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AJDS Statement about Limmud Oz
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) is deeply disappointed that the organising committee of Limmud Oz 2016 has decided that the invitation extended to Bassam Dally – who was to speak with Sivan Barak (a member of the Executive of the AJDS) in a...
Gaza play director, Samah Sabawi, demands an unequivocal apology
'Tales of a City by the Sea' is a play about Gaza, which tells of a love story set amid war and siege, remains on the VCE curriculum despite accusations it spreads anti-semitism. "It seems that I, the writer, missed the memo that I can't write an artistic piece about...
The JNF: an inextricable part of global Zionism
Cultivate Justice, the global week of action to educate and challenge common thinking about the Jewish National Fund, is well underway. Why have we taken such a strong stand on the JNF, as progressive Jews who believe in human rights, social justice and the...
Max Kaiser on Jews For Refugees
Read "Jews, Refugees and the (im)possibility of history", an insightful piece by Max Kaiser, about the formation and reformation of Jews For Refugees, published in Overland earlier this month: A few years ago I received a phone call from the current Energy and...
Max Kaiser on Jews For Refugees
Read "Jews, Refugees and the (im)possibility of history", an insightful piece by Max Kaiser, about the formation and reformation of Jews For Refugees, published in Overland earlier this month: A few years ago I received a phone call from the current Energy and...
Cultivating justice: a global week of action & education challenging the JNF
We, activists within SEDQ: A Global Jewish Network for Justice, are inviting people around the globe to participate in “Cultivating Justice: a Global Week of Action and Education challenging the JNF”. This week aims to encourage a closer look at the historical and...
Statement about Yom Hazikaron
Zionism Victoria and the United Israel Appeal are hosting a commemoration for Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day) this year, marking 60 years since the Sinai Campaign of 1956, and 10 years since the second Lebanon War of 2006. Both of these wars are notable not only in...
"Tales of a City by the Sea" remains on the VCE syllabus
Samah Sabawi's play "Tales of a City by the Sea" was recently named by the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), chaired by Dvir Abramovich, as a text that incites against Israel and should therefore be removed from the VCE curriculum. The ADC claimed that...
Victoria plans to protect biodiversity
Protecting our environment is crucial. None of our activism or struggle for social justice could take place were it not for the physical environment in which we live and work. The Victorian government has recently issued a plan to protect biodiversity in our State....
Robin Rothfield on the question of UN bias
In response to "Why Israel? A look at Israel and UN bias" by Leah Goldman (pseudonym) in our newsletter, Just Voices #7, Robin Rothfield has sent in the following letter: The Editor Just Voices Dear Keren I am writing to comment on Just Voices – Issue #7 of November...