Articles in Politics and Media
ECAJ Urges Restraint from all Sides in BDS Rhetoric
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) today issued the following statement concerning the debate about the campaign for Boycotts Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel and the targeting of the Max Brenner chain in …
My Problems with Hasbara
By Ilan Bloch
For the past eight years, I have worked as a guide and educator, taking groups of students from the Diaspora on Israel programs. Recently, I was more than frustrated after the group that …
Give the Vote to the Diaspora – Rethinking the Two-State Soltuion
By Geoff Bloch
The international community and moderates on both sides of the Israeli Palestinian conflict have, for decades, called for a two-state solution to end the military jurisdiction Israel maintains over some 1.6 million disenfranchised …
An interview with the Norwegian Ambassador to Australia
This Capital Jewish Forum interview with the Norwegian Ambassador to Australia, conducted by Manny Waks, covers the topics of Norway’s 22 July tragedy, Israel, and tolerance and racism, amongst other things.
Capital Jewish Forum (CJF): Firstly, …
Sheltering from the Storm
By Tamar Paluch
I have a shelter. It’s a few steps from my Jerusalem home; they serve coffee and have wi-fi. It’s open nearly twenty-four hours a day. It’s where I am sitting because …
Postcard from Arab East Jerusalem
By Liam Getreu
While in Jerusalem a few weeks ago, I decided to go to East Jerusalem properly for the first time, and posted this originally on my blog. While my Jewish education was …
An open letter to Philip Chester that the AJN declined to publish
By Nathan Cherny
Dear Philip
From my office in Jerusalem I make it a habit of touching base with the community where I grew up, nurtured by the Zionist values of my family home and my involvement …
Manny Waks Responds to Critics of Capital Jewish Forum
By Manny Waks
After much consideration, I have decided to respond to some of the reaction to the Capital Jewish Forum’s (CJF) inaugural Melbourne event this Sunday (17 July) featuring the Palestinian Authority Head of Delegation, …
Let’s have Medical Aid Without the Politics
By Bernie Tuch
In January this year, an advertisement (see left) appeared in a magazine called Physician Life that is sent to registered physicians like me in Australia. Sponsored by an organization called Towards Hope Foundation …
Human Rights and Israel-Palestine at the Melbourne Festival of Ideas
By Andrew Wirth
I recently attended Melbourne University’s Festival of Ideas to hear a debate entitled: “The Middle East: the Cockpit of National Identities and Perpetual Conflict… can the idea of two states –Israeli and Palestinian …
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