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Jews in Australia attended commemorations on the Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day and then the Yom Hatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day celebrations, after a harrowing week in Israel and on the Gaza Strip, during which four Israelis and more than twenty five Gazans were killed and dozens wounded in the most intense exchange of rocket fire and counter bombings and artillery attacks for years.

Three Jewish and one non-Jewish candidate in the coming Australian elections on the 18th May 2019, had their posters defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, swastikas and Hitler moustaches, and one, Dr Kerryn Phelps in Wentworth, Sydney, was the subject of a false information email campaign that claimed she was ineligible to run because, as a Jew, she is able to claim automatic citizenship of Israel.

Jewish leaders in NSW expressed their indignation at the news of the election of Labor’s Saoquett Moselmane, a virulent critic and blocker of Jewish leaders’ access to multicultural bodies and events and sharer of anti-Semitic links on the internet, as the deputy president of the Legislative Council of NSW.

Australian Jews will join their fellow Australians to wish Aussie singer Kate Miller-Heidke best of luck in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 being held in Tel-Aviv, Israel, from the 15th to 18th May, despite the threats of more rocket attacks and BDS boycotts, that were  opposed by prominent Jewish and non-Jewish artists in Australia and around the world via the Creative Community for Peace organisation.

Holocaust Survivor Aneta Weinreich's remarkable story was unspoken for nearly 70 years, but now she decided its the right time to speak - publishing her latest book

Holocaust Survivor Aneta Weinreich's remarkable story was unspoken for nearly 70 years, but now she decided its the right time to speak - publishing her latest book

Marcus Witztum was the Irish "Schindler" and saved several dozen of jews, by bringing three factories to Irland and creating new employment opportunities. Amit is talking to Yael Reshef, who recently found out that Marcus was her great uncle

Marcus Witztum was the Irish "Schindler" and saved several dozen of jews, by bringing three factories to Irland and creating new employment opportunities. Amit is talking to Yael Reshef, who recently found out that Marcus was her great uncle

Marcus Witztum was the Irish "Schindler" and saved several dozen of jews, by bringing three factories to Irland and creating new employment opportunities. Amit is talking to Yael Reshef, who recently found out that Marcus was her great uncle

Marcus Witztum was the Irish "Schindler" and saved several dozen of jews, by bringing three factories to Irland and creating new employment opportunities. Amit is talking to Yael Reshef, who recently found out that Marcus was her great uncle

Michael Shamir is explaining us Israel's achievements in the past 71 years. A very interesting review of Israel's current situation in the middle east, its right to exist, and where can we find ourselves in the next 20 years.

Dr Shahar Burla is a Sydney-based researcher and lecturer. Shahar is telling us about the all new Plus61j website and his involvement, and a special video series that explores the changing shape of Australia’s largest Jewish community.

Alex Dafner with his latest news in Yiddish 5.5.19