French synagogue attacker ‘wanted to scare people’

French prosecutors say a man accused of an arson attack on a synagogue told investigators he acted to make Israeli authorities react. Read more

Arrest made over attempted arson on French synagogue

A 33-year-old man has been arrested over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in southern France. Read more

Seven dead in Jerusalem synagogue shooting

A gunman has killed at least seven people and wounded 10 others in a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem in an attack that heightened fears of a spiral in violence, a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the West Bank in years. Read more

Walt Secord revisits historic Broken Hill Synagogue

NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and State Labor MP Walt Secord last week paid a visit to the historic Broken Hill Synagogue and its museum in far western NSW. Read more

Israeli envoy: thankful for Texas troops ‘who helped prevent a tragedy this Shabbat’

Israel’s Ambassador to the US Michael Herzog conveyed his thanks to the Texas law enforcement who brought a positive resolution to the hostage incident at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, which ended with the safe rescue of all the Jewish worshipers. Read more

Can a Jewish man produce semen for medical tests?

Ask the rabbi. Read more

Synagogues

It is only a month to the “Days of Awe,” the Yamim Noraim. Read more

Walt Secord pays a visit to historic Hobart shul

NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair and Shadow Treasurer Walt Secord recently visited and attended services at the Hobart Synagogue – Australia’s oldest synagogue. Read more

Brisbane Jewish history preserved

The records of Jewish marriage ceremonies celebrated in the Brisbane Hebrew Congregation between 1868  and 1946 are to be presented to Queensland State Library in a restored bound registry next month. Read more

Are you obliged to pay for synagogue seats?…ask the rabbi

Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this question…and others. Read more

New Rabbi for Cremorne

Rabbi Chaim Koncepolski has been appointed the new spiritual leader of Sydney’s Cremorne Synagogue. Read more