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Fast Forward Melbourne synagogue evacuated on Shabbat as tensions over Israel-Hamas war flare in Australia
“Sadly, this Friday night, for our community, that feeling of refuge, calm and serenity was shattered,” wrote the synagogues's rabbi and president
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Fast Forward ‘Merry Ham-mas’: Australian Kmart removes Christmas ham bag from shelves after Jewish group complains
The text is printed on the ham bag in festive red and green lettering, with a Christmas tree replacing the first “A”
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Fast Forward Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestinian protest that included ‘gas the Jews’ chants
Officials have rejected protesters’ request for another rally this weekend
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News How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Since the 1980s, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has sent emissaries to some of the most remote places on earth — including these places in the outback
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Culture The Jewish world champion of Scrabble shares his secrets on how to win the game
David Eldar went to Jewish day school in Australia and can spell 'schlep' four ways
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Fast Forward Australia will refer to West Bank as ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ in policy change
The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Executive Council of Australian Jewry issued a joint statement calling the change 'inaccurate, ahistorical and counterproductive'
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Fast Forward Rising football star Harry Sheezel could be ‘greatest ever male Jewish athlete in Australia’
At 18, the Jewish day school graduate has already set a record in Australian Rules Football, the country's rugby-adjacent No. 1 sport
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Fast Forward Australia Uber passenger films himself leaving car after learning driver is Jewish
(JTA) — An Uber passenger in Melbourne, Australia, ordered his driver to pull over and let him out of the vehicle after finding out the driver was Jewish. And he filmed it. “So you’re Jewish?” the passenger asked the driver from the backseat on Tuesday. “All right. Just stop on the left, man. Just stop…
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