Australian Human Rights Commission
ICJW delegates in the entrance of The Great Synagogue. Photo: Wendy Bookatz
June 13, 2018, 2:24 pm
Worldwide women gather in OZ
REPRESENTING 16 different countries and five Australian states, passionate female Jewish leaders gathered at the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) Quadrennial Convention in Sydney last week, at which the organisation's first Australian president, Robyn Lenn, completed her four-year term of presidency.
Yvette Coppersmith with her Archibald Prize-winning Self-portrait, after George Lambert.
May 18, 2018, 12:01 am
Archibald win for Yvette
ONE of the first people to congratulate artist Yvette Coppersmith on winning the $100,000 Archibald Prize for her self-portrait last week was New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden, who had knocked back the artist's request to sit for a portrait.
Reverend Bill Crews with the statue memorialising Korean sex slaves.
December 26, 2016, 12:00 am
Shoah memorials ‘safe under 18C’
There is no danger Holocaust commemorations could be impeded by Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, say Jewish groups.
By Peter Kohn
Adam Schwartz at his Dover Heights home. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 22, 2015, 12:00 am
Depression in the spotlight
AUTHOR Adam Schwartz was a finalist for the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Young People’s Human Rights Medal, presented as part of the commission's 2015 Human Rights Awards.
By Evan Zlatkis
Executive Council of Australian Jewry executive director Peter Wertheim.
January 27, 2015, 12:00 am
Fighting discrimination for four decades
By Gareth Narunsky
November 17, 2014, 12:00 am
The lessons of Kristallnacht
By Gareth Narunsky
June 3, 2014, 12:00 am
Leaders join Goodes to combat racism
IN the wake of the deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels last weekend, two leaders of the Sydney Jewish community have joined forces with AFL star Adam Goodes to combat racism.
By Evan Zlatkis
May 16, 2014, 12:00 am
18C helped beat Facebook hate page
COMMUNITY leaders say section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) helped them to persuade Facebook this week to close down a page run by the Australian branch of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn.
By Peter Kohn
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