November 26th, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE: ECAJ annual Report on Antisemitism in Australia [2017]

Please find below the ECAJ’s media release regarding our 2017 Report on Antisemitism in Australia, compiled by ECAJ Research Officer Julie Nathan. The report itself can be viewed and downloaded here. MEDIA…

October 26th, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE: Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon's comparison of police raids to Nazi Germany is unacceptable

Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon likened recent police raids on the offices of the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) to Nazi Germany in an interview on Sky News this week. “When challenged about the…

October 23rd, 2017

Proposed Polish property return legislation would EXCLUDE vast majority of Holocaust survivors

As the representative body for the Australian Jewish community, which has the highest number of Holocaust survivors per-capita outside Israel, we are immensely disappointed by the proposed Polish Property Legislation which…

September 25th, 2017

MEDIA RELEASE: ECAJ condemns hate graffiti

Hate graffiti, including swastikas, has appeared on a Sydney train and Brisbane homes. All instances are connected to the current ABS survey on same-sex marriage. Homophobic slurs, such as “VOTE NO TO FAGS,” and swastikas…

September 7th, 2017

ECAJ President Anton Block responds to RCV statement

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…

August 30th, 2017

120th Anniversary of the First Zionist Congress

It has been 120 years since the First Zionist Congress was convened by Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland. Jewish representatives of various Zionist societies from 17 countries were among the approximately…