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SUMMARY:Jewish life in the United Arab Emirates
DESCRIPTION:The emergence of the Abraham Accords opened the door for Jews to visit\, enjoy and live in the United Arab Emirates. \nOne person who has taken advantage of this new friendship is Sth African-born Ross Kriel who immigrated well before the Abraham Accords and is now the president of the Jewish Council of the Emirates. \nJoin us to find out what life is like for Jews in the UAE – and you will be surprised!
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/jewish-life-in-the-united-arab-emirates/
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SUMMARY:Surviving the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Suzi Smeed was born Zsuzsanna Kalmar in Budapest\, Hungary. \nIn just 56 days in 1944\, almost half a million Hungarian Jews were deported to Auschwitz by Hungarian collaborators alongside the Nazis. Few survived. \nSuzi and her parents escaped death several times and then lived through Communist oppression. \nSuzi wrote a book about her life\, which has received praised from judges\, politician & other prominent people like Alan Jones AO.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/surviving-the-holocaust/
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Authority & Unrwa Antisemitism
DESCRIPTION:The West\, includig the Albanese Gove ignores antisemitism from UNRWA & the Palestinian Authority. \nBassam Eid is a Palestinian Arab human rights expert who founded the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) \nHe quit leftwing Israeli group B’Tselem over its refusal to cover Palestinian Arab human rights abuses. He opposes BDS\, calls out UNRWA & was arrested by the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/palestinian-authority-unrwa-antisemitism/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230712T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230712T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230705T155601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230705T155601Z
UID:8679-1689192000-1689195600@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:ABC BIAS
DESCRIPTION:The ABC has long been accused of having a left-wing bias. Nowhere is this more evident than their coverage of Israel. \nAJA has had some recent ‘victories’ against ABC bias\, forcing the correction of inaccurate\, anti-Israel reporting. The problem however is systematic. Who better to discuss ABC bias than Maurice Newman? \nMaurice was chairman of the ABC from 2007-2012 and a director from 2000 – 2004. He has also been chairman of the ASX\, Chancellor of Macquarie University\, & a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/abc-bias/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230705T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230705T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230628T200838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230628T201128Z
UID:8669-1688587200-1688590800@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Hunting Nazis In Australia
DESCRIPTION:Hunting Nazis in Australia \nEfraim Zuroff \nNazi Hnter & Historian\, Simon Wiesenthal Center \nHundreds of Nazi war criminals and murderers made Australia home after WW2. \nEfraim Zuroff is the most prominent Nazi hunter alive today and played a major role in tracking these monsters. \nWho were the Nazis who found refuge in Australia and how did the Australian and legal system respond? The answers may shock you. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/hunting-nazis-in-australia/
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CREATED:20230622T160436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230622T160436Z
UID:8659-1687982400-1687986000@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Understanding The Arab Psyche
DESCRIPTION:Yoni Ben-Menachem is an Israeli journalist and a Senior Researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). Previously he was CEO and Chief Editor of The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and of Israel Radio. \nYoni was a captain in an IDF intelligence unit\, has degrees in Arabie & East Asian Studies and while working as a correspondent in Tunisia\, was the first Israeli journalist to interview Yasser Arafat. \nYoni speaks several dialects of Arabic\, has senior contacts across the Arab world\, and is often asked to comment on Arab issues. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/understanding-the-arab-psyche/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230621T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230621T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230615T142543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230615T142543Z
UID:8646-1687377600-1687381200@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Wisdom From A Nobel Prize Winner
DESCRIPTION:Prof Yisrael Aumann was born in Frankfurt in 1930 and fled 2 weeks before Kristallnacht. \nHe won the 2005 Economics Nobel Prize for his work on conflict & cooperation in game theory analysis. \nHe is a member of Professors for a Strong Israel\, opposed the disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and has drawn on a case in game theory called the Blackmailer Paradox to argue that giving land to the Arabs is Strategically foolish based on the mathematical theory. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/wisdom-from-a-nobel-prize-winner/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230614T200000
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DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230608T203356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T204722Z
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SUMMARY:Sovereignty Now! The battle for Judea/Samaria
