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Slezak at Limmud-Oz was ‘storm in a teacup’
DESPITE the controversy that preceded this year’s Limmud-Oz, the event passed without incident over the long weekend and has been hailed as “the biggest ever, attracting 1200 participants including over 200 presenters”.
World Vision defends Gaza group funding
WORLD Vision advisor Professor Tim McCormack has come out firing against accusations by Israeli organisation Shurat HaDin that a Gaza-based charity it funds is a front for terror. Shurat
Humour is best therapy
MELBOURNE comedian Jeremie Bracka will once again delve into the comedic side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as his one-man show Arafat in Therapy launches its second season. The show
First Green to sign London Declaration
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham is among around 70 state parliamentarians who have added their signature to the London Declaration on Combating Anti-Semitism in the last two weeks. Buckingham,
Slezak not banned from Limmud-Oz
THE Limmud-Oz board will stand by its decision to give Dr Peter Slezak, an outspoken Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigner, an opportunity to speak at the educational
Moselmane: Supporters of Israel ‘cancerous and malicious’
TWO months after his infamous attack on Israel in the NSW Upper House, MP Shaoquett Moselmane was at it again last week – calling supporters of Israel “cancerous” and
Preserving Israeli identity in Australia
THE Israeli government and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) should support Israelis living in the Diaspora, who risk losing their Israeli identity as they settle into their
British pros coach Israelis in tolerance
ITZIK Shanan and Abbas Suan watched last week as 100,000 English soccer fans at London’s Wembley Stadium sang along to an operatic rendition of Abide With Me, a
Limmud-Oz may pull pro-BDS speaker
THE Limmud-Oz board was this week considering pulling a planned session with outspoken Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigner Dr Peter Slezak from the three-day education festival in
Our new man in Israel
AUSTRALIA’s next Ambassador to Israel hopes to change what he says is “a bit of a one-dimensional impression” of Israel among the wider Australian public. Foreign Minister Bob Carr
















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