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Photo: Jacqueline Rakov." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="CEOs "dropped the ball"">CEOs "dropped the ball"</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-patients-are-hiding-their-identity/">Jewish patients are hiding their identity</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-patients-are-hiding-their-identity/">Jewish medical group says there has been no effort to address wider antisemitism problems in healthcare.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package3 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302522"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Our say">Our say</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/health-hate/">Health hate</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="AJN STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/ajn-staff/">AJN STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302580"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="'Tip of the iceberg'">'Tip of the iceberg'</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/hypocrisy-in-healthcare-system-exposed/">‘Hypocrisy’ in healthcare system exposed</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Carly Adno" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/carly-adno/">Carly Adno</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302337"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Jews fear mistreatment">Jews fear mistreatment</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/political-badges-to-be-removed-from-hospitals/">Political badges to be removed from hospitals</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template3 features type-post post-id-1302694 bgcolor bgcolor1"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/when-the-going-gets-tough/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Maskit-Mati-Tair-Mati-Jack-Oshea-Rabbi-Yaakov-Glasman.--scaled-e1740446732579-640x400.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="From left: Maskit Mati, her sister Tair, Maskit's partner Jack O’Shea and Rabbi Yaakov Glasman." decoding="async" title="From left: Maskit Mati, her sister Tair, Maskit's partner Jack O’Shea and Rabbi Yaakov Glasman." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Shift in attitudes">Shift in attitudes</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/when-the-going-gets-tough/">When the going gets tough</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/when-the-going-gets-tough/">Conversions to Judaism defy expectations, in some cases doubling since October 7 atrocities.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1301902"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-leaders-condemn-hospital-antisemitism/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Ryan-Park-e1739328460918-400x250.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park addressing the Bankstown nurses antisemitic video at a media conference. Photo: Screenshot" decoding="async" title="New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park addressing the Bankstown nurses antisemitic video at a media conference. Photo: Screenshot" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Politicians united">Politicians united</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-leaders-condemn-hospital-antisemitism/">Australian leaders condemn hospital antisemitism</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-leaders-condemn-hospital-antisemitism/">Bankstown nurses stood down following threats to harm Israeli patients, Police now investigating</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package1 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302183"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-doctors-warn-about-erosion-of-trust/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Dr-Jack-Green-e1739413447283-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="President (Vic) of the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation, Dr Jack Green." decoding="async" title="President (Vic) of the Australasian Jewish Medical Federation, Dr Jack Green." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Need for better education">Need for better education</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-doctors-warn-about-erosion-of-trust/">Jewish doctors warn about erosion of trust</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1302596"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/antisemitism-an-election-issue/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/AlbaneseAdasscopy_44102-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the Adass Synagogue after it was firebombed in December. Photo: X @AlboMP." decoding="async" title="Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the Adass Synagogue after it was firebombed in December. Photo: X @AlboMP." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Latest federal polling">Latest federal polling</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/antisemitism-an-election-issue/">Antisemitism an election issue</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Sharyn Kolieb" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/sharyn-kolieb/">Sharyn Kolieb</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/antisemitism-an-election-issue/">A Newspoll Found the Coalition would likely maintain a 51 to 49 per cent two-party-preferred lead over Labor.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package2 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302341"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/this-is-australias-fight-says-frydenberg/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Image-15-2-2025-at-_35593-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Elana Rubin, deputy chair, and Josh Frydenberg, head of the Dor Foundation. Photo: YouTube Screenshot" decoding="async" title="Elana Rubin, deputy chair, and Josh Frydenberg, head of the Dor Foundation. Photo: YouTube Screenshot" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="New foundation">New foundation</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/this-is-australias-fight-says-frydenberg/">‘This is Australia’s fight,’ says Frydenberg</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302323"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/vile-graffiti-on-family-business/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Gottlieb-graffiti-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Antisemitic graffiti daubed on a Jewish-owned Melbourne building supplies company." decoding="async" title="Antisemitic graffiti daubed on a Jewish-owned Melbourne building supplies company." