As a professional translator of Yiddish literature, I was surprised by the characterization of the Australian Jewish community’s connection to the Yiddish language in the recent Forward piece ...

The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, Australia For decades, ...

For the past couple of years, leaders in Australia’s Jewish community have been seeing a rise in antisemitism and urging the country’s leaders to act. But Australia, like other countries grappling ...

Officials said 15 people are dead after gunmen targeted the attendees of a Jewish community event on Sunday in Australia's Bondi Beach. Another 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, including a ...

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded into trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a ...

Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed ...

A senior New York rabbi has condemned Australia’s "inaction" after a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach was shattered by a mass shooting that wounded 40 and killed at least 15 people, including two ...

The 44-year-old made the announcement on Instagram. Roger Federer is set to make a historic return to the court and kick off the first Grand Slam of the tennis season at the 2026 Australian Open. The ...

Alexandra Carlton is a leading food and travel journalist, writing for titles including Gourmet Traveller, Good Food, Qantas, Escape and The Australian. She's based in Sydney but jumps on planes ...

Australia’s unprecedented ban on social media for under 16s has finally come into force, but day one of the new law has revealed some teething problems, including the fact that some children have ...

The national ban is the first of its kind in the world. Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10. Many child advocates and ...

Australia's social media ban for children under 16 will come into effect this Wednesday, Dec. 10. Platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube have already begun disabling users' ...