by AJDS | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Statements
The AJDS and nearly twenty other Jewish organisations have signed onto the following communal Rosh Hashana statement against racism: As Jewish organisations committed to social justice, egalitarianism and the values of liberal democracy, we are committed to an...
by AJDS | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog, Statements
The AJDS and nearly twenty other Jewish organisations have signed onto the following communal Rosh Hashana statement against racism: As Jewish organisations committed to social justice, egalitarianism and the values of liberal democracy, we are committed to an...
by AJDS | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By AJDS Executive Dear AJDS members and supporters, We would like to welcome you back to the AJDS newsletter, now named – Just Voices – after a year-long hiatus. We hope this platform can provide you with an informative space for intelligent writing and...
by AJDS | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By Dennis Martin “Salaam aliekum”. “Shalom aleichem”. A hug, a laugh and so we greet each other. Me, a Jew using the Muslim greeting and Najaf Mazari, a Muslim using the Hebrew greeting. And so it has been on most Saturday afternoons for the past 4 years. We sit in...
by AJDS | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By Arnold Zable This article first appeared in The Well. The suffering of asylum seekers currently in detention on Nauru and Manus Island is unbearable. Imagine it, to be living in tents, in the heat and rain, on isolated islands, with years of waiting ahead, in...