Australian Jewish Democratic Society
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By Jemima Light Jordan Valley Solidarity (JVS) is a Palestinian-led, grassroots community group. Palestinians and international volunteers work together to protect both Palestinian existence and the unique environment of the Jordan Valley. This is done…
In October, the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) hosted an informal evening event with Prof. Jeff Halper, Co-ordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), a peace and human rights organisation that resists the…
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) fully endorses the following statement by the Jewish Labor Bund in regards to the Abbott government’s new asylum seeker policies.
Interview with Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian occupied territories. Originally published in Arena Magazine, Issue No 126, October/November 2013.
Limmud Fest is a weekend retreat from November 22-24 with a Limmud style program, ‘combining a passion for Jewish learning, culture and discussion with a rural atmosphere and unique shabbat experience, set in beautiful natural surrounds’.
Limmud Fest is a weekend retreat from November 22-24 with a Limmud style program, ‘combining a passion for Jewish learning, culture and discussion with a rural atmosphere and unique shabbat experience, set in beautiful natural surrounds’.
Produced over two years in communities alongside the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers, these two 25-minute documentaries reveal the vital role that naturally flowing waterways have in maintaining traditional indigenous country.
Public Lecture with Prof. Jeff Halper. Lecture Topic – Imagining the Future: Towards a Multi-Cultural Middle East Confederation.
We would like to welcome you back to the AJDS newsletter, now named – Just Voices – after a year-long hiatus. We hope this platform can provide you with an informative space for intelligent writing and art on pertinent issues.
A hug, a laugh and so we greet each other. Me, a Jew using the Muslim greeting and Najaf Mazari, a Muslim using the Hebrew greeting. And so it has been on most Saturday afternoons for the past 4 years. We sit in Najaf’s rug shop in Prahran, drinking black Afghan tea and chewing the fat; family, health, religion and politics but as yet not sport.