ARZA

Today we cover 4 topics:

1. When the Threat Hits Home -Identity, Propaganda, and the Stakes of Silence

This piece is an attempt to connect the dots between history and what is happening in our schools and universities today. By looking at insights from major thinkers like Dan Senor, Aviva Klompas, and David L. Bernstein, a worrying pattern emerges: The West is repeating a dangerous form of psychological warfare from the 20th century.

2. The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has launched its official website

Visit the website for updates, information and resources:
asc.royalcommission.gov.au

3. Beware Netanyahu’s Orwellian ‘War of Revival’ doublespeak, David Horowitz analysis

“The PM is peddling a false October 7 narrative that skews why Israel went to war in Gaza, dishonors the dead, the injured, the traumatized, and obscures the need to get to the root of the failures”

4. Daniel Aghion KC, President, Executive Council of Australian Jewry shares insights to several topics

• “Globalise the intifada” is a call to violence, not peace
• Debunking the Gaza Genocide Myth
• Right-wing extremism is not our only threat and more
(more…)

Dear Friends and Partners in our Australian Progressive Jewish Community,

In these early months of 2026, our connection to Israel feels more vital—and perhaps more complex—than ever. As Progressive Zionists in Australia, we are bound by a vision of an Israel that is both a secure homeland for the Jewish people and a sanctuary of justice for all its citizens. Today, that vision is being tested by a profound internal crisis: the epidemic of violence within Israel’s Arab society.

The year 2025 closed as the deadliest on record, with 252 Arab citizens murdered—a staggering figure that accounts for a disproportionate record of Israel’s total homicides. As of February 2026, the crisis has escalated into what Police Commissioner Danny Levy has termed a “national state of emergency,” with 49 murders recorded in just the first six weeks of this year. (more…)

As the Israeli presidential jet touches down in Australia this week, it brings with it more than just the weight of diplomacy. President Isaac Herzog arrives at a moment of profound vulnerability and historical reckoning for the Australian Jewish community. Coming just months after the horrific December massacre at Bondi Beach—an event that claimed 15 lives and shattered our collective sense of safety—Herzog’s visit is, fundamentally, an act of “Mishpacha”. (more…)