Hebrew programs continue to be broadcast by SBS following review September 24, 2017 J-Wire Staff SBS has announced its new programming for its foreign language radio broadcasts and has flagged no change to Hebrew schedule.
Statement by Anton Block, President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry The President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Anton Block, has rejected as “alarmist” suggestions that an amendment to the definition of marriage in Australian civil law will in some way open the door to a future infringement of the religious freedoms of those who believe in the traditional definition of marriage. He was commenting on a controversial statement issued by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) urging Australians to vote “No” to proposed reforms to Australia’s marriage laws that would recognise same sex marriages.
Please see the full media release from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry about recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
MEDIA RELEASE 14 August 2017 ECAJ defends former High Court Justice Michael Kirby The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has strongly defended former High Court judge Michael Kirby against criticisms made by the head of another Jewish organisation, the Anti-Defamation Commission, alleging that Michael Kirby had made “inappropriate analogies” between the situation of LGBTIQ people in contemporary Australia and Jews in Nazi Germany.
STATEMENT BY ANTON BLOCK, PRESIDENT, AND PETER WERTHEIM AM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Resolution on Israel-Palestinian conflict passed by NSW State ALP Conference on 30 July 2017 Clearly, Israel still has many friends within the ALP and they are to be applauded for ensuring that Bob Carr’s original motion was significantly amended before it was passed.
Last month, Labor Senator for Tasmania Lisa Singh gave a speech to Parliament which greatly concerned the ECAJ.
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