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Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.

We report on the currently more strained relationship between Australia and Israel and the Australian investment interests in Israel's potential gas field exploration.

Our European correspondent Max Kohn speak with Pinchus London in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil about his life, work, his large collection of Yiddish songs and films and dedication to the Yiddish speaking community in Rio.

This week came the disturbing news from Hungary about a Parliamentarian from the right-wing, nationalistic Jobbik party, who called for a list of Hungarians of Jewish origin to be drawn-up. This is the latest in a row of anti-Semitic incidents an...

Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.

We honor Vladka Meed, a heroine of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943, who passed away in the USA on the 21st November 2012.

Australia changed its vote regarding the Palestinian status at the UN, just before it was due to be voted on there. This immediately raised questions whether the Labor Government, who had recently won a seat for Australia at the Security Council ...

Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with Isabela London in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, about her life-journey from Europe to South America and her love and work for Yiddish.  

Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.

Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with another young Yiddish teacher and organiser at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA, USA, Allison Posner.

Australia at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia The East Asian summit, which took place in Cambodia with the participation of 16 of amongst the most important leaders in the world, including US Pres Barack Obama and Australian PM Julia Gillard, ...

Our European correspondent Max Kohn speaks with another young Yiddish teacher and organiser of the translation project at the Yiddish National Book Center in Amherst, MA, USA, Sebastian Schulman.

Jerusalem correspondent Adam Gruzman reports on the main events, which occurred in and around Israel.

Leon Jedwab survived the Holocaust in many terrifying places including Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald concentration and death camps. Since 1946 he has lived in Melbourne and recently he helped publish a new book about his hometown in Poland, b...

Church groups, victims and their families have broadly welcomed a planned royal commission into child sex abuse, saying it will help protect vulnerable young people. The commission will cover all religious institutions, state-based organisations,...