This blog began as a forum for for discussion of Australian Jewish issues. Because it began in Melbourne, its has tended to focus on Victorian governance and media shenanigans.
We hope, however, to commission posts soon from writers outside this city. Each community shares a number of challenges and some of these are national in scope.
Aug
19
2009
19
2009
Jun
25
2009
25
2009
Australian Jews, a New Format, and Later Today
Jun
3
2009
3
2009
Dani Klein of StandWithUs and The SJ in Dialogue
We’d like to thank Dani Klein of StandWithUs for writing in our comments section. His uninterrupted comment can be read here.
Mr Klein writes:
“My name is Dani Klein, and I am the North American Campus Director for StandWithUs (working with campuses in the USA & Canada). I have had the pleasure of working with Michelle Rojas [...]
Jun
2
2009
2
2009
Who are the Sensible Jews? A Partial Coming Out
We have received numerous emails and a number of comments since we began this blog expressing disquiet about our anonymity. We have always sympathised with this sentiment; however, we believed that keeping our personalities out of the debate was the best way to ensure the discourse could stay on-topic. Unfortunately, the issue of anonymity seems [...]
May
31
2009
31
2009
May
29
2009
29
2009
AJN 4: We Made News
In a secret hideout, early this morning, non-academic, non-employees of Monash University, non-anti-religious, non-anti-Palestinian women clandestinely celebrated their inclusion in the pages of our community’s paper – quietly.
We are very grateful to both the Schmooze section and the part of the editorial which reported on our activities quite kindly.
We can only hope that the mention [...]
May
27
2009
27
2009
Reader Response 8: Canada, Isi Leibler, and Advocacy
This post is another response to some very interesting issues put forward by the reader, Blistering. He/she argues that the Canadian Jewish experiment in restraint regarding public statements about anti-Zionist activity has been an abject failure and that anti-Semitism has risen as a result.
Blistering directs us to an article written by Isi Leibler for the [...]
May
27
2009
27
2009
Reader Response 7: Responding to our Non/Anti-Zionist Readers
The Sensible Jew has received two comments from two separate readers over the last 24 hours. These readers have in common a non- or anti-Zionist perspective. We think it is important that we address some of their questions/statements.
Reader, Gustavm, writes “You need to address “the elephant in the room” which you seem to want to [...]
May
26
2009
26
2009
Reader Response 5: Israel, Kangaroo Courts, Unity, Speaking Out, and Subheadings
Today, we’ve not only experienced a major spike in readership, we have also seen a plethora of comments, some of which we’ll answer in this post.
Firstly, Israel is clearly integral to a Jew’s identity – whether said Jew is pro- or anti-Zionist. We find it hard to imagine a Jew without an opinion either way. [...]
May
26
2009
26
2009
An Email to our Leadership
We have just sent an email requesting comments from the leaders of some of our key institutions. These include, AIJAC, the ZFA, ECAJ, AUJS, Maccabi, and the JCCV. Below is a copy of the email that we sent.
“The Sensible Jew is a web log devoted to discussion of matters pertaining to the leadership and representation [...]
Bren Carlill of AIJAC Responds to Part Two – Axis of Honour
Bren Carlill, responding in comments, to the second in the The Axis series, makes some very interesting points – not least of which, is that his piece in The Australian was edited so that key information was omitted.
After reading his comment, I think it’s appropriate to retract my implication that he views all Muslims/Arabs as [...]