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Radio host suspended over anti-Semitic jokes

Jewish Journal June 29, 2010

A New Zealand comedian who apologized for making anti-Semitic jokes was suspended from his radio show.

New Zealand Jews plan to fight for shechitah

Jewish Journal June 28, 2010

Barring a last-minute policy reversal, Jewish leaders in New Zealand appear certain to launch legal action against the government over its controversial new law banning kosher slaughter.

Israel reopens embassy in New Zealand

Jewish Journal April 21, 2010

An Israeli embassy was back in New Zealand for the first time since 2002.

Jewish Kiwis Thrive at Bottom of Earth

Rabbi Arnold Rachlis December 4, 2003

New Zealand has never been considered a center of Jewish life, but since our congregation, University Synagogue, was visiting Australia, we decided to hop over (1,200 miles) to this incredibly beautiful country.

The next day, we were deeply moved at the Canterbury Hebrew Congregation — named after the county so as not to be called the \”Christchurch Synagogue\” — where our hosts, Dr. David Cohen, a local professor originally from Fresno and a graduate of UCLA, and Dr. Ali Wegner, originally from Buenos Aires and Chicago, introduced us to their synagogue. They moved to what many would consider yenne velt (the end of the earth) to live at a slower pace with serenity and security.