Background We are living at a time of unprecedented biophysical crisis. Human civilisation is facing a perfect storm of problems driven by climate change, environmental destruction and pollution, biodiversity loss and resource depletion, all…
Month: November 2015
By Larry Stillman Acknowledgment of Aboriginal presence and identity continues to be a difficult and controversial issue. Despite formal acknowledgements such as “welcome to country” statements, or the flying of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait…
This post includes excerpts from April Rosenblum’s “The past didn’t go anywhere: making resistance to antisemitism part of all of our movements” (2014), available here. Posting excerpts from this document has been permitted, so as to…
By Leah Goldman (pseudonym) When discussing topics around Israel one of the common questions one hears is “why is the whole world so concerned with Israel?” This is often accompanied by the opinion that antisemitism…
Reviewed by Sol Salbe There’s an apocryphal story about one-time Israeli politician Moshe Sneh who wrote in the margin on a speech: “weak point; raise your voice”. It is difficult to raise one’s voice in…
By Eva Cox [Originally published in the AJDS newsletter, 30th January 2003, available in our archives, here.] I am writing this piece in a time of huge turmoil for Jews in the Diaspora as well as…
By the Australian BDS Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/boycott.israel48/) The AJDS does not necessary endorse the views represented by this group, though we do foster debate and discussion. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) is marked as…
By Keren Tova Rubinstein Last month I travelled to Israel after my longest absence from it since I emigrated 23 years ago. It had been five years since I was there last. This didn’t mean…
By Keren Tova Rubinstein Last month I travelled to Israel after my longest absence from it since I emigrated 23 years ago. It had been five years since I was there last. This didn’t mean…
Reviewed by Sol Salbe (This is an extended version of this review) There’s an apocryphal story about one-time Israeli politician Moshe Sneh who wrote in the margin on a speech: “weak point; raise your voice”. It…