by AJDS | Jul 1, 2012 | Blog
The Australian Jewish Democratic Society recently criticized the decision by the Limmud Oz committee to decline a proposed session at the Limmud Oz 2012 Festival of Jewish Learning and Culture. The session was entitled “Beyond Tribal Loyalties” and...
by AJDS | Jun 30, 2012 | Editorials
This has been sent to Bob Carr by AJDS as Minister for Foreign Affairs. We also ask you to voice your concern to him foreignminister.carr AT dfat.gov.au Dear Minister Carr, We write to you as matter of urgency to ask you to voice your strong concerns to Israel’s...
by AJDS | Jun 20, 2012 | Editorials
Watch the video of the public forum with some of the contributors to the recently published book: Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists : Sivan Barak, Peter Slezak, Vivienne Porzsolt, Nicole Erlich, and Avigail Abarbanel (editor). This...
by AJDS | Jun 17, 2012 | Editorials
This statement is posted with the permission of the writers concerning the restriction on participation by other people. To the Limmud Oz organising committee We accepted the invitation to participate in Limmud Oz at Monash University because we believe the...
by AJDS | Jun 16, 2012 | Editorials
The Australian Jewish News (AJN) published a letter on March 30 2012 alleging that Gazans were cutting off the limbs of children to claim compensation from the Israeli military. Without even bothering to check, the Jewish News printed the letter, even though the...
by AJDS | Jun 16, 2012 | Blog
A public forum with some of the contributors to the recently published book: Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists : Sivan Barak, Peter Slezak, Vivienne Porzsolt, David Langsam, Nicole Erlich, and Avigail Abarbanel (editor). This forum...
by AJDS | Jun 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Glyn Davis Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne “Do Universities have a Future?” When everything is digital who needs a campus? Sunday 5th August 7.15 pm for 7.30 pm Leo Baeck Centre, 31-37 Harp Rd, East Kew. $ 15 admission. ...
by AJDS | Jun 1, 2012 | Editorials
The AJDS contains a wealth of local and international opinion from sources that you might otherwise never see. If you want to be informed, read it! Sivan Barak is now editing the Newsletter, after many years of wonderful work by Sol Salbe. To support its...
by AJDS | May 21, 2012 | Editorials
The following is self explanatory, and it follows a similar event at Limmud Oz last year. Some people never seem to realize that free speech is healthy and not dangerous. This is not an AJDS issue, but one that affects those interested in free and rigorous debate not...
by AJDS | May 17, 2012 | Editorials
Dave Nadel is a longtime activist, and has made this comment about the media release: This is particularly relevant this week. Nicola Roxon, granddaughter of Jewish refugees from Nazism, is allowing ASIO to get away with rejecting Tamil refugees who have already been...