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THE Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) could be ousted from the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) after its Pesach campaign to encourage boycotts against Israeli settlements. JCCV president

GILAD Shalit was presented with books detailing the community’s many campaigns calling for his release by Zionist Federation of Australia president Philip Chester on Tuesday (pictured top). The pair

THE Israeli election result flies in the face of media commentators and critics who had charged Israel with moving to the political right, local Jewish leaders say. Benjamin Netanyahu

JEWISH leaders have criticised a joint statement by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and his British counterpart William Hague that labels all Israeli settlements illegal. The statement was released

AUSTRALIAN Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed’s meeting with Hamas officials – including Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh – in Gaza has been met with deep concern from Jewish community

THE Gillard government this week announced it would abstain from a United Nations vote on whether the Palestinian territories should be granted observer status, amid reports of a

ALMOST 1800 members and friends of the Jewish community gathered to show solidarity with Israel in Melbourne on Sunday, at a rally named Code Red: Stop The Rockets. As

DIASPORA Jews need to refresh their view of Israel to rebrand it as an appealing destination for Generation Y, a leading Israeli scholar told the Zionist Federation of

THE Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) will hold its biennial conference later this month, with special guest speaker American-born Israeli author and commentator David Hazony to address the