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jwire.com.au > bondi-beach-to-host-massive-chanukah-event-marking-one-year-since-attack

Bondi Beach to host massive Chanukah event marking one year since attack

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (656+ words) Thousands of Australians are expected to gather on Bondi Beach this Chanukah in what organisers say will be the largest Jewish community event ever held in Australia, marking one year since a terrorist attack targeted the community’s annual celebration. Jewish…...

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jwire.com.au > rosh-hashanah-message-pm

Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister

3+ day, 8+ min ago   (15+ words) J-Wire Rosh Hashanah message from the Prime Minister...

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jwire.com.au > rosh-hashanah-2026

Rosh Hashanah 2026 – J-Wire

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (312+ words) Rosh Hashanah is our most multifaceted festival. The Torah itself doesn’t call it a New Year or Chag (festival). It is simply called Yom Hazikaron, the Day of Remembrance. But the Torah doesn’t tell us who is remembering whom. Is…...

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jwire.com.au > rosh-hashanah-message-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition

Rosh Hashanah message from the Leader of the Opposition

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (38+ words) J-Wire Rosh Hashanah message from the Leader of the Opposition Got something to say about this?Cancel reply Australia, NZ & worldwide Jewish news that matters. Discover more from J-Wire...

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jwire.com.au > community-invited-to-gather-in-adamamas-sukkah-for-sukkot-celebrations

Community invited to gather in Adamama's sukkah for Sukkot celebrations

6+ day, 30+ min ago   (189+ words) As Jewish communities around the world prepare to mark Sukkot, Adamama is once again opening its communal sukkah to the public. Throughout Jewish tradition, the sukkah serves as a reminder of both human vulnerability and resilience. Built beneath the open…...

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jwire.com.au > our-promise-is-their-protection

Our promise is their protection

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (300+ words) UIA Victoria Kol Nidre Appeal As we gather for Kol Nidre, in the holiest hours of the Jewish year, we reflect on the promises we make – to ourselves, to one another and to our people. Promises of responsibility, solidarity and…...

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jwire.com.au > mitzvah-day-relaunches-with-new-stand-up-partnership

Mitzvah Day relaunches with new Stand Up partnership

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (359+ words) Mitzvah Day Australia will relaunch on 22 November 2026 through a new partnership with Stand Up, calling on people across the country to turn goodwill into action through one simple deed. Mitzvah Day is a Jewish-led international movement that brings together people…...

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jwire.com.au > rabbi-ulman-closes-royal-commission-hearings-security-is-not-safety

Rabbi Ulman closes Royal Commission hearings: "Security is not safety"

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (910+ words) Rabbi Yehoram Ulman has closed the public hearings of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion with a deeply personal appeal for Australia to confront hatred and create a country in which Jewish people are genuinely safe. The Chabad…...

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jwire.com.au > jewish-leaders-thank-thousands

Jewish leaders thank thousands who gave evidence as Royal Commission hearings conclude

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1075+ words) Australia’s leading Jewish communal organisations have thanked the thousands of people who made submissions and the hundreds who gave evidence, as the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion held its final day of public hearings. The ninth and final…...

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jwire.com.au > gen26-survey-1

Gen26 survey asks how Australian Jewish life has changed

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (526+ words) Nine years after Australia’s largest survey of Jewish life found a community united by memory but varied in belief and practice, researchers are asking how the pandemic, October 7 and the Bondi Beach terror attack have changed Australian Jews. Gen26: The Australian…...