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Grandson’s heartache">Grandson’s heartache</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/vile-graffiti-on-family-business/">Vile graffiti on family business</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1302562"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jews-around-the-world-united-in-mourning/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/F250218CG303-640x400-1-400x250.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A protest tent calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)" decoding="async" title="A protest tent calling for the release of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, February 18, 2025. 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Photo: Screenshot" decoding="async" title="Macnamara MP and Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Josh Burns, presenting the report into antisemitism at Australian Universities. Photo: Screenshot" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Coalition wants more">Coalition wants more</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/universities-must-act-on-antisemitism-says-report/">Universities must act on antisemitism says report</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/universities-must-act-on-antisemitism-says-report/">The committee’s report, which draws on 47 public submissions and four public hearings, makes 10 recommendations for immediate implementation.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package3 news negative"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302193"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="'We were not listened to'">'We were not listened to'</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-students-demand-action-on-antisemitism/">Jewish students demand action on antisemitism</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302228"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Fail in fundamental duty">Fail in fundamental duty</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/universities-failing-jews-on-campus/">Universities failing Jews on campus</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302516"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Rise in antisemitism">Rise in antisemitism</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/we-need-safe-places-for-all/">We need safe places for all</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a class="byline-link link-with-b-margin" title="Andy Smidt" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/andy-smidt/">Andy Smidt</a>, <a class="byline-link link-with-b-margin" title="Sarah Aamidor" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/sarah-aamidor/">Sarah Aamidor</a> and <a class="byline-link" title="Sharon Stoliar" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/sharon-stoliar/">Sharon Stoliar</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1302189"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australia-israel-allies-caucus-relaunched-in-canberra/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/DSC02922-copy-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Andrew Wallace MP (left) with Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon." decoding="async" title="Andrew Wallace MP (left) with Israeli Ambassador Amir Maimon." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="‘Show up for Israel’">‘Show up for Israel’</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australia-israel-allies-caucus-relaunched-in-canberra/">Australia-Israel Allies Caucus Relaunched in Canberra</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="AJN STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/ajn-staff/">AJN STAFF</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australia-israel-allies-caucus-relaunched-in-canberra/">‘It is incumbent upon all Australians – and especially those elected to lead the country – that we stand up, speak up, and show up for Israel and the Jewish people’</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package1 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301851"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/gag-bid-during-shoah-speech/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2024/09/2024091216722812447_97747-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in Parliament last Thursday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas" decoding="async" title="Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in Parliament last Thursday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Dreyfus row in Parliament">Dreyfus row in Parliament</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/gag-bid-during-shoah-speech/">Gag bid during Shoah speech</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1301885"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/city-of-sydney-council-mulls-boycotts-after-lord-mayor-shuns-roundtable/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/20241107137037149874_78081-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Photo: AAP Image/Steven Saphore" decoding="async" title="City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore. Photo: AAP Image/Steven Saphore" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Local Government">Local Government</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/city-of-sydney-council-mulls-boycotts-after-lord-mayor-shuns-roundtable/">Lord Mayor shuns roundtable</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Gareth Narunsky" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/gareth-narunsky/">Gareth Narunsky</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/city-of-sydney-council-mulls-boycotts-after-lord-mayor-shuns-roundtable/">‘After refusing to attend the roundtable … Clover Moore is now choosing to focus on global issues for which the Council has no expertise and will have no impact’</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package2 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301741"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/sydney-mayors-stand-together-for-unity/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/DSC04335_79538-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="From left: Ned Mannoun, Will Nemesh and Darcy Byrne." decoding="async" title="From left: Ned Mannoun, Will Nemesh and Darcy Byrne." