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Anti-Semitic verbal attack of MP
The AJDS condemns all forms of racism. The attack on Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is outright anti-Semitic, it is offensive and has no room in any society. For more on this controversy read this from The Australian.
How the Victorian justice system fails women
Flat Out Inc., a support and advocacy group based in Flemington, has recently released a statement regarding police approaches to women who have had contact with the criminal justice system in Victoria. "Existing police approaches to family violence are failing...
No, the Greens did not cave in to extremists
Despite what Christian Kerr wrote on June 5th, the Richard Di Natale's position on the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is consistent with that held by the ALP and the Liberal Party, as well as with the range of like-minded political parties in Israel itself....
No, the Greens did not cave in to extremists
Despite what Christian Kerr wrote on June 5th, the Richard Di Natale's position on the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is consistent with that held by the ALP and the Liberal Party, as well as with the range of like-minded political parties in Israel itself....
Statement on Limmud Oz exclusion of Jewish voices and the new Jewish Fringe
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) is deeply disappointed at the actions of the 2015 Limmud Oz organising committee in recent efforts to exclude voices from their program. The headline of an article published in the Jewish News on May 11th boldly...
Rohingya Asylum Seekers
The AJDS is outraged at the failure to respond to the Rohingya asylum seekers, and Australia's dismal track record with asylum seekers, refugees and human rights violations. Why are Australians silent on Rohingya deaths at sea? See here for the Refugee Council of...
Refugee crisis brings back bad memories for Jews
The following, powerful letter was published in The Australian, 19/5/2015. Thank you to the undersigned authors for decrying the abhorrent treatment of refugees, stranded at sea and in dire need of our help. * * * As Jews, the sight of desperate refugees on a ship,...
Israeli voices of dissent
7th May 2015 These Israeli activists recently caught the attention of two of our readers. The first appear in the following clip from "The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US? Is It Good for Israel?", held at the National Press Club in Washington last month. Of...
Israeli voices of dissent
7th May 2015 These Israeli activists recently caught the attention of two of our readers. The first appear in the following clip from "The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US? Is It Good for Israel?", held at the National Press Club in Washington last month. Of...
AJDS Statement of Purposes, 1989
Recently our executive member Danya Jacobs has located the original document outlining the Australian Jewish Democratic Society's Statement of Purposes, dated August 30, 1989, and signed by Philip Mendes. To a great extent, the wording originally adopted by the AJDS...