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Strewth! 510 580 signatures (so far) rebutting Robert Magid
The numbers keep growing in the open letter to Robert Magid. This as now been submitted as a letter to the Australian Jewish News. But if you'd like to add your name, please sign up.It is important to make the depth of feeling clear. ...
Strewth! 510 580 signatures (so far) rebutting Robert Magid
The numbers keep growing in the open letter to Robert Magid. This as now been submitted as a letter to the Australian Jewish News. But if you'd like to add your name, please sign up.It is important to make the depth of feeling clear. ...
Public comments on AJN owner/editor's remarks about refugees.
Mr Magid's ill-considered remarks have engendered a very strong reaction. Not only has the middle of the road/conservative Galusaustralis recorded a number of critical comments, but in the 130 or so signatures to the Open Letter received so far, some very...
"It’s not reflective of the Jewish community that I know"- an opinion.
Harold Zwier, a member of the AJDS Executive put this comment on Galusaustralis in a response to Rabbi Genende's article. It is reproduced in full with acknowledgement I am glad to read Rabbi Genende’s article. Robert Magid’s Viewpoint article in the AJN is...
Open Letter to the Owner & Publisher of the Australian Jewish News–Please sign.
The AJDS has initiated an open letter to Robert Magid because of his op-ed on refugees. He says, in part “The Jews who fled the Holocaust faced certain death . I doubt whether there is a single boat person in that position. Some may have fled a war zone or limited...
Orthodox rabbi criticises AJN owner Robert Magid's stance on refugees
From https://sites.google.com/site/caulfieldshule/rabbigenedespage Ralph Genende is rabbi of a traditional, orthodox congregation in the heart of the Jewish community in Melbourne. Thank goodness he has had the guts--the menschlichkeit to put Robert Magid, the...
A new low for the Australian Jewish News?
In an Olympic Week, one doesn't like to see such records being set. The publisher of the Australian Jewish News, Robert Magid, for reasons best known unto himself, has decided to engage in the vilification of refugees to Australia, particularly people who arrive by...
Bob Carr raises concerns over plight of Palestinian children in Israeli jails
This report appeared in the subscription only Oz, but deserves to be shared in the public interest. by: John Lyons, Middle East correspondent From:The Australian July 28, 201212:00AM AUSTRALIA has formally raised concerns with Israel about the detention of Palestinian...
Event: ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS: A film celebrating the Jewish contribution to Iraqi music and the cultural ties that link Iraqis of all faiths.
ON THE BANKS OF THE TIGRIS: A film celebrating the Jewish contribution to Iraqi music and the cultural ties that link Iraqis of all faiths. AJDS invites you to hear the music, see cuts from the film, to meet the film makers Marsha Emerman and Majid Shokor and...
A very interesting viewpoint in the Economist.
This is very reminiscent of the situation in Australia. "The prevailing political sentiment in Jewry today is of aggressive defensiveness, a curious amalgam of victimhood and intolerance. Dissent about Israel is discouraged and often gagged outright. Among British...