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As reported in the media, ABL partner Jeremy Leibler has written a personal submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, saying the key covenants that underpinned Jewish community life in Australia have been shattered. Read more: https://t.co/oKDDM644t8
ZFA Welcomes Royal Commission Interim Report
Today’s interim report is not the final account. It does, however, put beyond doubt that Bondi occurred in a known and escalating threat environment for Jewish Australians. ASIO had raised the national terrorism threat level to
“On 14 December 2025, the connection between unchecked rhetoric and physical violence was made horrifyingly concrete,” - @jeremyleibler
‘Hatred normalised in plain sight’: Government hesitation helped foster antisemitism, Jewish leader...
A top Jewish community leader says the federal government failed to “confront the antisemitic rhetoric that was dehumanising Jews” in the lead up...
www.theage.com.au“To see an initiative for unity collapse under the weight of anti-Jewish sentiment is profoundly disheartening” @acassuto, CEO of the Zionist Federation of Australia, told JNS on Tuesday. “The whitewashing of hatred does not make it any less real.”
Australian concert for Bondi Beach victims nixed after singers refuse to perform with Jewswww.jns.org
ZFA: The Western Wall must remain a home for the whole Jewish people
The Zionist Federation of Australia has expressed deep concern about proposed legislation before the Knesset that would place prayer arrangements at the Western Wall under the authority of the Chief Rabbinate,
🔎LOCATED: A 25-meter-deep underground Hezbollah command center inside a clothing store in Al-Khiyam.
Inside it were weapons and rooms used for managing terror operations by the terrorist organization’s operatives.
ZFA CEO @acassuto in a poignant piece for the @aus_jewishnews on Israel’s 78th Independence Day:
“History has already written the answer: Never bet against the Jewish people. Never bet against the State of Israel.”
Never bet against the Jewish future
We stand tall with 3700 years of civilisation behind us and 77 years of sovereignty and self-determination
www.australianjewishnews.com
Today we stand shoulder to shoulder with our indispensable partner @Israel, rejoicing with our Israeli brothers and sisters on 78 years of independence.
🇮🇱 This is such a powerful speech.
Talik Gvili, whose son Ran was murdered on 7 October, taken hostage, and was the final hostage to be returned to Israel, was honoured with lighting a torch at Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations. There, she spoke of the pride of being
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