(See also: Holocaust Denial)
We use the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to help recognise antisemitism. The definition is the entire text, including the examples. We support the definition as it is widely accepted by many governments and organisations. Our CEO, Dr Andre Oboler, serves as an expert member of the Australian Government’s delegation to IHRA and was present when this definition was adopted.
The IHRA definition draws a clear line between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. It explicitly states that “criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic”. We support that. As our work demonstrates, there is also, however, material which which makes use of traditional antisemitic themes, such as blood libels or conspiracies of Jewish power, which some try to pass off as mere “criticism of Israel”. Racism, including antisemitism, should never be used as a political tool or an as a boost for social advocacy.
Our work has made a significant global impact in combating online antisemitism. Further work is urgently needed, and with your support we can make this happen.
Index
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- Reports and Books (10 items)
- Briefings (42)
- Videos (3)
- Recaps of major work (4)
- Community Engagement (21)
- Media coverage (51)
- Resources (6)
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June 2020 – Tackling Online Antisemitism
Our June 2020 Campaign was a month long campaign that aimed to increase the focus on tackling online Antisemitism
OHPI produces detailed reports documenting and analysing online hate. The reports are produced over a number of months addressing a theme, such as Antisemitism, in a systematic and in-depth manner. These reports are published by OHPI and made freely available to the public for information and reference purposes.
May 13, 2022: Andre Oboler and Nasya Bahfen, “Submission on Extremism in Victoria”
February 4, 2022: Andre Oboler, “Submission to the National Anti-Racism Framework”
May, 2021: Andre Oboler, “Solving Antisemitic Hate Speech in Social Media through a Global Approach to Local Action” in Armin Lange , Kerstin Mayerhofer , Dina Porat and Lawrence H. Schiffman (Eds.), Confronting Antisemitism in Modern Media, the Legal and Political Worlds
February 12, 2021: Andre Oboler and Mark Civitella, “Submission on Extremist Movements and Radicalism in Australia”
January 17, 2020: Andre Oboler, Mark Civitella, Nasya Bahfen, “Submission on Anti-Vilification Protections”
December, 2019: Andre Oboler, William Allington and Patrick Scolyer-Gray, “Hate and Violent Extremism from an Online Sub-Culture: The Yom Kippur Terrorist Attack in Halle, Germany“
November, 2018: Andre Oboler, “After the Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Line between Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech” in Mikael Shainkman (Ed) Antisemitisms Today and Tomorrow: Global Perspectives on the Many Faces or Contemporary Antisemitism
November, 2017, Jakubowicz, Dunn, Mason, Paradies, Bliuc, Bahfen, Oboler, Atie and Connelly, Cyber Racism and Community Resilience (Palgrave, 2017)
May 31, 2017: “Zionism through the Internet’s looking glass” in Eunice G. Pollack (Ed) Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Past & Present
Jan 27, 2016: Measuring the Hate: The State of Antisemitism on Social Media
July, 2015: After the Charlie Hebdo Attack: The Line between Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech, Kantor Center Papers, Tel-Aviv university
July 1, 2015: How to Combat Online Antisemitism (eBook)
Jan 19, 2015: Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of the Charlie Hebdo murders
August 8, 2014: Facebook Reporting Guide
Feb 6, 2014: The Antisemitic Meme of the Jew
June 23, 2013: OHPI: Addressing the 2013 Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism
March 15, 2013: Recognizing Hate Speech Antisemitism on Facebook
2011, Andre Oboler, “Online Antisemitism: The Internet and the Campus” in Eunice G. Pollack (Ed) Antisemitism on the Campus: Past & Present
OHPI briefings tackle specific instances of online hate and are produced rapidly to respond to emerging problems.
