43 Jewish Australians have been recognised for their contributions in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours

Shane Desiatnik from the Australian Jewish News tells us about the main stories from this week's edition of the Australian Jewish News

Honours given to members of the Jewish Community of Australia Source: Supplied / Steven Fretwell/AJN

Five members of our community were made Officers of the Order of Australia (AO), 11 Jewish Australians were honoured as Members of the Order of Australia (AM), while 27 received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Jews accounted for almost five per cent of the 919 recipients in the General Division of the Order of Australia, despite making up only 0.4 per cent of Australia’s population.