The B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation Commission is the human rights arm of B'nai B'rith Australia and New Zealand. It is dedicated to eliminating the defamation of Jewish people, combating racism, intolerance, and prejudice. It seeks to secure justice and fair treatment for all citizens alike.
The ADC aims to control the harm caused by people and organisations that engage in or encourage discriminatory behaviour in our society. Equally important, the ADC works to promote those democratic and humane values that serve to prevent such harm.
The ADC's efforts at harm prevention and control involve four major kinds of activity which include gathering relevant information, supporting victims of antisemitism and discrimination, promoting positive community relations and raising community awareness.
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“The Church seems to totter to its fall, almost all life extinct. On this occasion, any complaisance would be criminal which told you, whose hope and commission it is to preach the faith of Christ, that the faith of Christ is preached.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)