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Media Release: Accountability Must Follow the Evidence

The deaths of Zomi Frankcom and her World Central Kitchen colleagues were a terrible tragedy. Israel acknowledged from the outset that serious operational failures led to their deaths, dismissed two officers and reprimanded

“I’ve been labelled a ‘Zio’ by the pro-Palestine movement in Melbourne… there can be no peace if the pro-Palestine movement makes enemies of Jewish people in our country.”

Powerful evidence from Indigenous leader Dr Marcia Langton to the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and

As a former educator himself, Ambassador @Hillel_Newman was delighted to address approximately 470 educators at the @ZionistFedAus Biennial Jewish Educators’ Conference in Melbourne, Victoria📚

The Ambassador applauded the holy work of Australian and New Zealand Jewish teachers

This week, in the shadow of the Bondi terrorist attack and the Royal Commission, the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has held its two-day Educators’ Conference in Melbourne.

The conference had a record attendance, with more than 450 Jewish educators attending at Mount

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Record crowd as ZFA educators gather in shadow of Bondi attack

ZFA educators gather in shadow of Bondi attack to discuss vital topics in Jewish education at a record conference in Melbourne.

On December 14th, 2025, a pair of gunmen killed 15 people attending a Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach. For Jewish leaders like ZFA President @jeremyleibler, the killings were shocking--even as concerns around antisemitism continued to grow after October 7th. Will

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Can Australia's Jews Ever Recover From Bondi? With Jeremy Leibler

Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam · Episode

The Zionist Federation of Australia welcomes the Foreign Minister’s reaffirmation that the commitments Australia relied upon when recognising a Palestinian state remain Government policy.

That makes Labor’s National Platform all the more disappointing. While the Government says

The Zionist Federation of Australia welcomes the Foreign Minister’s reaffirmation that the commitments Australia relied upon when recognising a Palestinian state remain Government policy.

That makes Labor’s National Platform all the more disappointing. While the Government says

I shared my thoughts in an op-ed for the @FinancialReview on why the commitments attached to recognition of a Palestinian state must remain central to Australia’s position. Elections, accountable government, education for coexistence and no role for Hamas are not obstacles to

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