A PROGRESSIVE VOICE AMONG JEWS, A JEWISH VOICE AMONG PROGRESSIVES
“Let no one say the past is dead. The past is all about us and within” Oodgeroo Noonuccal Why it matters to Jewish Australians Many of us in the Australian Jewish community are not descended from those who participated in the colonisation of the country we now… [ read more and for downloadable materials]
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) stands firmly against the extra-judicial killings of militants by Israel and the high number of civilian casualties- including children – in Gaza. This adds to what the AJDS has…
The AJDS was invited by the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to make a submission on the Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023 in April 2023 See submission below….
Below is the text of a letter to the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (3 March 2023) Dear Senator Wong, Re: The current round of violence and disorder in Israel and the Occupied Territories The…
The AJDS is strongly against the new round of violence involving Gaza and Israel in operation Breaking Dawn. We recognise that victims of Israeli rockets are overwhelmingly civilians and that Israelis across Israel are living…
The proposed Victorian ban on displaying the swastika in public is not simple and straight forward. The Nazi symbol is certainly offensive but that the laws banning it should, as discussed in the attached press…
The attached letter was sent to UMSU on 12 May, and the substantive text is as follows: “The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), founded in 1984 has consistently called for a just, negotiated resolution of…
AJDS has made a submission to Glen Eira Council (Victoria), for consideration at its Council meeting on April 26, 2022. The AJDS considers the adoption of the IHRA Working Definition as highly problematic, for the…
As a conclusion to Refugee Week this week, we are hosting a Forum on Tuesday the 29th of June: Journey To Obscurity: the Unimaginable Horror of Australia’s detention policy. This forum is to shed light…