May 1, 2023: Banning Nazi Symbols in Australia
February 25, 2023: IHRA definition and Nazi analogies
January 27, 2023: Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
December 12, 2022: Discourse about The Kashmir Files results in Holocaust denial
December 1, 2022: Twitter is a muppet
November 18, 2022: Twitter urged to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism
October 6, 2022: OHPI Presenting at Greek Government Conference
September 22, 2022: Summit on Online Antisemitism in Washington DC
September 2, 2022: Antisemitism at Adelaide University
May 15, 2022: Buffalo Terrorist Attack
January 27, 2022: Holocaust Memorial Day & Removing Online Holocaust Denial
January 25, 2022: IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism Examples
October 5, 2021: Today’s News: “Facebook Bad”
August 23, 2021: To tackle Nazi we must tackle incitement
April 5, 2021: Neo-Nazis April Fools’ Day
January 28, 2021: Extremism in Australia
January 27, 2021: Responses to Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
January 27, 2021: Holocaust denial and extremism
January 13, 2021: Extremism Online: The Automation of White Supremacy
December 30, 2020: Antisemitism and Online Hate Panel at WUJS Congress
November 21, 2020: Address to the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues
November 18, 2020: Italian Government Presentation on Antisemitism 2.0
November 11, 2020: Remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism
October 23, 2020: Tackling Holocaust denial and distortion will be a challenge for Facebook
October 13, 2020: Facebook bans Holocaust denial
October 8, 2020: Banning QAnon
October 5, 2020: Holocaust revision and denial
September 8, 2020: Attacking politicians and antisemitism
August 13, 2020: “I’m not antisemitic but…”
August 12, 2020: Why Facebook needs to adopt the IHRA definition
August 12, 2020: Call on Facebook to adopt the IHRA’s working definition of Antisemitism
June 17, 2020: Antisemitism in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic
May 22, 2020: Swastikas on the Green, Extremists on the Net
May 3, 2020: The Coronavirus Conspiracy Theorist and Holocaust Denial
May 1, 2020: The Absorption of Antisemitic Narratives
April 24, 2020: None so Blind
April 15, 2020: Coronavirus and the Trolls
March 26, 2020: Mein Kampf Discussion
March 18, 2020: Mein Kampf on Sale
February 28, 2020: Holocaust Distortion
February 28, 2020: Holocaust Denial on Instagram
January 18, 2020: Instagram needs help
July 18, 2019: A thread of anti-religious hate
June 4, 2019: Australia becomes 33rd member of IHRA
April 28, 2019: San Diego Synagogue Attack
January 15, 2019: Senator Anning’s Hate Machine
September 26, 2018: Report Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial
July 26, 2018: Facebook is stuck in denial
July 22, 2018: Antisemitic responses in July 2018
July 21, 2018: Facebook under fire over Holocaust denial
March 3, 2017: The battle against rising antisemitism online
February 14, 2017: Neo-Nazi Group’s Poster Campaign in Melbourne
January 27, 2017: Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
November 22, 2016: Holocaust Denial, David Cole and CODOH
November 20, 2016: Protecting the memory of the Holocaust
October 8, 2016: Ignorance and Bigotry
May 22, 2016: OHPI in Bucharest for IHRA
April 20, 2016: An extremely antisemitic Facebook Group
March 13, 2016: OHPI closes new Australian Nazi group Battalion88
January 28, 2016: Unbelievable responses on Holocaust Memorial Day
January 22, 2016: Holocaust Denial Cartoon Competition
January 15, 2016: Report “EVOLVEFEST 2016” Event Page as Homophobic & Antisemitic
January 7, 2016: Report antisemitic YouTube video “History of Multiculturalism”
September 2, 2015: Report “The Holocaust Fraud Exposed” YouTube video
August 25, 2015: Don’t open the door to hate
July 16, 2015: Win: Removal of Yorkshire Anti Communists Facebook Page
July 10, 2015: Europe acknowledges online hate speech as a serious threat
