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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

henry Benjamin

Children cooking at Our Big Kitchen to prepare food for people working to battle devastating flooding. (JTA/ Our Big Kitchen)
March 24, 2021, 9:19 am
In Australia, Jewish, Muslim and Christian children care for flooding victims
Children of all faiths come together at a Jewish communal kitchen to prepare food for frontline workers and victims of flooding
By henry Benjamin
The Cranbourne golf club. (screen capture: Google Street View)
May 22, 2020, 5:49 am
Swastikas painted on Melbourne golf course founded by Jews
Homophobic images also found on links; head of Anti-Defamation Commission says city will soon be ‘swastika capital of Australia’
By henry Benjamin
A Nazi flag is seen flying in the town of Beulah, in southeastern Australia. (Courtesy via JTA)
January 15, 2020, 10:28 pm
Nazi flag removed from Australia home after pressure from neighbors
Cheryl Lawdron takes down banner after saying her German ancestry gave her right to fly it; local lawmaker says he’ll push for anti-swastika legislation
By henry Benjamin
Illustrative: A Nazi flag flown in the United States. (Screenshot: YouTube)
January 15, 2020, 12:43 am
Australian woman flies Nazi flag from her home, angering neighbors
Cheryl Lawdorn of Beulah, southeastern Australia, says she has right to fly the swastika symbol because of her German ancestry
By henry Benjamin
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 1, 2020, 6:19 pm
Australian Jewish leaders appeal to Netanyahu to reconsider Litzman appointment
Executive Council of Australian Jewry warns of grave questions regarding handling of case of alleged child sexual abuser Malka Leifer, says Israel’s reputation sullied by promotion
By henry Benjamin
A Jewish boy allegedly being forced to kiss a classmate's feet is causing outrage in Australia. (Twitter via JTA)
November 26, 2019, 8:19 pm
Anti-Semitic incidents up 30% in Australia, report says
368 anti-Jewish incidents recorded in past year, including 225 attacks
By henry Benjamin
A screenshot from the Immigration New Zealand website uses Palestine instead of Israel on a map. (Immigration New Zealand via JTA)
June 18, 2019, 4:20 am
Official New Zealand government website wipes Israel off the map
Immigration New Zealand map shows entire area of Israel as Palestine ,with East Jerusalem as ‘the designated capital of the State of Palestine’
By henry Benjamin
Australian comedian Isaac Butterfield. (YouTube screenshot)
April 23, 2019, 4:35 am
Australian comedian jokes about Nazi gas chambers, gets complaint, doubles down
Isaac Butterfield to Jewish audience member: ‘If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the oven’
By henry Benjamin
Ahmed Bhamji, the chairman of Masjid E Umar mosque in Auckland, New Zealand, speaks during a rally on March 23, 2019. (Screenshot: Facebook)
March 29, 2019, 10:23 pm
New Zealand Muslim leader dismisses colleague’s claims Mossad ordered killings
Head of mosque alleged Israeli intelligence, Zionist businesses behind massacre in Christchurch that killed 50
By henry Benjamin and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, speaks to the media alongside Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne at the Parliament House in Canberra, October 16, 2018. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
February 20, 2019, 6:23 pm
Australian leaders praise Israel in parliament as they mark 70 years of ties
Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls Jewish state ‘beacon of democracy,’ pledges Canberra’s support at UN
By henry Benjamin
Dr. Paul Bauert, a regional president of the Australia Medical Association, speaking with Sky News on February 11, 2019. (Screenshot: YouTube)
February 11, 2019, 8:46 pm
Australian doctor sorry for saying Nazi victims were relieved at lack of escape
Paul Bauert claims Nauru asylum seekers worse off than those who died in gas chambers in Holocaust; Jewish leader says remark expresses ‘disregard’ for history
By henry Benjamin
A screenshot from video of a motorist in Australia yelling anti-Semitic insults at a rabbi. (Screen capture: YouTube)
January 31, 2019, 11:43 pm
Aussie motorist to rabbi: ‘Hitler should have killed you all’
Man in Melbourne filmed berating rabbi in road rage attack, saying ‘you should have died in the Auschwitz’
By henry Benjamin
Australian member of Parliament Mike Kelly in 2015. screen capture: YouTube)
September 12, 2018, 4:32 pm
Pig guts thrown at office of Australian lawmaker whose wife is Jewish
Neo-Nazi group has previously vandalized Mike Kelly’s office with swastikas; Labour MP says series of attacks proves need for constant vigilance against extremism
By henry Benjamin
Undated picture of Lisa Jackson Pulver, a Jewish member of the Aboriginal tribe called the Wiradjuri. (From 'Hand in Hand: Jewish and Indigenous people working together' by Anne Sarzin and Lisa Miranda Sarzin.)
September 3, 2018, 7:25 pm
Aboriginal Jewish woman appointed deputy vice-chancellor at University of Sydney
Former synagogue president Lisa Jackson Pulver, who converted to Judaism in 2004, was first in her family to enter tertiary education
By henry Benjamin
An architect’s rendering shows the synagogue building that a Chabad affiliate, Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe, hoped to build near a popular beach in Sydney, Australia. (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe)
August 10, 2017, 6:59 pm
Australian group to resubmit plans for Sydney synagogue
Waverley council affirms security arrangements can be found for house of worship to be built near Bondi Beach
By henry Benjamin
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