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Local government">Local government</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/sydney-mayors-stand-together-for-unity/">21 Sydney mayors stand together for unity</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="AJN STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/ajn-staff/">AJN STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302196"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/sky-news-summit-aims-to-tackle-antisemitism/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/sharri-and-alex-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Sharri Markson and Alex Ryvchin will co-host the summit. Photo: Instagram" decoding="async" title="Sharri Markson and Alex Ryvchin will co-host the summit. Photo: Instagram" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="‘Honest examination’">‘Honest examination’</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/sky-news-summit-aims-to-tackle-antisemitism/">Sky News summit aims to tackle antisemitism</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="AJN STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/ajn-staff/">AJN STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1301764"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ajn-staff-moved-on-by-police-at-demo/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/A40I0309-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The flag of the terrorist organisation the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine flying at a demonstration outside Victoria's state parliament as police look on. Photo: Peter Haskin" decoding="async" title="The flag of the terrorist organisation the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine flying at a demonstration outside Victoria's state parliament as police look on. Photo: Peter Haskin" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="200 Jews at counter demo">200 Jews at counter demo</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ajn-staff-moved-on-by-police-at-demo/">AJN staff moved on by police at demo</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ajn-staff-moved-on-by-police-at-demo/">The flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP] was flown as part of a pro Palestine demonstration near the steps of Victoria’s state parliament.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package1 news"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301761"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/antisemitic-attack-at-sydney-hotel-alleged/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/20250122131879412747-minihighres-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NSW Premier Chris Minns and NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb. The police are being criticised for not taking action on an alleged antisemitic assault at a Sydney hotel. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts" decoding="async" title="NSW Premier Chris Minns and NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb. The police are being criticised for not taking action on an alleged antisemitic assault at a Sydney hotel. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="NSW Police criticised">NSW Police criticised</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/antisemitic-attack-at-sydney-hotel-alleged/">Antisemitic attack at Sydney hotel alleged</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Bruce Hill" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/bruce-hill/">Bruce Hill</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template4 news type-post post-id-1301881 negative"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/legislation-not-the-game-changer-it-could-have-been/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/2025011717622485497_59290-640x400.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="A burnt car with antisemitic graffiti in Sydney's Dover Heights on January 17. Photo: AAP Image/Neve Brissendeni" decoding="async" title="A burnt car with antisemitic graffiti in Sydney's Dover Heights on January 17. Photo: AAP Image/Neve Brissendeni" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Hate speech laws passed">Hate speech laws passed</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/legislation-not-the-game-changer-it-could-have-been/">Legislation ‘not the game changer it could have been’</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Gareth Narunsky" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/gareth-narunsky/">Gareth Narunsky</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/legislation-not-the-game-changer-it-could-have-been/">‘Just outlawing explicit threats of violence is not enough. Hateful rhetoric and celebrating violence is every bit as dangerous’</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package2 news negative"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301878"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/greens-ditched-in-key-seat/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/PutGreensLast_74940_tn-e1738209991676-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Sharon Mason with Eliana, Omid and Radhika (last names withheld by request)." decoding="async" title="Sharon Mason with Eliana, Omid and Radhika (last names withheld by request)." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Voters switch to liberals">Voters switch to liberals</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/greens-ditched-in-key-seat/">Greens ditched in key seat</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301684"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/nsw-premier-strengthens-hate-speech-laws-to-combat-antisemitic-attacks/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/Gh2bgbgbsAAuA9v-160x100.