June 23, 2015: Reporting the Google + community “Jew Watch”
June 21, 2015: Promoting Dylann Roof’s Extremism on Facebook
June 20, 2015: Facebook Fails to Protect Free Speech Against Hate
May 22, 2015: Prof. Wistrich on Antisemitism in 2015
May 11, 2015: Holocaust denial and YouTube
April 16, 2015: Right Honourable Useful Idiots
March 24, 2015: Success! OHPI gets hate removed
Feb 16, 2015: Modern antisemitism: The Holocaust and other genocides
February 8, 2015: The why of rising antisemitism
January 27, 2014: Holocaust & Social Media
October 8, 2014: Holocaust Denial On Facebook
September 27, 2014: Squadron 88 Returns
September 10, 2014: Golden Dawn, Holocaust Denial & Facebook
August 4, 2014: Calls to Kill on Facebook
July 26, 2014: 60 Minutes Unholy War
July 22, 2014: An Antisemitic Response to Hamas-Israel War
May 10, 2014: Golden Dawn Australia Update
May 7, 2014: Golden Dawn, Social Media and Australia’s far right
April 23, 2014: Wrongful unpublishing – The Alex Levin Art Page
April 2, 2014: Reporting Proud Holocaust Deniers
January 31, 2014: The Merchant – An Antisemitic Facebook page
November 13, 2013: Using Facebook to Fight Hate
September 21, 2013: Video Briefing: Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial
September 8, 2013: Facebook Fails Review
August 11, 2013: Holocaust Denial on Facebook – An Untold Story
OHPI also releases videos tackling different forms of online hate.
November 3, 2014: Lady Diamond discusses online antisemitism
August 19, 2014: What does the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) do?
September 6, 2013: Stop Racism and Online Hate
December 14, 2015: Recap 2015: How to Combat Online Antisemitism (e-book / book)
December 9, 2015: Recap 2015: Spotlight on Antisemitism
December 9, 2015: Recap 2015: Je Suis Humain report & paper
March 10, 2015: A recap on OHPI at 12,000
November 30, 2015: OHPI at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry’s AGM
November 25, 2015: OHPI at the JCCV Award Night
November 25, 2015: OHPI attends JCCV AGM
August 31, 2015: OHPI attends the ADC Gandel annual oration
August 30, 2015: OHPI invites you to a guided tour of Anne Frank Exhibition
August 13, 2015: Governance of NGOs conference
August 9, 2015: OHPI attends Community Leadership Conference
August 4, 2015: Talk on Online Hate to B’nai B’rith’s Raoul Wallenberg Unit
July 16 & 17, 2015: Attending the Advancing Community Cohesion conference
May 12-14, 2015: OHPI presents at Limmud Oz
June 5, 2015: 12th biennial Seminar on antisemitism
May 10, 2015: OHPI presents FightAgainstHate.com at conference on antisemitism at the Tel Aviv University
April 17, 2015: Victorian Minister for Multicultural Affairs responds to OHPI Report
April 13, 2015: OHPI’s CEO wins Jewish Changemakers Award
March 23, 2015: OHPI at the first Official Jewish-Muslim Dinner in Victoria
March 20, 2015: Attorney-General Responds to OHPI Report
Feb 9, 2015: Talk at the Council of Christians and Jews
Feb 9, 2015: Talk at North Eastern Jewish Centre
February 5, 2015: World Interfaith Harmony Week at the Victorian Parliament
November 24, 2014: OHPI participates in the AGM of JCCV
Oct 26, 27, 2014: OHPI at the Facing Today’s Reality Seminar in New Zealand
November 10, 2022: Dr Andre Oboler – Social media platforms’ hate speech prevention policy: see nothing, hear nothing and effectively do nothing, The Australian Jewish News
November 10, 2022: L’Chaim – To Life: Social media platforms’ hate speech prevention policy, J-Wire
September 2, 2022: Adelaide student newspaper’s anti-Israel article removed from the web, J-Wire
September 1, 2022: Jews, shules targets for far-right, The Australian Jewish News
June 16, 2022: Jewish groups address inquiry, The Australian Jewish News
May 19, 2022: Antisemitism claims and the election, J-Wire
January 29, 2021: Nazis marching through the Ranges are only a small part of the threat, J-Wire
January 27, 2021: ‘Racist rot’: Neo-nazi’s slammed for KKK ritual on sacred land, NITV.
