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Limmud NZ & NZ Jewish Council present Jonathan Freedland in conversation with David Cohen

[On 16 February 2026 at 6.30pm at TBC] LIMMUD NZ, in partnership with the New...

HCNZ: International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Aotearoa

The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand delivered national commemorations for International Holocaust...

Opinion: When Houses of Worship Burn: What New Zealand Knows — and Must Not Ignore

By Greg Bouwer on the Israel Institute of NZ website… New Zealand knows what it means when a...

NZ declines Donald Trump’s invite to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

By Glen McConnell on Stuff… The Government has declined US President Donald Trump’s...

On the other hand

By Michael Kuttner… The nonprofit organization Matnat Chaim (gift of life) is set to enter...

Opinion: Dodgy deals

By Michael Kuttner… If it sounds too good to be true you can guarantee that whatever deal...

Liaison officer deployment to Israel extended

Media release: Minister of Defence Judith Collins… The deployment of a New Zealand Defence...

UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration in NZ

United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau...

Baked Goodness for Purim

Purim is just in less than a month. Make you Mishloach Manot orders for your family and friends...

Opinion: Ring the bells and let a crack of light come in

By Leora Hirsh on the Otago Daily Times… Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day,...

Opinion: How do we remember the Holocaust as we grow further removed in time?

By Josh Sampson on the NZ Herald (paywalled)… Young Jews in New Zealand today don’t have to...

Opinion: A Different Kind of Palaver

By Juliet Moses on Quillette… What the Adelaide Writers’ Week fiasco reveals about the moral...

David Cumin on John Minto

David Cumin talks about the situation in Gaza & John Minto’s call to report Israeli tourists...

On the other hand

By Michael Kuttner… Approximately 70,000 Israelis are estimated go hiking in the coming...

Opinion: Sold down the river

By Michael Kuttner… Betrayed and being abandoned are situations which have regularly...

The strange and beautiful love story of the Maori & the Jews

By David Cohen on The Jewish Chronicle… Only dead fish swim with the flow,” the Reverend...

A Selection of Recent Articles of Relevance or Interest to the NZ Jewish Community

News stories: YouTube: Iranian protest march in Auckland (January) –...

Opinion: The Elephant That Paraglided Into the Writers’ Festival

By Dane Giraud on The Many Ways I Let You Down… The Adelaide Writers Festival affair has...

Opinion: When Principles Become Optional: Jacinda Ardern, Randa Abdel-Fattah, & the Limits of Consistency

By Greg Bouwer on the Israel Institute of NZ website… When Jacinda Ardern built her...

National Holocaust commemorations as antisemitism surges

Media release: Holocaust Centre of NZ… As New Zealand marks International Holocaust...

Youth Leadership Conference

[On 15 February 2026 at To be advised at To be advised] The New Zealand...

Seeking information about the Solomon family

Can you help? I’m trying to trace my relatives, so please get in touch if you know anything...

Australia’s rushed hate speech laws highlight risks of emotion-driven legislation

Media release: Free Speech Union… “New Zealand should learn from the problems emerging in...

Peacenic 2026

[On 15 February 2026 at 3pm at Arthur Faulkner Reserve] The Jewish Community is very...

Statement regarding international aid organisations operating in Gaza

Media release: Embassy of Israel in NZ… Following recent media reports, we wish to clarify the...

Opinion: It is elementary

By Michael Kuttner… It is amazing how something that is simple, basic, fundamental and easy...

On the other hand

By Michael Kuttner… Israel’s first vertiport for aerial taxis is set to be built at Atidim...

Opinion: When Hanukkah Is Acknowledged — Then Neutralised

By Greg Bouwer on the Israel Institute of NZ website… In the wake of the antisemitic terror...

Opinion: I’m Jewish but I don’t support more curbs on hate speech and protest

By Dane Giraud on The Post (paywalled)… I learned of the Bondi Beach shootings as I was...

Pro-Palestinian protests cross a line

By Miriam Bell for the Australia Israel Review… [Editor’s note: This article was written for the...

Rally warns of rising anti-Semitism a week after Bondi shooting

By 1News… A demonstration against anti-Semitism has marched in silence down Auckland’s...

Opinion: Bondi terror, soft policing and why NZ needs a new security plan

By Bruce Cotterill on the NZ Herald (paywalled)… This week’s column was half-drafted when it...

Another selection of NZ-related articles & op-eds on the Bondi terror attack

The Press: https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360920530/lights-darkness NZ Herald:...

A Chanukah of Light, Unity and Resilience on Parliament’s Forecourt

Words by the Board of the Wellington Jewish Community Centre; photos by Michelle Jacobson...

Opinion: A light unto the nations

By Michael Kuttner… The Hebrew prophet Isaiah spoke these memorable words from Jerusalem,...

‘Their main priority is to escape’: Jewish Kiwi family returns to NZ after drive-by shooting

By Sam Smith on Stuff… A Jewish Kiwi family living in the United States say they want to...

On the other hand

By Michael Kuttner… Who could ever have believed that one day Israel might provide Germany...

Mount Maunganui anti-Semitic incidents echo hate behind Bondi terror attack – lawyer

By Sandra Conchie in the Bay of Plenty Times… A Tauranga lawyer says he believes the...

Opinion: ‘Australia is lost to its Jews’ and New Zealand should pay attention

By NZ Jewish Council president Juliet Moses on Stuff… Just over a month ago I was wandering...

Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, with Australian Indigenous colleagues: A Call To Action

Media release: Nova Peris, Warren Mundine, Dr Sheree Trotter, Hon Alfred Ngaro…...

Bondi terror attack: What NZ politicians have said

Newsroom:...

Opinion: ‘Never again’ is now and New Zealand cannot look away

By Holocaust Centre of NZ chair Deborah Hart on the NZ Herald (paywalled)… I went to bed...

Opinion: Bondi terror attack: In the early morning, darkness calls again

By NZ Jewish Council spokesperson Ben Kepes on The Press (paywalled)… So many traumatic...

Opinion: Globalising the Intifada: When Rhetoric Becomes Violence

By Greg Bouwer on the Israel Institute of NZ website… For two years, much of the Western...

NZ’s Jewish community on edge after Bondi Beach attack

By Amy Williams on Radio NZ… New Zealand’s Jewish community is shaken and on edge...

A selection of NZ-related articles & op-eds on the Bondi terror attack

NZ Herald: Anti-Semitism has always been a sign of a sick society. It is again – editorial...

Opinion: Groundhog Day on Bondi Beach

By Dane Giraud… To query whether Jacinda Ardern, Keir Starmer, Francois Macron, and now...

New Zealand Jewish Council Responds to Bondi Beach Terror Attack

Media release: New Zealand Jewish Council… The New Zealand Jewish Council expresses its...

NZ stands with Australia and Jewish communities following Bondi attack

Media release: Minister for Ethnic Communities Mark Mitchell… New Zealand stands in...

Holocaust Centre of New Zealand Condemns Bondi Beach Shooting: “Never Again Is Now”

Media release: Holocaust Centre of New Zealand… The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand...

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