Australian Parliament member Michael Danby taught his colleagues the Yiddish work "nachas" this week. "I would like to introduce another word to this parliament: 'Nachas,' which means the derived pleasure one gets in seeing one’s friends and people who deserve to do well," he said, referring to his suggestion of appointing another legislator as Deputy Speaker.

Danby and newly elected legislator Mark Dreyfus wore skullcaps (kipot) in their swearing-in ceremony, which they performed with a Hebrew Bible.