ZFA in the news

15 Aug Survey finds two thirds of Jewish students face anti-Semitism, anti-Israel attacks at university

Posted at 12:09h in ZFA in the news by Bren Carlill

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Survey finds two thirds of Jewish students face anti-Semitism, anti-Israel attacks at university Daily Telegraph, 15 August 2023 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new-south-wales-education/survey-finds-two-thirds-of-jewish-students-face-antisemitism-antiisrael-attacks-at-university/news-story/47aa514d66b9c46fe94965f3285986b8 Leftist groups on campuses across the country have been “ostracising” and harassing Jewish students, with a national survey revealing two thirds of Jews have faced anti-Semitism from their university...

15 Aug Survey results from Zionist Federation of Australia report described as ‘heartbreaking’

Posted at 12:04h in ZFA in the news by Bren Carlill

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Survey results from Zionist Federation of Australia report described as ‘heartbreaking’ Herald Sun, 15 August 2023 https://www.heraldsun.com.au/victoria-education/australasian-union-of-jewish-students-president-alissa-foster-says-survey-results-are-heartbreaking/news-story/0b23164af93dd478d722ac6ad43c6846 More than half of all Jewish students are hiding their faith or avoiding classes altogether to avoid antisemitism on campus, a damning report has found. Jewish university students are hiding their faith,...

28 Feb PwC pulls the plug on Adelaide festival

Posted at 10:54h in ZFA in the news by Bren Carlill

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Yoni Bashan, The Australian, 27 February. PwC Australia is the latest supporting partner to distance itself from the Adelaide Festival over its platforming of two journalists known for publishing anti-Semitic slurs and hate speech to their online audiences. The accounting firm’s logo seemingly vanished from the festival’s...

21 Feb Minters cuts ties with Adelaide Festival over Palestinian writers

Posted at 13:01h in ZFA in the news by Bren Carlill

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Michael Pelly, Financial Review, 21 February 2023. Australia’s largest law firm, MinterEllison, will cut ties with the Adelaide Festival over the inclusion of two Palestinian writers with a track record of hostility against Jewish people and Ukraine. Minters chief executive Virginia Briggs said in statement on Tuesday...

21 Feb Law firm MinterEllison facing heat over Adelaide Festival sponsorship

Posted at 12:58h in ZFA in the news by Bren Carlill

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Yoni Bashan and Christine Lacy, The Australian, 21 February 2023. Law firm MinterEllison is in damage control and facing internal ructions from partners over its sponsorship of the Adelaide Festival and the platforming of two writers known for their unabashed hatred of Jews. Margin Call has confirmed...

06 Sep ZFA comment on ABC staffer tweets

Posted at 12:13h in Official Statements, ZFA in the news by Emily Gian

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Zionist Federation of Australia director of public affairs director Bren Carlill said, “Time and again the ABC produces biased content when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is thus no surprise that an ABC contractor with such abhorrent personal views has been exposed. But this issue...

01 Sep Making sense of the Middle East

Posted at 09:27h in ZFA in the news by Emily Gian

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By Dr. Bren Carlill Although it presents as a mostly arid, frequently bloody chaos of hatred and religion, the Middle East actually makes sense if you look at the big picture. Over the last few decades, three broad groupings have coalesced in the region; the Status Quo...

20 Jan Malki went to eat pizza with a friend. Then she was murdered

Posted at 15:09h in ZFA in the news by Emily Gian

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The woman who plotted the murder of Australian teenager Malka Chana Roth laughs and gloats on television about her vile actions. Journalist SHERELE MOODY follows the Roth family's relentless fight to put the smiling assassin behind bars and to win justice for their beautiful kind-hearted...