The attack that changed Australia — or did it?
February 3, 2026 | Justin Amler
The Bondi terrorist attack on December 14, 2025 changed Australia. But in many ways, it also didn’t.
Legal challenge to Israeli President’s visit: Colin Rubenstein on ABC Radio
January 30, 2026
AIJAC’s Dr Colin Rubenstein commented in an ABC radio report presented by Andy Park on the legal challenge to Israeli President Herzog’s upcoming visit to Australia.
Why Jews stand with the Iranian people
January 29, 2026 | Rabbi Ralph Genende, Ran Porat
Everyone of goodwill must surely feel immense sympathy for the Iranian people being gunned down on the streets… and hope that their efforts to transform their regime will finally succeed. Yet there are reasons why the Jewish community worldwide feels especially profound resonance with this struggle…
International law claims unfounded: Unpublished letter to the Sydney Morning Herald/ Age
January 23, 2026 | Arsen Ostrovsky
One does not need to be an international law scholar to know that there is absolutely no law, treaty or convention that affords any kind of legal right to kill civilians, take hostages, or carry out terror attacks. On the contrary, international law, including the Geneva Conventions, is explicitly clear in outlawing this.
Fringe group gets antisemitism wrong: Unpublished letter to The Age/Sydney Morning Herald
January 23, 2026 | Jamie Hyams
The mainstream Jewish community has been increasingly concerned at the way the JCA, in furtherance of its staunch opposition to Israel, has given cover to those behind some activities we believe as central to the surge in antisemitism over the past two years and three months.
Left wants this cruel regime
January 22, 2026 | Oved Lobel
For the motley collection of far-left and Islamist zealots comprising the movement, the lodestar is perpetual and total war against Israel until its destruction, and the lynchpin of this war is the jihadist imperial regime ruling Iran. Anything or anyone that undermines that regime is therefore an enemy.
Passing Hate Crimes bill “incredibly important”: Arsen Ostrovsky on 2GB
January 21, 2026
AIJAC’s Arsen Ostrovsky spoke to 2GB’s Mark Levy about the hate crimes bill passed in parliament yesterday.
Climate of hateful words behind antisemitic attack: Rebecca Davis on 3AW
January 21, 2026
AIJAC digital editor Rebecca Davis spoke to 3AW’s Jacqui Felgate about her reaction to the anti-Semitic attack upon a group of Jewish teenage boys on their way home from night school in St Kilda East.
Writers’ block at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival
January 19, 2026 | Justin Amler
The Adelaide Writers’ Week festival, far from being about the free exchange of ideas, remains what it has long been, an exercise in political grandstanding and virtue signalling.
First, we mourn. And mourn again. Then, life must go on
January 19, 2026 | Rabbi Ralph Genende
This past week we observed the sheloshim for Bondi. For the past month, our beautiful Bondi, bereft of 15 of her children, wounded by her injured offspring, has been in mourning, marked by blood and broken bodies instead of beach and bronzed bodies. No garland of flowers around her lovely neck, just a heaping of wreaths at her feet.
“Blame the Jews” conspiracy theories over Venezuela and Bondi prove nothing changes
January 16, 2026 | Alana Schetzer
It took just a few hours for “Zionists” to be blamed for what went down on January 4. Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez followed a well-worn path for the regime when she claimed in a televised address to the nation there were “Zionist overtones” to Maduro’s capture.
