Zionist_Federation_of_Australia

Zionist Federation of Australia

Zionist Federation of Australia

Add article description

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) is an umbrella organisation in Australia of the Zionist movement. It was established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1927 by prominent personalities, including Sir John Monash and Rabbi Israel Brodie, with Monash becoming its first president.[1] On 11 November 2018, the biennial conference of ZFA elected Jeremy Leibler as its president, succeeding Danny Lamm who did not stand after serving for four years.[2]

ZFA was established to campaign for a permanent homeland for the Jewish people. It has accepted and endorsed the 1968 Jerusalem Program and its 2004 revision as the ideological platform of Zionism.[3]

Activities

Since its establishment, the Zionist Federation of Australia has become one of the most active national Zionist organisations. ZFA:

Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal

On December 29, 2019, despite recommendation by Israeli police to criminally prosecute deputy Health minister Yaakov Litzman in two separate cases, including in the extradition case of the accused in the Australian Adass Israel School sex abuse scandal; he was again appointed Health minister when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to resign the Health office, among others, due to his own pending prosecution in three criminal cases. ZFA president Jeremy Leibler then wrote an open letter to Netanyahu calling the promotion of Litzman “a slap in the face to the Australian Jewish Community, the Australian people, the community of Australian [immigrants] in Israel and most shockingly to the survivors of Malka Leifer’s alleged abuse.”[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Apple, Raymond. "Isaacs and Monash: The Jewish Connection". Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society.
  2. [2]
    "New president for the ZFA". J-Wire Newsdesk. July 29, 2018.
  3. [3]
    "ZFA: Who We Are". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    "ZFA: Shlichim". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. [5]
    "ZFA: Affiliates". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  6. [6]
    Magid, Jacob (December 29, 2019). "Cabinet okays Litzman as health minister, drawing fury of Australia's Jews". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Zionist_Federation_of_Australia, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.