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Assurances and rhetoric are not enough: Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
AIJAC executive director Dr Colin Rubenstein spoke with Rita Panahi on Sky News about the Bondi terrorist attack.
Read MoreOur worst fears have come true: Joel Burnie on ABC TV
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie spoke with the ABC’s Michael Rowland about the Bondi terrorist attack.
Read MoreLeaders with ‘antagonistic positions’ towards Israel fuel violence: Joel Burnie on Fox News
Executive manager at Australia Israel and Jewish affairs council Joel Burnie discusses antisemitic attacks being on the rise and the terror attack in Australia on ‘The Big Weekend Show”
Read MoreThe attack we warned would happen
This is a moment that has torn our souls and left our hearts in tatters. The targeted attack on Australian Jews at a Chanukah event will go down as the darkest day in the history of Australian Jews. But it will also go down as one of the darkest days in the history of Australia itself.
Read MoreAIJAC horrified by appalling terrorist attack at Bondi
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is horrified by the appalling terrorist attack at Bondi this evening. AIJAC Executive Director Colin Rubenstein said, “We are horrified by what has unfolded. Our immediate thoughts are with those killed and injured and their families, and with all those who witnessed this horrendous crime.”
Read MoreEurovision: A tale of courage vs cowardice
Yuval Raphael’s performance this year was a testament to strength, integrity, and courage. She represented the best of us. Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, and the Netherlands’ performance at Eurovision 2026 — which they will boycott — is a display of cowardice, shame, and dishonour. A symbol of the worst in them.
Read MoreA rabbi’s dream of Morocco
I felt more comfortable wearing my kippah in Moroccan cities than I often do in Melbourne CBD. The community may have shrunk to just several thousand, but in Casablanca you can find a minyan, kosher food and a Jewish school to send your kids. Most astonishingly, Jewish Dayanim sit as respected officials in the Casablanca Court.
Read MoreVenezuela, the Jews and the “Axis of Resistance”
Across history, it’s an old story: when societies struggle, many leaders find it easier to blame Jews than fix their own problems, as Venezuela demonstrates today.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes listing of IRGC as state sponsor of terrorism
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the listing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a state sponsor of terrorism under the new framework created by the recently passed Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Act 2025.
Read MoreThe ABC: A Law unto Itself
A scandal involving the BBC’s news and current affairs coverage, including its reporting on the Hamas–Israel war, prompted similar analysis of the ABC. The ABC’s response was effectively, “Biased? Us?”
Read MoreMore unites Australia and Israel than divides
Even before it convened, it was a given that this year’s Australia-Israel Strategic Dialogue… was going to be especially memorable. In fact, the conference, co-hosted by AIJAC… exceeded expectations in many ways.
Read MoreSentencing for antisemitic vandalism “manifestly inadequate”: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC executive manager discussed with Sky News’ Sharri Markson the legal verdict that allowed the perpetrator of antisemitic and anti-Israel vandalism in Sydney to avoid a prison sentence.
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