Podcasts about australian jewish democratic society

We hear from a panel held by the Australian Jewish Democratic Society on July 6th, 'From Australia to Israel / Palestine - Transnational solidarity against the intersections of colonialism and racism'. Panelists include:  Orly Noy, Mizrahi activist and journalist; Micaela Sahhar, Australian-Palestinean researcher and writer; Crystal McKinnon, Yamaji researcher; and Fatima Mawas, film maker and writer. You can find the rest of the audio here.

Amanda Zivcic interviews Sivan Barak, social worker and committee member of Australian Jewish Democratic Society. Sivan is a social justice advocate with a focus on kinder treatment of people seeking asylum, racism and climate action. Discussion includes the recent Passover Seder for Freedom action outside Border Force, BDS and Eurovision, campaigns on right of return, and diaspora communities.

We talk to Jordy Silverstein,an activist with the Australian Jewish Democratic Society, and a historian at the University of Melbourne. We talk about the government's attempts to weaken the Racial Discrimination act, multiculturalism- its limits and potentials, Aboriginal sovereignty, Holocaust narratives, Zionism and more.

We take a look at the new US political landscape to ask how can Donald Trump’s administration, with a specific nod to his chief advisor Steve Bannon, be both pro-Israel and anti-semitic at the same time, and what this could mean for Jews in the US, for the future of Israel and for the urgent need for justice for Palestinians. With Jordy Silverstein of the Australian Jewish Democratic Society.www.ajds.org.au

J&T Interview Sa'ed Atshan, Member of Palestinian LGBT advocacy group, Al-Qaws, and Jordy Silverstein, Executive member of Australian Jewish Democratic Society, and discuss a variety of topics. This is followed by an update on gendered violence in detention centres.