United Nations: Australia and New Zealand agree
October 18, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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ALP status quo on Israel-Palestine
August 18, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
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The Labor Party Conference held in Brisbane has maintained the recent changes in its policy regarding the Israel-Palestinian conflict without any further additions. Read more
Why were we not asked?
August 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Ameinu Australia, Meretz Australia, Habonim Dror Australia and Hashomer Hatzair Australia have written to the president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, pointing out they were not consulted about ZFA’s statement on the recent change of the Albanese government’s position on Israel. Read more
Festival boss stares down author, sponsor cancellations
February 26, 2023 by AAP J-Wire
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Louise Adler was hoping for a civil conversation in a garden about books. Read more
The ECAJ makes its submission to government inquiry investigating ABC and SBS complaints procedures
November 19, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
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The inquiry instigated by Senator Andrew Bragg will investigate the procedures ABC and SBS use to deal with complaints. Read more
Herzog shows his appreciation to the Australian Jewish community
November 8, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has written to Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler, welcoming the announcement that Australia will adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, and congratulating the Jewish community for its role in securing its adoption. Read more
Thank you, CSG
October 18, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The president of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Jillian Segal has praised the volunteers of the Community Security Groups around Australia for their contributions through lockdown. Read more
JCCV hosts Nina Bassat Book Launch
September 1, 2021 by Features Desk
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A moving and personal account of child survival has been captured in Nina Bassat’s memoir, “Take the Child and Disappear”. Read more
The ECAJ condemns Taliban takeover
August 17, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has deplored the forcible take-over of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Read more
ECAJ calls for Jewish Emergency Management Plan vaccination message to be shared
August 5, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has asked all of its affiliate and constituent bodies to share a video urging members of our community to get vaccinated. Read more
NSW Labor Israel Action Committee endorses Albanese and Minns’ opposition to BDS
August 2, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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NSW Labor Israel Action Committee (LIAC) formally welcomed and endorsed statements by Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese and NSW State Labor leader Chris Minns opposing the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. Read more
ECAJ slams Burnside’s Twitter post
July 30, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has condemned the recent Twitter statement made by Julian Burnside QC, a Greens candidate at the last Federal election, which likened Israel’s measures to defend its citizens from Hamas’s rocket and arson attacks to “Germany’s treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust”. Read more
Ben and Jerry in the bad books
July 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Although Ben and Jerry’s ice cream products in Australia carry a hechsher certifying that is Kosher, main Kashrut bodies in Australia have decided to remove the product from their marketing catalogues. Read more
Vic pops up at ECAJ
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Vic Alhadeff this week joined the Executive Council of Australian Jewry as a part-time consultant. Read more
Government been recommended to relist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and in its entirety
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the Federal government consider listing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Read more
ECAJ complains about “a military attack possibly by Israel”
August 10, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has lodged a formal complaint with FreeTV Australia about an interview that was aired on Ten Network’s ‘The Project’ on Wednesday 5 August 2020. Read more
Board to Board
May 6, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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THE president and CEO of the Board of Deputies of British Jews will be guest speakers at an unprecedented plenum of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies this month. Read more
Federal Labor reacts to ECAJ antisemitism report
November 26, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Federal Labor is deeply concerned by an increase in antisemitic attacks in Australia. Read more
Report from Bucharest
June 26, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Senior professionals representing Jewish communities from more than 50 countries at the forum convened each year by the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Read more
Four days to go: ECAJ canvasses political leaders
May 14, 2019 by J-Wire News Service
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It has been a practice for a number of years for the Executive Council of Australian Jewry to write to the leaders of the Coalition, the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens ahead of an upcoming federal election seeking their positions on policies and issues of particular interest to the Australian Jewish community. Read more
ECAJ Gaza complaint upheld
April 5, 2019 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The ABC has upheld a complaint made by the ECAJ that the headline of an ABC online story about Gaza was ‘misleading’. Read more
Facebook plans external board to decide on questionable spots on its site
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s co-CEO Peter Wertheim travelled to Singapore to participate in a two-day consultation on the establishment of an independent External Oversight Board proposed to empower to make final decisions about contested content appearing on Facebook. Read more
$2.2 million government grant for NSW security
October 10, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Liberal candidate for Wentworth in the upcoming by-election Dave Sharma visited the Community Security Group where he announced the federal government’s $2.2 million grant for The Council for Jewish Community Security in NSW. Read more
Sparks fly on Q&A
August 28, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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On ABC-TV’s Q&A last night one of the panelists, MP Bob Katter, was asked a question about the reason for his support for the call by Senator Fraser Anning for “a final solution to the immigration problem” in his maiden speech…and answered it by reading out a statement written by Melbourne’s Avi Yemini which Katter said “reflects the Jewish position in this country”. No it does not says The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
Australian, British and South African leaders get together
June 25, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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During a break in the opening session of the National Directors Forum of the World Jewish Congress being held in Herzliya in Israel some leaders created a mini-conference over coffee. Read more
Groner event causes distress
June 24, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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An event to commemorate the 10th yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Groner has caused distress to victims of child sexual abuse according to The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Read more
The ECAJ joins the push to quash a death sentence for Baha’i man in Yemen
January 16, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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A Yemini prisoner and a member of the Baha’i community has been sentenced to be executed in public because he made contact with Baha’i headquarters in Haifa. Read more
From Out of Left Field: The JCCV shifts to the Left
October 20, 2017 by Professor Bill Rubinstein
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Anyone familiar with the stances adopted by the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) in recent time will surely have noticed that it has shifted sharply to the left, especially over, but not limited to, the referendum on same sex marriage…writes Professor Bill Rubenstein. Read more
Dr Joachim Schneeweiss AM: 1927-2017
March 7, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
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Australian Jewry has lost one of its stalwart members of its community with the passing of Dr Joachim Schneeweiss in Sydney on Monday. Read more
ECAJ makes landmark submission to parliamentary committee on freedom of religion
February 10, 2017 by J-Wire Staff
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The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has sent a landmark 31-page submission, with 14 recommendations, to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the status of the human right to freedom of religion or belief in Australia and other countries currently being conducted by the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. Read more