Gandel Oration
Tzipi Livni. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 9, 2019, 12:08 am
‘The best prime minister Israel never had’
Former Israeli deputy prime minister Tzipi Livni delivered the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC)-Gandel Oration to audiences in Sydney and Melbourne.
By Peter Kohn
Dennis Ross speaking at the Gandel Oration.
July 16, 2017, 12:01 am
Israel: the good and the bad news
DELIVERING the 35th B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Gandel Oration to a capacity audience at Moriah College, acclaimed US diplomat Dennis Ross divided his address between “good news, bad news and uncertain news”.
By Peter Kohn
B'nai B'rith International's executive vice-president Dan Mariaschin.
August 18, 2016, 12:00 am
Anti-Semitism at post-war high
In Dan Mariaschin’s lifetime in America, anti-Semitism, “one of the world’s oldest and most destructive social pathologies”, has morphed from social bigotry among mid-20th century blue bloods telling Jewish applicants their hotels and schools were off limits, to terrorism in the Muslim world.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Abraham Cooper.
August 31, 2015, 12:00 am
Gandel orator lauds survivors
IN a poignant moment during the 32nd B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) Gandel Oration last Tuesday night, Rabbi Abraham Cooper asked all Holocaust survivors in the auditorium at St Kilda Town Hall to stand up to be honoured, and as elderly men and women rose to their feet, the hall broke into spontaneous applause.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Abraham Cooper. (YouTube screenshot)
July 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Rabbi Abraham Cooper headed to Oz
BY refusing to condemn Palestinian hatred and incitement against Jews and Israel, world powers are helping to destroy any chances for peace.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 14, 2014, 12:00 am
‘US is failing the world’
FORMER US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton addressed a packed house at Melbourne’s Astor Theatre on Monday night as he delivered the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission’s 2014 Gandel Oration.
July 31, 2013, 12:00 am
Hear from denier defeater
AUDIENCES in Sydney and Melbourne will have the chance to hear from one of world Jewry’s foremost defenders next month – US-based academic Professor Deborah Lipstadt (pictured), who famously defeated Holocaust denier David Irving in a British court when he sued her for libel in 1996.
By Gareth Narunsky
October 23, 2012, 12:00 am
Gal’s personal battle
BRIGADIER General Gal Hirsch gave a sobering, intensely personal assessment of Israel in its neighbourhood when he delivered the 2012 B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission Gandel Oration in Melbourne and Sydney last week.
By Peter Kohn
October 16, 2012, 12:00 am
Defensive Shield chief set for ADC oration
THE Israeli officer who was the architect of Operation Defensive Shield in 2002 at the height of the Second Intifada will speak about the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and its commitment to a moral code when he delivers this year’s B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) Gandel Oration in Melbourne and Sydney next week.
July 25, 2012, 10:03 am
Tackling change
THE 21st century has seen sweeping change, global crises and vast leaps in technology and access to information. How the Jewish people cope with these challenges will be tackled at the Anti-Defamation Commission’s (ADC) 2012 Gandel Oration, where keynote speaker Brigadier General Gal Hirsch (pictured) will consider what lies ahead for the Jews.
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