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Newtown Synagogue was recently vandalised." decoding="async" title="Newtown Synagogue was recently vandalised." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="New laws introduced">New laws introduced</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/nsw-premier-strengthens-hate-speech-laws-to-combat-antisemitic-attacks/">NSW Premier strengthens hate speech laws to combat antisemitic attacks</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="AJN STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/ajn-staff/">AJN STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template2 news type-post post-id-1302181 negative"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/painful-days-are-coming-but-we-can-dream/"> <img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/ec309cc3-84a0-4cbf-8f60-166e9ca4a759-640x400-1-400x250.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Troops operating in Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, in an undated photo released by the military for publication on January 12, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)" decoding="async" title="Troops operating in Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, in an undated photo released by the military for publication on January 12, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Israel on the brink">Israel on the brink</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/painful-days-are-coming-but-we-can-dream/">Trump’s ultimatum brings hope and fear</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Anna Pasternak" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/anna-pasternak/">Anna Pasternak</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/painful-days-are-coming-but-we-can-dream/">‘Here in Israel there is a newfound hopefulness that the future may finally be better than the past’</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template4 news type-post post-id-1301777 big negative"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/pleading-for-his-release-mother-says-hostage-alon-ohel-is-wounded-chained-in-hamas-tunnels/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/vlcsnap-2025-02-09-21h34m22s309-copy-640x400-1.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Idit Ohel, mother of hostage Alon Ohel, interviewed on Channel 12 news, February 9, 2025 (The Times of Israel: Channel 12 screenshot)" decoding="async" title="Idit Ohel, mother of hostage Alon Ohel, interviewed on Channel 12 news, February 9, 2025 (The Times of Israel: Channel 12 screenshot)" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="'I ask, I demand, I pray'">'I ask, I demand, I pray'</span><span class="overline"><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/pleading-for-his-release-mother-says-hostage-alon-ohel-is-wounded-chained-in-hamas-tunnels/">Everyone must 'do everything. This is impossible any longer'</a></span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/pleading-for-his-release-mother-says-hostage-alon-ohel-is-wounded-chained-in-hamas-tunnels/">Alon Ohel’s mother pleads for his release</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="TOI STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/toi-staff/">TOI STAFF</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/pleading-for-his-release-mother-says-hostage-alon-ohel-is-wounded-chained-in-hamas-tunnels/">Family of Alon Ohel — who turns 24 on Monday — say he is wounded and chained in Hamas tunnels, after testimony from newly freed hostages who were held with him in dire conditions.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="package package3 news negative"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301785"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="491 days of captivity">491 days of captivity</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/reports-newly-freed-hostages-were-abused-now-suffer-malnutrition-heart-disorders/">‘Severe physical and mental deterioration’</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a class="byline-link link-with-b-margin" title="ELANA KIRSH" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/elana-kirsh/">ELANA KIRSH</a> and <a class="byline-link" title="DIANA BLETTER and TOI STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/diana-bletter-and-toi-staff/">DIANA BLETTER and TOI STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301394"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="“Clinging to hope”">“Clinging to hope”</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/hamas-captors-said-to-have-tormented-yarden-bibas-with-incessant-talk-of-wife-kids/">Hamas captors said to have tormented Yarden Bibas with incessant talk of wife, kids</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="TOI STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/toi-staff/">TOI STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301408"> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Solitude and abuse">Solitude and abuse</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/cages-starvation-and-fasting-on-yom-kippur-more-testimonies-from-freed-hostages-emerge/">Cages, starvation and fasting on Yom Kippur: More testimonies from freed hostages emerge</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="TOI STAFF" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/toi-staff/">TOI STAFF</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template3 features type-post post-id-1301858 bgcolor bgcolor1"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/rrens-golden-journey/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/01_RREN_RIVI_RICKY-scaled-e1739236468895-640x400.