Articles in Politics and Media
As the UN votes to allow gays to be executed, silence prevails
By Anthony Frosh
Currently in Australia we are witnessing a much-publicised debate concerning the establishment of gay civil marriage. I use the term ‘debate’ liberally since I am yet to hear any good arguments against it. …
Crossing over: Anti-Zionism & Antisemitism on Campus
As the ADC releases its report on Antisemitism on Campus in Victoria, Deborah Stone reflects on the increasing grey area between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.
I’m a Jew. I’m not an Israeli. I could have been an …
Hate speech has no boundaries
By Larry Stillman
Hate speech is often characterized as ‘words that wound’, words that are deliberately intended to cause severe discomfort, stigmatization, a feeling of being sullied, and humiliation in the face of others.”
Within the Melbourne …
The Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti-Semitism – A History
By Philip Mendes
The Rise and Fall of the Melbourne Jewish Council to Combat Fascism and Anti-Semitism, 1942-1970
Historical research is often motivated by, and influenced by, the interests and perspectives of the researcher. When I …
AWU National Secretary slams BDS
The following is an abridged version of the speech by Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) National Secretary, Paul Howes, given to the Zionist Federation of Australia on Sunday 10 October.
At a time of a new …
Letter from Gush Etzion
By Ari Silbermann
I awoke the morning of September 27th to the joyful sounds of bulldozers just outside my window. The sounds of Jews building in the Land of Israel. We had waited for months to …
How our Universities Harm our Children
By Geoff Bloch
We may be relics from the past but our children live in a post-modern, post-Zionist world in which traditional Jewish values are being progressively rejected as archaic and irrelevant. As our children leave …
Gillard – Who is she good for?
By Malki Rose
They say that a nation gets the leader it deserves. And this week not a truer word could have been spoken.
When asked which of the two parties were preferred the answer given seemed …
Why the AJDS are right to support a limited boycott
By Larry Stillman
I’d like to argue the moral case for supporting a selective boycott of products from the Occupied West Bank. I take the view that it is illegally held territory in which its prior …
Why I Support the New Zionist Left
By Mark Baker
Since writing an article supporting the new Zionist Left, I’ve been asked what I believe about Israel and other matters. I’m not sure if the question that has come from numerous people is …
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