BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Australian Jewish Association - ECPv6.16.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Australian Jewish Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Australian Jewish Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20210101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230621T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230621T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Zoom-Robert-Yisrael-Aumann-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230614T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230614T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230608T203356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230608T204722Z UID:8621-1686772800-1686776400@jewishassociation.org.au 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/7FBBED24-4C0E-4808-8159-535A6AC225AF-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230607T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230601T201333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230601T201629Z UID:8589-1686168000-1686171600@jewishassociation.org.au 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Zoom-senator-claire-chandler-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230531T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230531T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230525T220856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230525T221250Z UID:8571-1685563200-1685566800@jewishassociation.org.au 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/zoom-hugh-kitson-and-richard-jemp-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230524T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230524T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230517T131032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T131032Z UID:8508-1684958400-1684958400@jewishassociation.org.au 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Zoom-Richard-Landes-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230517T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230517T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Zoom-Ari-Briggs-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230426T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230426T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoom-Shai-Ben-Tekoa-min.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230419T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230419T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Zoom-Bill-Rubinstein-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230329T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230329T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Zoom-mark-friedgut-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230322T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230322T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Zoom-Toby-Greene-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230308T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230308T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230307T180028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230307T180308Z UID:8421-1678305600-1678305600@jewishassociation.org.au 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Zoom-Ruthie-Blum-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230222T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230222T210000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 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/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Zoom-Joseph-Gutnick-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230215T200000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230215T200000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20230212T231041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230216T131123Z UID:8280-1676491200-1676491200@jewishassociation.org.au SUMMARY:Gender Politics In Australia DESCRIPTION: URL:https://jewishassociation.org.au/event/gender-politics-in-australia/ CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Zoom-Katherine-Deves-min.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220904T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220904T170000 DTSTAMP:20260513T141337 CREATED:20220824T150214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220824T182630Z UID:7869-1662285600-1662310800@jewishassociation.org.au 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 CATEGORIES:Feed ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://jewishassociation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Limmud.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR