The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) is a
Jewish-Australian community organisation founded by
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International ( ; from ) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish service organization and was formerly a cultural association for German Jewish immigrants to the United States. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the se ...
to combat
antisemitism in Australia
Antisemitism in Australia is the manifestation of hostility, violence, prejudice or discrimination against the Jews, Jewish people or Judaism as a Religion, religious, Ethnic group, ethnic or Race (human categorization), racial group. This for ...
. It was originally established 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, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hie ...
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 ) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish service organization and was formerly a cultural association for German Jewish immigrants to the United States. B'nai B'rith states that it is committed to the se ...
in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
,
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 (ECAJ) is a peak body representing the Australian Jewish community, and the umbrella organisation for over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia. It is the Australian affiliate of the World Jewish C ...
also collects data on antisemitism in Australia.
People
The chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission is
Dvir Abramovich
Dvir Abramovich (; ; born 1971) is an Israeli-Australian Jewish studies academic, columnist, and editor. Abramovich is the chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), a former division of B'nai B'rith in Melbourne, and director of the Pr ...
, 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
Danny Ben-Moshe is a documentary film maker and an associate professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He has produced and directed several critically praised documentaries.
Career
In 2001, Ben-Moshe was presented with the Commonw ...
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
Opposition to antisemitism
Antisemitism in Australia
B'nai B'rith
Jewish organisations based in Australia
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