Live Breaking News & Updates on Chairwoman Romy Grace

Get email notification for articles from Gabrielle Briner
Follow
Jun. 1, 2021 1:55 PM
A scandal at a leading Jewish organization in Melbourne has once again thrust the issue of equal gender representation in the top levels of Australia’s Jewish community into the spotlight – an aspiration female community members have been working tirelessly to achieve for years.
Last December, Keren Zelwer was a leading candidate to join the executive of community organization Mizrachi Australia. In a secret ballot, however, she was unanimously rejected by the executive members, all of whom were male.
The decision created a strong public backlash. Local Jewish community organizations, including NCJWA (Vic), a separate arm of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia that operates independently in Victoria, slammed Mizrachi Australia (the umbrella body for religious-Zionist Jewry in Australia).  ....

United States , New South Wales , United Kingdom , South Africa , Mark Metcalfe Getty , Jeremy Leibler , Keren Zelwer , Danny Lamm , Sharene Hambur , Jennifer Huppert , Jillian Segal , Melinda Jones , Sophie Deutsch , Suzanne Rutland , Rebecca Davis , Paula Hyman , Australian Zionist Youth Council , Australian Union Of Jewish Students , Council Of Australian Jewry , Jewish National , Zionist Federation Of Australia , National Council Of Jewish Women Australia , Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance , Australian Jewish Community , National Council , Jewish Women ,