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" title="" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Complementary partnership">Complementary partnership</span><span class="overline"><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/rrens-golden-journey/">Blessed as sisters, friends and business partners</a></span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/rrens-golden-journey/">RREN’s golden journey</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Jessica Abelsohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/jessica-abelsohn/">Jessica Abelsohn</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/rrens-golden-journey/">Rivi and Ricky New are sisters-in-law, friends and now business partners with their beautiful business, RREN Jewellery. The pair spoke to The AJN about their journey. </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news type-post post-id-1301402"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/im-not-jewish-but-october-7th-2023-changed-my-life/"> <img width="240" height="150" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/fthejews_54773-240x150.jpeg" class="attachment-small size-small wp-post-image" alt="There's been a six per cent rise in antisemitism in Australia according to the ADL." decoding="async" title="There's been a six per cent rise in antisemitism in Australia according to the ADL." /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Jews are openly hunted">Jews are openly hunted</span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/im-not-jewish-but-october-7th-2023-changed-my-life/">I’m not Jewish, but October 7th 2023 changed my life.</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Pete Malicki" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/pete-malicki/">Pete Malicki</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/im-not-jewish-but-october-7th-2023-changed-my-life/">It was seeing how the world reacted to the October 7th massacre that made me start looking into Israel, the war and the wider region.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template3 features type-post post-id-1301343 bgcolor bgcolor1"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/countering-the-insane-narrative/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/WhatsApp-Image-2025-01-29-at-18.20.01-1-640x400.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Deborah Conway visiting Kibbutz Nir Oz, with guide Roy who experienced the terror for 11 horrendous hours hiding behind his futon while the terrorists sat on the couch and smoked. Photo: Tammy Bar-Shay" decoding="async" title="Deborah Conway visiting Kibbutz Nir Oz, with guide Roy who experienced the terror for 11 horrendous hours hiding behind his futon while the terrorists sat on the couch and smoked. Photo: Tammy Bar-Shay" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="‘A badge of honour’">‘A badge of honour’</span><span class="overline"><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/countering-the-insane-narrative/">A ‘harrowing, emotional, mind-blowing’ trip</a></span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/countering-the-insane-narrative/">Countering the insane narrative</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Jessica Abelsohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/jessica-abelsohn/">Jessica Abelsohn</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/countering-the-insane-narrative/">Deborah Conway is loudly and proudly Jewish. She recently returned from Israel where she volunteered, performed and bore witness to the atrocities of October 7.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template3 features type-post post-id-1300640 bgcolor bgcolor1"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/feel-the-musical-magic/"> <img width="600" height="375" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/01/Chapter-02-38-_5ZK8018-640x400.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Eden Golan singing October Rain in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv. Photo: Ziv Koren/Polaris" decoding="async" title="Eden Golan singing October Rain in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv. Photo: Ziv Koren/Polaris" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="above-headline"><span class="label" data-text="Intense Jewish pride">Intense Jewish pride</span><span class="overline"><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/feel-the-musical-magic/">Music has been part of Judaism since the dawn of time</a></span></div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/feel-the-musical-magic/">Feel the musical magic</a> </div><div class="byline">By <a title="Jessica Abelsohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/jessica-abelsohn/">Jessica Abelsohn</a></div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/feel-the-musical-magic/">Knowing music brings comfort and joy to everyone who hears it, the AJN has compiled a list of uplifting and comforting Israeli songs for the community to enjoy. </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template7 special news"> <div class="headline">More Headlines</div> </div> <div class="package package2 special"> <div class="item type-post post-id-1301926"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/a-slice-of-broadway-on-sydney-harbour/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/54151427092_8988563620_3k-160x100.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Bobby Fox, Cody Simpson, Annie Aitken and Jason Arrow in Guys and Dolls on Sydney Harbour. Photo: Opera Australia" decoding="async" title="Bobby Fox, Cody Simpson, Annie Aitken and Jason Arrow in Guys and Dolls on Sydney Harbour. Photo: Opera Australia" /> </a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="headline"> <span class="label" data-text="Hustle and bustle of NYC">Hustle and bustle of NYC</span><a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/a-slice-of-broadway-on-sydney-harbour/">A slice of Broadway on Sydney Harbour</a> </div> <div class="byline">By <a title="Jessica Abelsohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/jessica-abelsohn/">Jessica Abelsohn</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="item type-post post-id-1302027"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/gallery-dedicated-to-jewish-voices/"> <img width="160" height="100" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2025/02/Navalny_53670-160x100.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Alexei Navalny, handcuffed to a policeman, gestures to the press in Moscow, 2017. Photo: Evgeny Feldman." decoding="async" title="Alexei Navalny, handcuffed to a policeman, gestures to the press in Moscow, 2017. 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