Bruce Hill

Melbourne

Senior Journalist at Australian Jewish News

Senior journalist at the Australian Jewish News after a 25 year career reporting on the Pacific Islands for Australian and New Zealand radio. Jew and Zionist.

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Articles

VAJEX pivots to include younger generation

1 day ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

The Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women (VAJEX) has a new mission – renewal. Its new president, Janice Furstenberg, told The AJN, “VAJEX was established 96 years ago by Sir John Monash, to honour our ex-servicemen and women in the armed forces in Australia.
Focus on present

1 day ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Sean Rubin is standing as One Nation’s first ever Jewish candidate for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara in the upcoming federal election. The professional chef brings a unique perspective to a party that has historically faced criticism from some within the Jewish community. “I’m proud to say that I’m an Australian Jewish person,” Rubin told The AJN.
Looking for common ground

1 week ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Independent MP for Goldstein Zoe Daniel said her ongoing work with the Jewish community since October 7 has been “quite possibly the biggest part of my community work” during this period.
Bipartisan delegation

1 week ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

In a historic first, a bipartisan Victorian parliamentary delegation will participate in the March of the Living in Poland, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War II. The Parliamentary Friends of Israel delegation, co-organised by Liberal MP David Southwick and Labor MP Paul Hamer, will depart on April 20. “This is probably the first official parliamentary delegation in Australia that has gone to March of the Living,” Southwick told The AJN.
Kouta visits St Kilda Shule as political campaign kicks off

1 week ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Former AFL player Anthony Koutoufides has visited a synagogue as one of the first stops in his campaign for the federal seat of Melbourne. He visited St Kilda Shule on Friday morning, and said he is placing community safety and combating antisemitism at the forefront of his political agenda.
Adass bakes shmurah matzah despite firebombing

2 weeks ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Melbourne’s Adass Israel community continued its decades-long tradition of baking shmurah matzah this Friday, using parts of their synagogue that were not severely damaged in December’s firebombing attack. Adass Campaign Director Chayim Klein told The AJN the community was determined to maintain its pre-Pesach ritual despite the challenging circumstances. “We need to do it before Pesach, and we do it every year. So this will be no different,” Klein said. “We can’t do it where we usually do it.
Burns announcers he will not be preference in any other party

2 weeks ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Jewish labour MP for McNamara Josh Burns has announced he is running an open ticket at the election. This means he will not be referencing any other party. Burns has come under a lot of pressure from members of the Jewish community to announce he is going to preference the Greens last. He said “This election, my message is simple: put a number 1 next to my name so we can keep working together to build a better future for our community.
Melbourne set to host world's largest Shabbat

2 weeks ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will provide $167,000 to fund what organisers hope will be the World’s Largest Shabbat dinner in Melbourne. The funding commitment, announced by Labor Candidate for Goldstein Nildhara Gadani, will support the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) in hosting the landmark event, expected to break the current Guinness World Record set in Berlin 11 years ago.
Melbourne man launches legal action against Greens

2 weeks ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

A Melbourne Jew is taking legal action against the Australian Greens party and its leader Adam Bandt through the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Menachem Vorchheimer is accusing the party of engaging in or authorising anti-Jewish at rallies where chants such as “all Zionists are terrorists” have been heard.
"Antisemitism is incurable," says Ryvchin

2 weeks ago | australianjewishnews.com | Bruce Hill

Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, has delivered a powerful speech arguing that antisemitism is “incurable” and that Zionism has failed in its original aim to normalise Jewish existence. Around 300 people attended the B’nai B’rith annual Human Rights Oration at the Glen Eira Town Hall in Melbourne on Sunday, where Ryvchin also received the 2025 B’nai B’rith Human Rights Award.