DESCRIPTION:Nadia was born in Antwerp\, Belgium & made Aliyah at 18. \nShe is co-founder & co-Presidnet of the Women in Green Ribonut Sovereignty Movement. She has taken part in may struggles for th eland of Israel\, including opposition to the expulsion from Gush Katif & establishing many Jewish communities. \nNadia now leads the movement for the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. \nNadia has condemned the Australian Labor Party’s anti-Israel stances\, dating back to when Kevin Rudd was PM. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/sovereignty-now-the-battle-for-judea-samaria/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230607T200000
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DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230601T201333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T201629Z
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SUMMARY:Women's Rights From Tehran To Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:Claire Chandler was elected as a Liberal Party Senator to represent Tasmania in the 2019 election. At the time\, aged 29\, she was Australia’s youngest female senator. Claire is also the former federal president of the Young Liberals. \nSenator Chandler has been a vocal advocate for the rights of women\, as they increasingly come under threat in Australia from far-left gender activists. \nLast year\, Senator Chandler chaired a Senate inquiry into the situation in Iran. AJA Public Affairs Director Robert Gregory was the only representative of a Jewish organisation invited to speak. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/womens-rights-from-tehran-to-melbourne/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230531T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230525T220856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T221250Z
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SUMMARY:Combatting Antizionism as the New  Antisemitism
DESCRIPTION:Extreme antizionism is widely acknowledged to be the new antisemitism. AJA Tzedakah is partnering with film director Hugh Kitson & Col Richard Kemp\, as Hugh produces a new educational resource to fight the lies & assist in harm prevention in Australia. \nHugh has been making documentary films for half a century. He has more than 200 production credits and over a dozen international awards behind him. For the last 25 years\, he has been focused on making documentaries about Israel. \nColonel Kemp had a distinguished career in the British military\, including commanding troops in  Afghanistan. He has authored a book and addressed many audiences including advocating for Israel & the values its military upholds. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/combatting-antizionism-as-the-new-antisemitism/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230524T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230524T200000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230517T131032Z
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SUMMARY:Can the whole world be wrong?
DESCRIPTION:How a radical inability of Westerners to understand the medieval mentality that drives Global Jihad prompted a series of disastrous misinterpretations and misguided reactions. \nRichard Landes is an American historian & author who specializes in medieval millennial thinking. He taught at Boston University and is now a Senior Fellow at Bar-Ilan University. \nLandes coined the term\, ‘Pallywood’.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/can-the-whole-world-be-wrong/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230517T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230517T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230509T150422Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T150702Z
UID:8487-1684353600-1684357200@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:An Aussie in Israel - What's really going on? Ari Briggs
DESCRIPTION:Ari Briggs made Aliyah from Sydney and became Director of International Relations with Regavim\, an organisation dedicated to protecting Israel’s land. \nAri has written extensively\, including for the Jerusalem Post and the Jewish Press and has strong connections with the Israeli government. \nHear Ari’s story of moving to Israel and his unique perspectives on current events in Israel. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/an-aussie-in-israel-whats-really-going-on-ari-briggs/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230426T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230420T142931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230420T142931Z
UID:8478-1682539200-1682542800@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Inventing the Palestinians as an Obstacle to Peace
DESCRIPTION:Who are the Palestinians? Why is there no book in any library on the planet narrating their history? Why are there no references in United Nations records to the Palestinians for the first quarter-century of UN resolutions of the Arab-Israeli conflict? \nSha’i ben-Tekoa is an American-Israeli journalist who has written extensively on the Arab-Israeli conflict.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/inventing-the-palestinians-as-an-obstacle-to-peace/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230419T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230419T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230412T122653Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T123130Z
UID:8462-1681934400-1681938000@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:The Proposed Indigenous  Voice - Jewish & Historical Perspectives Professor Bill Rubinstein OAM
