Tag: Australian Council of Jewish Schools

Submissions from Jewish organisations to the ALRC inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws

The Australian Law Reform Commission is holding an inquiry into Religious Educational Institutions and Anti-Discrimination Laws.

Here are the submissions to the inquiry from Jewish organisations:

Submission numberOrganisational submissionPDF
114Institute for Judaism and CivilizationPDF
179Aleph MelbournePDF
377Executive Council of Australian JewryPDF
396Australian Council of Jewish SchoolsPDF

This list will be updated as relevant submissions are published. Last updated March 7 2023.

The elephant in the room: sex education in our Jewish schools | +61J

The elephant in the room: sex education in our Jewish schools

Schools defend right to expel gays | Sydney Morning Herald

Schools defend right to expel gays | Sydney Morning Herald.

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Not all religious education authorities were opposed to removing the exemptions, though.

”While Jewish schools jealously guard against any incursion into our ability to teach the Jewish religion in a manner consistent with its tenets, and consider those tenets and that ability fundamental to our existence,” said Len Hain, executive director of the Australian Council of Jewish Schools, ”we do not see any practical limitation, or the imposition of any practical burden on that ability from the amendments deleting the specific exclusions to the Anti-Discrimination Act.”

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