ECAJ statement on the tragic passing of Joshua Levi
To download this statement in PDF format, click here. We are deeply saddened by the sudden and premature death of Joshua Levi, a great journalist and a dear friend to many…
Submission in response to Second Exposure Drafts: Religious Discrimination Bill and related Bills
To download and read this submission in PDF format, click here. Second exposure drafts – Religious Discrimination Bill 2019; Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of…
Australia Day Honours 2020
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) Deputy President, Robert Goot AO SC was recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours for his distinguished service to the Jewish community through executive…
Lest we forget? 75 years after Auschwitz, too many do
The following article has been published in The Sydney Morning Herald by Alex Ryvchin. On the eve of Monday’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, a new…
ECAJ Deputy President to attend 75th anniversary commemoration of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to meet with President Rivlin in Berlin
To download this statement in PDF format, click here. Robert Goot AM SC, Deputy President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Co-Chair of the World Jewish Congress Policy Council…
The Religious Discrimination Bill does not do enough to protect Australia’s Jewish community
The following article has been published in ABC Religion & Ethics by Peter Wertheim. The second exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill was released by the federal government on 10 December 2019. To say that it…