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Australian Jewish Association
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) is an Australian Jewish community organisation. Guided by Torah principles and aligned with right-wing, conservative values, the organisation represents its members and has a prominent voice in social and news media outlets The founding and continuing president of AJA is David Adler, who often acts as spokesperson. The AJA has been criticised by other Jewish associations as being extremist, and for its association with far-right figures such as Moshe Feiglin, Lauren Southern, and Pauline Hanson Structure and governance AJA's leadership is self-appointed, with a number of paid members. The founding president of AJA is David Adler, former deputy medical secretary of the Australian Medical Association, remains president . Robert Gregory, a graduate in law, serves as AJA chief executive officer. He was previously AJA public affairs director for two years. History and activities Founded in 2017, the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Jewish
The history of Jews in Australia traces the history of Australian Jews from the British settlement of Australia commencing in 1788. Though Europeans had visited Australia before 1788, there is no evidence of any Jewish sailors among the crew. The first Jews known to have come to Australia came as convicts penal transportation, transported to Botany Bay in 1788 aboard the First Fleet that established the first European settlement on the continent, on the site of present-day Sydney. 97,335 Australian residents identified themselves as Jewish by religion in the 2011 census, but the actual number was estimated then to be 112,000. (An answer to the question on the census was optional.). In the 2021 census 99,956 residents identified themselves as religious Jews but in the same census only 29,115 identified themselves as Jewish by preferred ancestry, so the number of Jewish Australians simply is not known. Given more than two centuries of Jewish migration to Australia and the extent o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
