Victorian hate speech laws to be expanded and strengthened

The Victorian government has been reviewing the state’s hate speech laws for several years and is about to strengthen the laws by significantly lowering the threshold for police to bring criminal charges, and expand the laws to protect people who are vilified based on disability, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation. Read more

Andrews awarded Jerusalem Prize

Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been awarded the prestigious Jerusalem Prize by the Zionist Federation of Australia, Zionism Victoria and the World Zionist Organisation. Read more

Abram Goldberg’s massive century

Abram Goldberg OAM is celebrating his 100^th birthday this month. Read more

Moving Oct 7 commemoration in Melbourne

About 8,000 community members joined Zionism Victoria’s ‘Illuminate October’ commemoration in Moorabbin which commenced with the Walk of Light lantern procession. Read more

Haifa Day Dinner in Melbourne

Over 150 leaders and volunteers from the Indian and Jewish communities joined together for dinner on Monday night to commemorate Haifa Day. Read more

Get in line for “A Chorus Line”

‘A Chorus Line,’ one of the best-known and most loved musicals of all time, opens at Melbourne’s St Kilda’s National Theatre on Saturday, September 7. Read more

Melbourne memorial for the murdered hostages

The Melbourne Jewish community gathered together on Monday night at Caulfield Hebrew Congregation to light candles for the six hostages murdered in Gaza. Read more

Tragic loss of young sports journalist

Sports fans and the Melbourne Jewish community were rocked by the loss of popular young Herald Sun sports journalist Sam Landsberger, who died in a traffic accident in Richmond on Tuesday morning. Read more

Rally against antisemitism and hate held in Melbourne

Around three thousand Christians and Jews from diverse communities held a peaceful rally against hate and antisemitism out in front of Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne, this afternoon. Read more

Faith community leaders against antisemitism

Faith community leaders met on the steps of State Parliament in Melbourne today to express their support fort the Victorian Jewish community, and to speak against antisemitism and all form of hate. Read more

Peaceful rally supporting Jewish students at Melbourne University

The Australasian Union of Jewish Students held a peaceful rally today on campus at Melbourne University in support of Jewish students on campus and against antisemitism, bullying and intimidation. Read more

JCCV suspends relations with Muslim counterpart

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) has announced that it has suspended relations with the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), as a result of malicious public statements made by the ICV President Adel Salman and Vice President Mohamed Mohideen. Read more

Deputy mayor’s casting vote denies a ceasefire motion

Melbourne City Council last night debated the passing of a motion calling for a ceasefire in the Hamas-Israel war, pretending that they are in the foreign policy business. Read more

Unwrapping UNRWA

The Zionist Federation of Australia’s executive meeting featured former Labor MK Dr Einat Wilf speaking on UNRWA. Read more

Southwick alarmed at Melbourne City Council move

Melbourne City Council will consider a motion tomorrow that would call for the federal government to advocate on a list of seven demands, including a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners in Israel, removal of “illegal” settlements, and stopping the “illegal” occupation of Palestinian territories. Read more

Ceasefire motion proposed at City of Melbourne

Australian city councils continue to be an avenue for anti-Israel activists to sew discord and division locally, dismantling the social cohesion that has been built over decades. Read more

Prahran school protest called off

A pro-Hamas Prahran High School teacher made controversial statements at a pro-Palestine rally, which threatened to draw rival protest groups to demonstrate outside Prahran High School on the day they started school. Read more

Victoria Police’s Operation Park

Victoria Police (VicPol) says it is working to reassure the Jewish community that they are committed to “reducing and preventing prejudicially motivated crimes, sparked by overseas tensions in the later months of 2023”. Read more

Rabbi addresses 500 at Victoria Police Academy

Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Senior Rabbi at St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, was the keynote speaker on leadership and social cohesion in front of 500 Victoria Police cadets, supervisors, Academy leadership and police chaplains at the Police Academy this morning. Read more

Chanukah in Victoria’s parliament

The annual Chanukah celebration was held in the Queen’s Hall at Victorian State Parliament this week, co-hosted by Chabad of Melbourne CBD and St Kilda Hebrew Congregation.  Read more

A Muslim talks on Chanukah

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A new CEO for Melbourne Holocaust Museum

Following on from its reopening after an extensive redevelopment and rebranding, the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) has announced that it has appointed Dr Steven Cooke as its new CEO. Read more

Zajac responds to Crowne Plaza incident

Philip Zajac, the newly elected president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, has responded to the appalling hotel demonstration in Melbourne on Wednesday night which targeted visiting families of Israeli hostages. Read more

Rabbi Moshe Kahn appointed RCV President

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) has announced a generational leadership change with the appointment of Rabbi Moshe Kahn as its President. Read more

Tragedy and Triumph

Author, academic and Jewish Holocaust Centre volunteer Freda Hodge will speak about her book ‘Tragedy and Triumph’ at a joint Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) – Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) event later this month. Read more

JCCV makes historic apology to Aleph Melbourne

At its Plenum meeting on Monday evening, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) overwhelmingly voted to apologise to Aleph Melbourne for the “hateful” debate and failure to support Aleph in its quest for affiliation at the JCCV Plenum in 1999. Read more

Greens staffer infuriates Jewish leaders

David Jeffrey, a staffer for Macnamara Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May has been found to have made comments about a year ago that have infuriated Jewish community leaders reportedly calling deaths in Gaza ‘genocide’, and used hashtags on Facebook including #NoPrideInGenocide and #F_kFascism in relation to Israel and Gaza. Read more

Rev Lenzer’s historic piano gets a rebirth

The East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (EMHC) and the Australia Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) have teamed up to celebrate the reinauguration of Reverend Jacob Lenzer’s historic piano at  EMHC. Read more

The future of Yiddish in Melbourne

The past and future of Yiddish Melbourne were discussed at the AGM of the Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) last night at Temple Beth Israel in St Kilda. Read more

New rabbi for the ARK Centre

Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks has announced his retirement as the Rabbi of the ARK Centre in Melbourne’s East Hawthorn. Read more

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