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The ECAJ is the national umbrella organisation whose responsibilities peak at being the major spokebody within Australia on behalf of the country’s Jewish communities. Its members include representations of major bodies from the individual States.
February 28, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The ABC’s Elizabeth Jackson recently interviewed co-founder of Independent Australian Jewish Voices’ Antony Loewenstein about the Ben Zygier case. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has lodged an official complaint to the ABC about its content. [Read more]
February 19, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has welcomed announcements by the Australian and Israeli governments of further inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Ben Zygier, a dual Israeli and Australian citizen who had immigrated to Israel in the early 2000’s and reportedly died while in custody in Israel in December 2010. [Read more]
January 29, 2013 by Emily Gian
The Zionist Federation of Australia has congratulated Bibi Netanyahu on behalf of the Australian Jewish community. [Read more]
December 12, 2012 by J-Wire Staff
Associate Professor Jake Lynch at Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and Conflict recently rejected an offer of co-operative civics research from a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem because the CPC supports BDS, including boycotting Israeli academics. The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has its say… [Read more]
Australia’s peak national Jewish body is urging all Jewish Australians to write in the word ‘Jewish’ or ‘Judaism’ in answer to the question on the census form that asks ‘What is your religion?’ “This should be done for each member of the household when you complete the form on census night on Tuesday 9 August 2011”, said Dr Danny Lamm, the President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. [Read more]
Dec-15 4:55pm SBS World Movies: The Scarlet and the Black
Based on the humanitarian works of Irish-born Vatican priest Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who saved thousands of escaped prisoners of war, Jews and Italian Resistance families in occupied Rome during World War II, by hiding them in the church.
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