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Peter Slezak

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”.

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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

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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

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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,

Peter Slezak

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

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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

Azriel Nevo

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

Adam-Green

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

Peter Slezak

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

Carr with new Australian Ambassador to Israel

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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