CARTOONIST Kron looks at the reaction to the Jewish Population Study.

CARTOONIST Kron looks at the reaction to the Jewish Population Study.

Professor Andrew Markus.

NAOMI LEVIN

THE first round of results are in and Australia’s Jewish community is set to discover more than it ever knew about itself.

The preliminary findings from the Jewish Population Study were launched this week by Monash University’s Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation.

The study’s lead author Professor Andrew Markus said the findings provided a “rich insight into the various subgroups within the Jewish population, ranging from the strictly Orthodox to the disconnected”.

“We have been actively working on this project for more than two years, beginning with the establishment of advisory committees, proceeding to focus group discussions, finalising the content of the questionnaire, pilot testing, more than six months of surveying and then three months for this first stage of data analysis,” he said. Read the full story

CARTOONIST Kron looks at the survey results of the major study into the Australian Jewish community.

ABSURD COMPARISON

TO compare being sprayed with tear gas to what millions who were exterminated in the gas chambers of Auschwitz went through, as done by Alex Nissen (AJN 06/03), is absurd to the extreme, and by all reason this comparison should discredit her, her arguments and her campaign. 

But unfortunately, such comparisons are used by our antagonists to further their cause. My greatest fear, however, stems from what the French philosopher, Voltaire, once said: “If we believe absurdities we shall commit atrocities.”

HENRY HERZOG
St Kilda East, Vic

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