January 27, 2021: Daniel Andrews warns of rising antisemitism after neo-Nazi gathering in Victorian national park, The Guardian.
January 27, 2021: Live ABC TV Interview used for ABC News at Noon, Afternoon Briefing and globally on MSN,
January 27, 2021: ABC The World Today, ABC Radio National and ABC local radio stations around Australia
August 13, 2020: Push against antisemitism on Facebook, The Australian Jewish News
August 11, 2020: Facebook needs the IHRA definition, The Australian Jewish News
August 8, 2020: 128 organizations call on Facebook to adopt anti-Semitism definition, The Media Line
July 28, 2020: Jewish entities worldwide institute 48 hour freeze on Twitter over hate speech, J-Wire
July 19, 2020: Boycotting Facebook is not the answer, J-Wire
June 24, 2020; The challenge for Jewish voices among progressives, J-Wire
May 22, 2020: Radio interview discussing swastikas painted on the Cranbourne Golf Course and the dangers rising online hate during coronavirus, SBS World News Radio
May 21, 2020: Melbourne Neo-Nazi ‘Race War’ Group Expands To Sydney, 10 Daily
April 22, 2020: A Yom Hashoah gift from Dymocks, J-Wire
April 22, 2020: Dymocks removal from sale of editions of Mein Kampf, ECAJ
March 15, 2020: ‘Governments advertising was supporting the hosting of terrorist manifesto’, J-Wire
February 29, 2020: ‘Why is Instagram still hosting ‘Black Lives Don’t Matter’ accounts?’, The Daily Dot
January 23, 2020: ‘Online Hate Prevention Institute turns eight’, J-Wire
November 25, 2019: ‘Turning back the tide of antisemitic abuse of Jewish school students’, ABC Religion & Ethics
June 14, 2019: ‘Joining world leaders in Shoah education’, Australian Jewish News
June 4, 2019: ‘Australia joins the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’, J-Wire Jewish Australian News Service
May 25, 2019: ‘Alt-right Facebook memes pushed anti-Labor message’, The Sydney Morning Herald
May 14, 2019: ‘Antisemitic vandalism during this federal election campaign ? why is it happening? what can be done?’, ABC Religion and Ethics
April 29, 2019: ‘Rabbi blames US synagogue attack on social media ‘encouraging lone wolves‘, Sputnik International
March 16, 2019: ‘The Australian Nazi 2.0, and why we need to take the threat more seriously’, Ten Daily
February 10, 2019: ‘Amazon and Hulu’s algorithms are recommending conspiracy theory films, and the consequences could be more serious than you might think‘, Business Insider
July 26, 2018: “Facebook is stuck in denial”, Australian Jewish News
July 22, 2018: Live radio interview on Facebook and Holocaust denial, Radio Sputnik
July 21, 2018: ‘Holocaust denial is still there, Facebook still pushes that line’ – Campaigner”, Sputnik News
March 3, 2017: The battle against rising antisemitism online, Australian Jewish News
February 17, 2017: Nazi posters in Melbourne, Australian Jewish News
February 16, 2017: Neo-Nazi Group Covers Melbourne In Vile Racist Posters, Huffington Post
February 15, 2017: Neo-Nazis posters and stickers plaster Melbourne, J-Wire
February 3, 2017: How neo-Nazis exploit Instagram to spread antisemitic memes
June 9, 2016: Twitter Fails to Confront Vicious anti-Semites, Jewish Journalists Say, Haaretz
June 7, 2016: Online anti-Semitism: Difficult to Fight, but Even Harder to Quantify, Haaretz
December 30, 2015: BBC reflects with OHPI on rising online hate in 2015
September 22, 2015: OHPI featured in BBC News
September 3, 2015: Radio interview about OHPI’s work combating online hate (K-Rock FM)
July 18, 2015: Melbourne Rally Against Racism
