As usual, the Newsletter is jam-packed with commenty and opinion, including:

-A critical view of the latest Australian anti-Semitism report from the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, by Sol Salbe
-Opinions on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Campaign
- Ten Reasons to send more (US) troops to Afghanistan, Arthur Washkow
Dafna Golan on Israeli Denialism and the Goldstone Report.

Due to the miracle of the internet, many of the old AJDS website pages can be accessed via the internet archive

The AJDS contains a wealth of local and international opinion from sources that you might otherwise never see. If you want to be informed, read it! 

The December letter includes a response to the cancellation/postponement of the visit of Naomi Chazan because of pressure from the local Jewish Right. The scandal also concerns the campaign against the New Israel Fund by the Right in Israel and the USA, and now locally.