readers letters: Adelaide Writers Week

A response to Michael Kuttner’s Brick Wall

John Lyons’ criticism of “the Jewish lobby”: A reader proffers an explanation

Facebook and SZCNSW

Bombing Auschwitz

The funeral of Rabbi Brian Fox: Where were the orthodox rabbis?

Readers Letters: Courage to Care shares its shock

A tragedy foretold – a reader’s letter

Advertising for a rabbi…a reader’s letter

Photos

Schools around Australia celebrate Yom Haatzma’ut

Have You Heard? Rob Klein - 05/05/2026

Photo gallery Last week, schools across Australia came alive with colour, music and energy as students marked Yom Haatzmaut, celebrating...

Photo gallery: UIA Gala – Sydney

Featured Articles J-Wire photo story - 23/03/2026

Did you attend the UIA NSW Gala at Randwick Racecourse last month? The evening featured addresses from former Israeli minister...

Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society visits Australia

Photos Features Desk - 30/11/2025

Australian Friends of the Arthur Rubinstein Musical Society, a prestigious Israeli piano competition, brought prize winner and Japanese piano...

Photo gallery: Pre-Chanukah celebration at NSW Parliament House

Photos J-Wire photo story - 28/11/2025

NSW Premier Chris Minns and newly elected Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane used this year’s pre-Chanukah celebration at Parliament House...

Stepping into the future of the Sydney Jewish Museum

Photos J-Wire - 24/10/2025

Visitors to the Sydney Jewish Museum were recently invited to step into the future. Over a series of preview events,...

Our Big Kitchen honours 9/11 with remembrance event

Dates for your Diary Rob Klein - 18/09/2025

Our Big Kitchen (OBK) in Bondi marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a community gathering of...

Were you at the Sydney Magen David Adom fundraiser?

Featured Articles J-Wire photo story - 19/06/2025

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A private viewing of the Archibalds – Photo gallery

Featured Articles J-Wire photo story - 11/06/2025

The Moriah Foundation was thrilled to host their annual private viewing of Australia’s most popular and eagerly awaited art...

Movies & TV

The Odyssey

16/07/2026

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is an epic retelling of one of the oldest surviving works of ancient Greek literature. Homer composed the poem Odyssey in the 8th or 7th...

Streaming TV – Good Fortune

Service: HBO Max Available: Friday 17 July Stars: Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh A well-meaning but inept angel interferes in the...

Streaming TV – Marc by Sofia

Service: HBO Max Starts: Thursday 16 July Subject: Marc Jacobs Directed by: Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola’s first documentary follows fashion designer Marc Jacobs through his working life, creative...

TYCHO! Beyond the Baton – 95 minutes

From Hungarian child prodigy to feted Australian musical genius, Tommy Tycho led a stimulating and adventurous life, overcoming a series of setbacks. He is front...

Israel, aliens and the real disclosure

In Steven Spielberg’s new film “Disclosure Day,” the Pentagon is exposed for hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life. My reaction was to ask: What can we...

Movie review – The Invite

A movie review by Alex First - It starts with a pointed quote from Oscar Wilde: “One should always be in love. That is the...

Theatre

Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of), now in Melbourne and touring Australia

28/06/2026

A theatre review by Alex First A glorious spoken and sung hoot, this is an audacious retelling of Pride & Prejudice. Just what would author Jane Austen have thought of it?...

Beau Jest

A Melbourne theatre review by Alex First I can’t think of a Saltpillar Theatre endeavour that I have enjoyed more than this delightful production of...

Cast announced for Australia’s Fiddler on the Roof

Troy Sussman began preparing for Tevye before he knew the role was his. As soon as he found out he was auditioning for “Fiddler on...

Eddie Jaku’s granddaughter reflects on “The Happiest Man on Earth”

By Danielle Jaku-Greenfield You wouldn’t believe how strange it is to see a man you don’t know perform as your grandfather on stage. That’s what I...

Tradition revisited: Fiddler on the Roof returns

Few musicals have endured like ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, but its staying power has never relied on nostalgia alone. Since opening on Broadway in 1964,...

Sydney Jewish comedy showcase returns with laughs, stories and a stacked line-up

Sydney’s Jewish comedy scene is gearing up for a lively night, with the Sydney Jewish Comedy Showcase returning next month as part of the...