July 14, 2015: Don’t give in to extremism
June 3, 2015: OHPI at Limmud Oz 2015
May 11, 2015: Online Hate (J-Wire)
May 11, 2015: “Online Antisemitism: Meeting the Challenge” in The Big Smoke
April 16, 2015: Right Honourable Useful Idiots
April 14, 2015: Hackers target Bnei Akiva Facebook Page
April 12, 2015: Changemakers Honoured
April 7, 2015: Press Release: Hackers target Jews online
March 31, 2015: Spotlight on Antisemitism: Illuminating the nature of hate (Big Smoke)
March 24, 2015: Dr Oboler’s Book Review of “Viral Hate” (Koleiru.com)
Feb 16, 2015: OHPI in The Melbourne Jewish Report
February 15, 2015: Denmark Attacked (Press Release)
Feb 9, 2015: The hatred sown in the network: digital antisemitism (smarknews.it)
January 21, 2015: Je Suis Humain: Responsible free speech in the shadow of Charlie Hebdo (The Big Smoke)
January 21, 2015: OHPI: Je Suis Humain (hurryupharry.org)
January 20, 2015: OHPI releases report on free speech in light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks (Press Release)
December 15, 2014: New tool in fighting online hate (Australian Jewish News)
December 11, 2014: OHPI: Tracking down the data to combat online hate (The Big Smoke)
December 10, 2014: Hitting Back Against Hate (MX)
December 9, 2014: Fight Against Hate Launched (OHPI Press Release)
May 22, 2014: Leading the fight against Online Hate (The Australian Jewish News)
May 14, 2014: Google and Facebook need your help to police online hate (Times of Israel)
Haaretz.com: N.Z. Jews welcome John Key’s reelection as they sense a shift in anti-Semitism
J-Wire: Hate Mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
The Algemeiner: Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia
J-Wire: Online Hate To be Countered
Jerusalem Post: It is time Facebook Repents
J-Wire: Dealing with Online Hate
The Australian: Rise of Anti-Semitism From This War is No Accident
Australian Jewish News: The battle against online hate
Australian Jewish News, Australian Jewish Jews: Loving Nazis, Hating Muslims
The Australian Jewish News: 18C helped beat Facebook hate page
J-Wire: Social Media Connects Far Right Groups
The Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog: If you can’t recognize hate speech, the sunlight can’t penetrate
News and Views from Jews Down Under: Aussie Jews leading the fight against hate
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva): Anti-Semitism in Social Media Includes Twitter: Interview with Andre Oboler of Online Hate Prevention
Australian Jewish News: Social media is the message
Jerusalem Post Blogs: Facebook sanctions Antisemitic content
The Algemeiner: YouTube, Google and Apple Take Steps Towards Combating Online Anti-Semitism
The Jewish Press: YouTube Removes Hundreds of Videos in Response to New Report on Online Anti-Semitism
JWire: Hate Prevention Institute meets with Success
The Australia Jewish News: YouTube ‘too slow’ on hate videos
Arutz Sheva: YouTube ‘Too Slow’ Taking Action Against Hate Videos
The Jewish Press: Charge: Facebook Pages Spew Blood Libels, Attack Jews and Aborigines, Mock Anne Frank
Australian Jewish News: Facebook Forced to Pull Hate Page
Polskie Radio: Poland fights against xenophobia
Australian Jewish News: The social media is the message
Arutz Sheva: Anti-Semitism in Social Media Includes Twitter
RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH ONLINE ANTISEMITISM
Lady Diamond discusses online antisemitism
Antisemitism: The Israel-Nazi Comparison
Antisemitism: Jews Killed Jesus Accusation
EXTERNAL RESOURCES