Reporting on a visit to Israel

March 11, 2024 by  
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Four recent visitors to Israel on AIJAC’s Rambam Israel Fellowship program, three Federal MPs and one from the media, reported on their visits to AIJAC supporters at a recent Melbourne function. Read more

Jews and Muslims should feel safe: Jewish MPs

November 16, 2023 by  
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Australian Jews and Muslims should not be used as “political footballs” and their communities should feel safe and supported, Jewish MPs from Labor and the Liberal Party say. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: podcast with Josh Burns

August 24, 2023 by  
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Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Labor Member of parliament for Macnamarra, about the recent Labor Party’s National Conference and the official statements that were made in relation to the so-called Occupied Palestinian Territories and the illegal settlements. Read more

Senator restrained by police as LGBTQI protests clash

March 23, 2023 by  
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Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been physically held back by police as she attempted to storm the lectern of an anti-transgender rights protest. Read more

L’Chaim – to Life: Josh Burns

March 16, 2023 by  
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Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns MP, Federal Member of Parliament for Macnamara, about his recent motion in Parliament, in which he strongly criticised the opposition by the Greens to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Read more

L’Chaim to Life: Josh Burns MP – Education is the way to “never forget” and “never again”

October 20, 2022 by  
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Morry Frenkel speaks with Josh Burns, Labor’s Federal Member of Parliament for the seat of Macnamara, about the motion he introduced calling for all states and territories to follow the lead of Victoria and NSW, and make Holocaust education a mandatory aspect of their school curriculum. Read more

Henry’s 700th birthday celebrating with Josh Burns

September 9, 2021 by  
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Federal Member for the Melbourne seat of Macnamara Josh Burns appears via Zoom on the special 700th episode of The Shtick. Read more

The party is over

August 17, 2021 by  
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They have different political allegiances, but politicians Josh Burns and David Southwick have joined forces to stabilise the COVID fallout created by an irresponsible small group of Melbourne’s Jewish community. Read more

With 2000 votes to be counted, Josh Burn claims victory

June 3, 2019 by  
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Josh Burns has claimed victory in the marginal three-way contest of the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, making him the fifth federal Jewish MP in the 46th Parliament of Australia, and Labor’s third Jewish MP. Read more

Confronting campus vilification

November 11, 2014 by  
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Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has expressed concern about antisemitic bigotry experienced at Australian universities. Read more

Labor’s emergency plans for Victorian schools

November 11, 2014 by  
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The Victorian State Labor party will provide $600,000 to help schools develop and implement their Emergency Management Plans to be prepared for incidents resulting from racial or religious intolerance. Read more