Music

TYCHO! Beyond the Baton – 95 minutes

07/07/2026

From Hungarian child prodigy to feted Australian musical genius, Tommy Tycho led a stimulating and adventurous life, overcoming a series of setbacks. He is front and centre in a fascinating,...

Pianist knew he was “overstepping the mark” on Gaza

Concert pianist Jayson Gillham has denied he deliberately misled the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra about performing a piece dedicated to journalists killed in Gaza. It has...

Pianist’s Gaza remarks spark Federal Court fight

A court has heard the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was thrown into turmoil after pianist Jayson Gillham made comments about the war in Gaza during...

Israel defies Eurovision pressure to claim second place

Israel’s Noam Bettan has finished second at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, after a campaign marked by boycott calls, protests and intense scrutiny...

A Jewish Australian story shines again at Eurovision

As Eurovision heads into its 2026 finals in Vienna, Danny Estrin is returning to the contest in a new role, bringing the same Jewish...

Organic Saint-Saens

Oh, boy – did the Concert Hall of Sydney’s iconic Opera House get an acoustic workout in Saturday afternoon’s Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Saint-Saens Organ...

Books

Dog

16/07/2026

Book review by Anne Sarzin Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and narcotics and alcohol addictions are at the core of Yishay Ishi Ron’s extraordinarily powerful and moving novel titled Dog, a...

Shalom announces shortlist for Australian Jewish Writer Awards

The shortlists have been announced for the 2026 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards, recognising Australian writing on Jewish subjects published in 2025. The winners...

Female guards and Nazi brutality

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin It took courage and endurance for historian N. Koster to research and write Female Guards of Nazi Brutality; and...

Sydney Jewish Writers Festival takes stories from page to stage

The Sydney Jewish Writers Festival will move beyond the printed page this August with the launch of Festival of the Spoken Word, a new...

Conversations with my Rabbi

Nikki’s Conversations with her Rabbi Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin Writing the book Conversations with my Rabbi clearly proved both cathartic and transformative for author...

From Music to Mayhem

Book review by Dr Anne Sarzin From 1924 to 1933, a jazz band comprising seven young, creative and brilliant musicians—six of whom were Jewish—reached the...

Opera

The Merry Widow

09/07/2026

An opera review by Victor Grynberg Franz Lehar, the Austro-Hungarian composer born in 1870, composed the music in 1905 based on a French comedy play, “The Embassy Attache,” written in...

The Phantom of the Opera

An opera review by Alex First Superlatives can’t do justice to a magnificent Handa Opera production of The Phantom of the Opera on its 40th...

Hansel & Gretel- now a spectacular opera

An Opera Review by Victor Grynberg There would be few people unaware of the famous fairy tale Hansel & Gretel, written by the German brothers...

Sydney Opera House memorial reclaims a national symbol after Bondi attack

Flags above the Sydney Harbour Bridge flew at half-mast last night as families of the victims, Jewish leaders and political figures gathered at the...

Carmen – an opera review by Alex First

Passion, obsession, desperation, jealousy and rage make for a fiery combination in composer Georges Bizet’s Carmen, newly interpreted by director Anne-Louise Sarks for Opera...

Performer displays PLO flag at London’s Royal Opera House

A cast member at London’s Royal Opera House unfurled a PLO flag during the final curtain call of Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore on Saturday night, prompting...

Sport

Jewish A-League star playing in Scotland

16/07/2026

Former Sydney FC A-League club player Jake Girdwood-Reich has signed a three-year contract with Scottish Premier League Club Motherwell FC. He leaves U.S. MLS St. Louis City FC following a...

Australian triathlete claims four golds in remarkable Maccabiah campaign

Melbourne triathlete Barry Lipp has completed a remarkable Maccabiah Games campaign, winning four gold medals and a silver only weeks after believing he would...

World Cup antisemitism targets Lionel Messi, revives old anti-Jewish myths

Major international sporting events are increasingly being exploited to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories online, with the 2026 FIFA World Cup serving as the latest...

Israel’s Guy Sasson defends Wimbledon quad doubles crown

Israeli Paralympic tennis player Guy Sasson and his Dutch partner, Niels Vink, won the Quad Wheelchair Doubles title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships on...

Perfect 10 for Lipton at Maccabiah Games

Australian masters swimmer Alida Lipton has produced a stunning 10-from-10 medal haul at the 22nd Maccabiah Games, winning a medal in every event she...