The attached letter was sent to UMSU on 12 May, and the substantive text is as follows: “The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), founded in 1984 has consistently called for a just, negotiated resolution of…
Tag: antisemitism
AJDS has made a submission to Glen Eira Council (Victoria), for consideration at its Council meeting on April 26, 2022. The AJDS considers the adoption of the IHRA Working Definition as highly problematic, for the…
Watch the video June 22nd, 7:00-9:00PM For close to a year we at AJDS have been working with Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) on a joint statement on antisemitism and the criticism of Israel. It’s been an…
Letter published in The AgeJan 16th, 2020.Dennis Martin It was with a heavy heart that I read the article in Tuesday’s Age about a couple in the Mallee town of Beulah flying a swastika flag…
AJDS letter published in the Australian Jewish News. 10th Jan, 2019. While Josh Burns (UK Labor and the ALP: very different beasts, Dec 20) reflects on the UK elections and the fear in English Jewry…
Australian Jewish Democratic Society Annual Dinner An evening in Solidarity with Pittsburgh Please join us for the AJDS Annual Dinner, this year organised to send our love and solidarity to the bereaved communities in Pittsburgh. …
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…
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…
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….
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…