Gaza freedom flotilla

Ship to Gaza info night Since 2008 activists around the world have been sailing to Gaza to break through the Israeli siege and pressure governments to take action. Under a global coalition- Freedom Flotilla Coalition-…

Trump’s so-called peace plan

A smokescreen for Israel’s territorial annexation ambitions The Plan unveiled by President Trump on the 28 January 2020 is anything but what it purports to be. It gives Israel just about everything that Netanyahu and…

Deal of the century

“Deal of the Century” ignores Palestinians, not viable This is a joint Jewish statement.  See the list of signatories below.  As organisations believing that Israelis and Palestinians can work together to build a common future…

JNF study tour

On Dec 24th, 2019,  AJDS sent the following letter to schools participating in the JNF Australia educators study tour to Israel.Details of the tour and participating institutions can be found here.  To whom it may…

Jewish museum trip

Join us on a group excursion to the Jewish Museum! Feb 16th. 2:00pm There is currently a gorgeous exhibition at the Melbourne Jewish Museum which has been curated by one of our own executive members-…

AJN letter- UK antisemitism

AJDS letter published in the Australian Jewish News. 10th Jan, 2019. While Josh Burns (UK Labor and the ALP: very different beasts, Dec 20) reflects on the UK elections and the fear in English Jewry…

Golem painting

 ‘Golem’ painting 2019, (600 x 860) oil on canvas.  The figure on the left of the painting is based on the golem character from The Golem, How He Came into the World, a 1920 German…

Morrison for Jerusalem prize

The Jerusalem Prize for 2019 has been awarded to Scott Morrison, according to reports in the Australian Jewish News and J-Wire. Making the announcement, the President of the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), Jeremy Leibler,…