Wertheim, Peter

Small Individual Donation

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Authority Biography/Administrative History

Peter Wertheim has been involved with the ECAJ for nearly 30 years and is currently its co-CEO. Peter previously worked as a lawyer for 32 years, during which he acted as honorary solicitor for a number of charities in the Jewish and wider communities. Peter was one of the lawyers who acted for the ECAJ in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s in a series of racial vilification cases in the Federal Court of Australia.

Peter was the elected President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies from 1996 to 2000.  In 2003 he was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to the Jewish and wider communities and for work in a variety of projects promoting communal harmony and understanding. From 2004 to 2015 Peter was a Statutory Board Member of the New South Wales Anti Discrimination Board, a State government body. In July 2010, Peter was appointed by the Australian Federal Government as a member of its Australian Multicultural Advisory Council and from 2011 to 2013 its successor body, the Australian Multicultural Council. He continues to be widely published and quoted in the media on a broad range of policy matters relating to freedom, democracy and social cohesion in Australia.

These are not Personal Papers but collected during his position in the NSW JBoD Collection, inlcudes New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies
29/7/1945-22/8/1972 49 boxes 1938 - 1974; 1980s-1999; B1- 78 + folders

ProvenanceWERTHEIM, Peter (WERTHEIMP - NSWJBoD)
Related RecordsSee AAJ New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies barcode numbers:  NB03886041 NB03886042 NB03886043 NB03886044 NB03886045 NB03886046 NB03886047 NB03886048 NB03886049 NB03886050 NB03886051 NB03886052 NB03886053 NB03886054 NB03886055 NB03886056 NB03886057 NB03886058 NB03886059 NB03886060 NB03886061 NB03886062 NB03886063 NB03886064 NB03886065 NB03886066 NB03886067 NB03886068 NB03886069 NB03886070 NB03886071 NB03886072 NB03886073 NB03886074 NB03886075 NB03886076 NB03886077 NB03886078 NB03886079 NB03886080 NB03886081 NB03886082 NB03886083 NB03886084 NB03886085 NB03886086 NB03886087 NB03886088 NB03886089 NB03886090 NB03886091 NB03886092 NB03886093 NB03886094 NB03886095 NB03886096 NB03886097 NB03886098 NB03886099 NB03886100 NB03886101 NB03886102 NB03886103 NB03886104