The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) is a
Jewish-Australian community organisation that was originally founded by
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peo ...
to combat
antisemitism in Australia
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. T ...
(originally as the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission).
[Abramovitch, D. (2015). Australia's Jewish people and democracy. ''Meanjin'', ''74''(3), 224.] The ADC's efforts have resulted in academic scrutiny of trends of
fascism
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy an ...
in Australia with emerging research on activists and militia movements that have promoted antisemitic views. The group is a former division of
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International (, from he, בְּנֵי בְּרִית, translit=b'né brit, lit=Children of the Covenant) is a Jewish service organization. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the security and continuity of the Jewish peo ...
in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
,
Data collection on antisemitic incidents in Australia is a focus of the Anti-Defamation Commission. Aside from the ADC, the
Executive Council of Australian Jewry The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, or ECAJ, is an official peak national body representing the Australian Jewish community. It the umbrella organisation for over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia which are ECAJ's constituent or affi ...
also collects data on antisemitism in Australia.
People
The chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission is
Dvir Abramovich
Dvir Abramovich ( he, דביר אברמוביץ, russian: Двир Абрамович, born 1971) is an Israeli-Australian Jewish studies academic, columnist, and editor. Abramovich is the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), a form ...
, an Israeli-Australian academic, columnist and activist. Grahame Leonard, a former commissioner to the Victorian Multicultural Commission, is a past chairman of the organisation, and academic and filmmaker
Danny Ben-Moshe is a former director.
[Naraniecki, A. (2011). Polish-Jewish relations in Australia: The social consequences of historical misrecognition. ''La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue''.]
See also
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Anti-Defamation League, a similar organisation in the United States originally founded by B'nai B'rith
References
Political advocacy groups in Australia
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