How do we, as left-wing Australian Zionists, confront and balance the commemoration of the Nakba and the celebration of 70 years of Israel’s independence? When looking towards the future, how can we consolidate an egalitarian,…
Ilana Sumka lives in Belgium and is an educator, writer and activist working to end the Israeli occupation. Jordy Silverstein lives in Australia and is an historian and writer, and author of Anxious Histories: Narrating…
Larry Stillman is an academic who trained at Hebrew University and Harvard. He leads a community development project in Bangladesh with Oxfam. This is an edited version of the original article published in Arena magazine,…
Noura Erakat is a Palestinian American legal scholar, human rights attorney, activist and writer. She recently visited Australia on a speaking tour for the Edward Said memorial lecture. This article is accessible on her website. Reproduced…
Yael Winikoff is the AJDS community organiser. This year marks 70 years since Israel became a fledgling nation-state. In our communities we have seen celebrations marking Israel’s 70 years, and commemorations of 70 years since…
Larry Stillman is an academic who trained at Hebrew University and Harvard. He leads a community development project in Bangladesh with Oxfam. This is an edited version of the original article published in Arena magazine,…
This issue of Just Voices is on the theme of the 70-year anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel. The creation of this ‘state for all Jews’ is something that has been widely celebrated amongst global Jewish communities. But as we are seeing a growing number of us dissenting and questioning Israel’s human rights abuses and policies of occupation today, we look back through history to this year, 1948, and the ways that Israel’s beginnings are woven into its political and social structures.
In yesterday’s Herald Sun, and syndicated to the Daily Telegraph, Andrew Bolt wrote an outrageous smear on migrant, ethnic, and racialised communities around Australia. We at the Australian Jewish Democratic Society couldn’t be angrier at what…
Open conversations runs parallel to Limmud Oz, which offers a wonderful array of presentations on all things Jewish. However some voices are excluded, as the Limmud Oz programming policy maintains the position to deny a…
1. On the situation in Gaza Over the last week, the JCCV has released a statement on facebook, and then via email to affiliates, regarding the AJDS and our response to the recent events in…