The Act enabling SSM in Australia exempted ministers of religion, whose faith opposes homosexual marriage, from having to officiate at such weddings. It did not exempt laypeople with the same religious beliefs from having to participate in such marriages. Everyone, clergy and lay alike, should be free not to be Read more…
In the recent postal plebiscite on Same Sex Marriage (SSM) AJA did not enter the debate on behalf of either the “YES” or the “NO” campaign. AJA considered that each citizen had the right to vote according to their own subjective conscience or religious affiliation. It does not logically follow Read more…
Statement on the recent UN vote – 4 December 2017 UN attacks Israel again, Australia abstains! As part of six anti-Israel resolutions it approved on 30 November, the United Nations General Assembly recently voted overwhelmingly to disavow Israeli ties to Jerusalem. The vote was 151 in favour and six against, Read more…
RABBI JONATHON SACKS Rabbi Sacks is the 2017 recipient of the American Enterprise Institute award. His acceptance speech is in large part a statement of the importance of community values and overlaps substantially with values underpinning our own Australian Jewish Association. He explains the difference between contract and covenant, the Read more…
READ THE POWERFUL LETTER the Australian Jewish News declined to publish below. As many will know, one of the principles championed by Australian Jewish Association (AJA) is free speech in accordance with both democratic and Jewish values. Unfortunately there are some in our community who actively oppose such values. AJA Read more…
THE BOLT REPORT – AJA ANNOUNCED AJA President, Dr David Adler, appeared on The Bolt Report on 7 September to announce the launch of Australian Jewish Association. A link to a video of the interview (about 9 min) is below. AJA has been formed based on conservative political principles and Read more…
The use of the name Palestine, was always in reference to the Jews, and Arabs were Arabs, it’s a relatively modern theme that Arabs became Palestinians. Before the creation of Israel, it was actually the Jews who were referred to as Palestinians, not the Arabs. As a matter of fact, Read more…
It is said that “the first casualty of war is truth” and no more so than if Israel is involved in a conflict. In this 5 min video, Col Richard Kemp explains the approach of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN1MkAGuVyY&feature=youtu.be
As anyone who has closely followed the 18C debate knows, the major secular Jewish communal bodies, particularly the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) have lobbied vigorously for the retention of 18C & 18D essentially in their current form. … Read the Spectator Read more…