by AJDS | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog, Statements
Around the world, and around this country, there is increasing support for far-right politics, fascism and neo-Nazism. At Milo Yiannopoulos’ talk on Monday night a group of around 40 far-right people, including some known neo-Nazis, gathered outside the talk to incite...
by AJDS | Nov 30, 2017 | Event
APAN – Australia Palestine Advocacy NetworkAustralian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS)Australians for Palestine Advocacy GroupGideon Levy is an Israeli journalist and author best known for his work with Ha’aretz which he joined in 1982 and spent four years as...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog
By Jordy SilversteinWe’re all pretty familiar, I think, with the stereotype of the Ashkenazi Jewish man who doesn’t play sport. Living in Melbourne, that Ashkenazi stereotype gets placed upon the whole community, resulting in us seeing Jewish sportspeople as the...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter, Newsletter Issue
editorial Dear AJDS members and supporters, This issue of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society’s newsletter, Just Voices, is focused on antisemitism. This is a broad topic that encompasses many different and related phenomena, past and present. It deserves our...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Yael W.Shortly after moving to Sweden I was in touch with a relative who emailed with hopes for my safety, living in Malmö with the “Muslim problem.” Having no idea what she was referring to, I went online and did some research. I couldn’t seem to find evidence...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The following excerpts were taken with the author’s permission from this article“As pro- and anti-Trump movements jockey to realize their agendas, the question of Jews and whiteness illustrates the high stakes—and dangers—of racialized politics. Over time, Jews have...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Fahad Ali, medical student and president of the Students for Palestine Society at the University of Sydney. Article here. “All I know of my country is through song and story, through books, faded photographs, my grandmother’s heavy sighs and an...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Yael W.On Antisemitism is a timely collection of writings given the current increase in popularity and organisation of the Right and far Right. The work is relevant not only given the overt antisemitism from the far Right in Western countries, but also in light of...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Written by Robert Börjesson, translated by Yael W. Originally published here.They survived the concentration camps- now Nazis are demonstrating outside their synagogue.Nordic Resistance movement- Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen (NMR)This Nazi organisation NMR was given...
by AJDS | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By Jonah BoyarinOriginally published on jewschool.com August 17, 2017, and reproduced with permission.Jewish FearJewish fear is American Neo-Nazis chanting “Blood and Soil” on American soil.Jewish fear is that buzzing feeling in our bones that won’t let us sleep at...