ECAJ to chair Anti Defamation League’s J7 taskforce of the world’s 7 largest Jewish communities outside Israel.
The ECAJ is delighted to confirm that it will chair the J7 group of Jewish national representative organisations from July 1, and will host the next J7 meeting later this year.
The J7 group is a global task force that was formed in July 2023 – before the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel – in response to increasing rates of antisemitism around the world.
It consists of seven major national Jewish organizations representing Jewish communities in Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Argentina. The leadership rotates between member organisations.
ECAJ President Daniel Aghion KC said:
When J7 was established, none of us could have anticipated how timely and relevant it would become in so short a time. The recent meeting of J7 representatives in Berlin featured the release of the J7 report on global antisemitism which has highlighted the surge in antisemitism post-October 7, 2023 and the elevated levels of antisemitism which persist.
It is rare for Australia to host international meetings of Jewish communities from multiple countries. The J7 meeting at the end of 2025 will be an opportunity to showcase how J7 members, through their regular meetings over the last two years, have been sharing best practice ideas in legal and legislative responses to antisemitism; effective responses to online hate and harassment; school and public education that is specifically directed against antisemitism; and fighting antisemitism on campuses.
The ECAJ is proud to be taking on the leadership role in J7. We feel sure that its work will be of great interest to the Jewish community and beyond.
