The New South Wales Jewish Community PDF Download

Ch. 11 (pp. 281-315), "Public Relations 1978-1995, " discusses the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies' monitoring of the local media (including Arabic newspapers) and its reactions to antisemitism and anti-Zionism. It also monitored extremist organizations, both right and left, and encouraged the passing of anti-racist (including anti-antisemitic) legislation. In 1995 the Federal Racial Hatred Act was passed, but the Jewish community was not satisfied with its watered-down provisions. Ch. 12 (pp. 317-343), "Remembering the Holocaust 1978-1995, " discusses the Holocaust commemoration activities sponsored by the Jewish community, among them the Holocaust Remembrance Committee, Yom Hashoah and Holocaust Awareness Week, the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, an oral testimony project, Holocaust teaching kits, an educational link to Yad Vashem, the Australian Institute for Holocaust Studies, and the Sydney Jewish Museum, which is largely devoted to the Holocaust and has had an impact on Australian non-Jews as well as Jews.