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Student union rescinds anti-Israel motion
February 22, 2024 / AJN / By Peter Kohn "You don't need to be Jewish to see something wrong, something that's hateful, and an agenda that's purely antisemitic ... many Jewish students feel unsafe on campus." Australia’s Jewish student leadership felt encouraged this...
Back to uni session
Many of the things that we see coming out of universities are happening from student unions, they are not coming from the universities themselves,” says Noah Loven
Jewish students ‘uneasy’ for new year as Israeli flag torn down at Sydney University
Jewish students have expressed concerns over a potential increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus, as an Israeli flag was torn down and binned at a Jewish association’s stall during the University of Sydney’s orientation week.
Facing 2024 as a Jewish student leader
AUJS president NOAH LOVEN considers how Jewish students need to be supported as they confront the growing hostility to any association with Israel on Australian campuses.
Statement on Amichai Chikli
As elected Jewish student leaders from different countries representing over 160,000 committed Jewish students at the American Jewish Committee Global Forum, we feel compelled to condemn Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, scheduled to speak at this...
New shaliach for AUJS
AJN STAFF JUNE 16, 2023 THE connection between Diaspora Jews and the state of Israel is more crucial today than ever, the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS's new shaliach says. The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)...
Multicultural communities rally behind the Voice
The growing nationwide alliance of multicultural groups has issued a joint resolution urging “all Australians to work together to ensure referendum success”.
Statement Regarding the University of Adelaide’s Rejection of IHRA
To our members and the wider community, As you may know, on the 11th of April the University of Adelaide published what they have called a “Statement Regarding Freedom of Speech”. It was in this statement that the University of Adelaide shared that they will not be...
Australian Young Labor endorsed the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
While AYL’s Left faction remained divided and abstained from voting on the resolution, it passed with unanimous support from the Right faction.