A peak Australian Jewish student body says Jewish students are copping demands to declare their political stances at university, while some pro-Palestine students are setting up encampments on campus.

Since the horrific attacks of October 7th, Jewish students across Australia and New Zealand have faced an unprecedented increase in fear, intimidation, and harassment. Jewish students have been targeted at university events and demanded to declare their political...

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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)...

The growing nationwide alliance of multicultural groups has issued a joint resolution urging “all Australians to work together to ensure referendum success”.