With over 8,600 respondents, Gen17 is the largest Jewish population survey that has been undertaken in the Diaspora. It provides important insights and identifies challenges facing the Australian Jewish community. A public forum on Sunday April 22nd at Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) provided an opportunity to hear a range of perspectives and to enter into discussion.
Moderator
Professor Andrew Markus
Director, Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation and co-author of the Gen17 report.
Panellists
Rabbi Ralph Genende
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation
Zeddy Lawrence
National Editor, Australian Jewish News
Emeritus Professor Ilana Snyder
New Israel Fund
Jennifer Huppert
President, Jewish Community Council of Victoria
Daniel Kahan
National Treasurer, AUJS
Watch the video recording of the entire event here:
More details about the survey are available at the ACJC website and the preliminary report is available.
[Note: There has been some dissension expressed particularly by Bill Rubinstein about the validity of the survey:
The “Gen17” survey is deeply flawed
Also listen in to the interview with Bill Rubinstein on the Nothing Left program on J-AIR from the 11 min mark.]