DESCRIPTION:Australians will vote on a proposed Indigenous Voice in a  referendum this year. The debate has already turned ugly and touches on many Jewish-related themes. \nProof Bill Rubinstein is a historian and author. He was professor of history at Aberystwyth\, adjunct professor at Monash\, & had a personal chair in history at Deakin. \nBill is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities\, the Academy Society and was President of the Jewish Historical Society of England. Bill was foundation editor of the Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society & cofounded the Australian Association for Jewish Studies. \n 
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/the-proposed-indigenous-voice-jewish-historical-perspectives-professor-bill-rubinstein-oam/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230329T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230329T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230326T151453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230326T151453Z
UID:8444-1680120000-1680123600@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Myth-busting Israel's Judicial Reforms & the Extraordinary Reactions
DESCRIPTION:Mark Friedgut is the Vice Chairman of Kehillat Kadimah and is barrister at the Sydney Bar practising primarily in the equity\, commercial\, corporate\, insurance and defamation fields\, and has acted in constitutional disputes in the Federal\, Supreme and High Court. Previously a barrister (advocate) in Johannesburg\, South Africa\, Mark has also practiced as a partner in a South African firm of solicitors\, and was a litigator with Freehills in Sydney between 1992 and 2008. \nMark has written articles on legal topics which have been published in The Law Society Journal\, The Journal of the NSW Bar Association\, De Rebus\, The Gazette of Law and Journalism\, and The Sydney Morning Herald.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/myth-busting-israels-judicial-reforms-the-extraordinary-reactions/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230322T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230322T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230319T213202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230319T213426Z
UID:8434-1679515200-1679518800@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:The UK\, Europe and Israel
DESCRIPTION:Similar systems of government and shared social values\, as well as the long and sometimes tragic history of Jewish communities in Europe\, from the foundation of relations between Israel and the European countries. Dr Toby Greene is an academic with background in policy research and political communications. Join us to hear his view on the current relationship between Israel and Europe.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/the-uk-europe-and-israel/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230308T200000
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DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230307T180028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T180308Z
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SUMMARY:Israel's Protests In Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Some of the Jewish Disapora has watched with dismay at the aggressive protest movement that has emerged following the formatin of the Netanyahu government. \nRuthie Blum is an American-Israeli author\, journalist and columnist who has been following the weekly protests. Join us to hear what’s going on from someone close to the action.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/israels-protests-in-perspective/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230222T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230222T210000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20230216T130810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T131134Z
UID:8285-1677096000-1677099600@jewishassociation.org.au
SUMMARY:Israeli Politics : A View from the Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Outside the Jewish community\, Joseph Gutnick is known as a high profile businessman\, mining industry entrepreneur and the former president of the Melbourne FootballClub. \nBut he is quietly active and influential in Israeli politics\, particularly with the Likud party.
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/israeli-politics-a-view-from-the-diaspora/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230215T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230215T200000
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CREATED:20230212T231041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T131123Z
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SUMMARY:Gender Politics In Australia
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URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/gender-politics-in-australia/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220904T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220904T170000
DTSTAMP:20260513T132818
CREATED:20220824T150214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T182630Z
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SUMMARY:The Australian Jewish Association - and our not-so-inclusive Jewish community organisations
DESCRIPTION:AJA Vice-President Alan Freedman and Committee Member Michael Burd will take you on a behind-the-scenes tour\, exposing how AJA’s arrival and rapid growth have transformed the Jewish communal organisations.Hear for yourself the remarkable successes and collaborations that AJA has had.But there is a dark side too. Alan and Michael will detail the hostile steps taken by other Jewish organisations that are fearful of AJA’s success. \nRegister at Limmud Oz Melbourne
URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/the-australian-jewish-association-and-our-not-so-inclusive-jewish-community-organisations/
LOCATION:Melbourne\, Australia
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