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It’s about Freedom of Choice, not Freedom of Speech

May 22, 2012 – 10:14 pm | 12 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
As happened last year at Limmud Oz in Sydney, advocates of the destruction of the State of Israel have had their application to host a session rejected. And just as happened last year, …

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An Israel for all its citizens rather than an Israel for all Jews

May 2, 2010 – 8:32 pm | 29 Comments

by Larry Stillman
“In recent years, Israeli groups have put forward several constitutions for the state of Israel. However, these proposals…have been preoccupied with the question of, ‘Who is a Jew?’ and have neglected the primary …

My Cousin Sammy (OR: The single-issue voter: a portrait)

June 23, 2009 – 10:09 am | 15 Comments

By The Hasid
Picture it: Melbourne, 2007!
It’s a Friday night in November. You’re partaking of the Shabbos meal with your nearest and dearest, somewhere in the Jewish Commonwealth of Glen Eira. The conversation turns, inevitably, to …

A Democratic Model For Communal Governance

June 22, 2009 – 12:36 am | 34 Comments

By Yoram Symons
I am going to begin this post from the following assumption: The JCCV is not democratic nor is it representational.
Pages have already been filled on this blog debating this issue and it is …