Antisemitism

(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. 

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CAMPAIGNS

June 2020 – Tackling Online Antisemitism

Our June 2020 Campaign was a month long campaign that aimed to increase the focus on tackling online Antisemitism


REPORTS & BOOKS

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.

August 14, 2023: Andre Oboler and Jasmine Beinart, “Online Antisemitism in Australia 2023

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

February 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


BRIEFINGS

OHPI briefings tackle specific instances of online hate and are produced rapidly to respond to emerging problems.

March 6, 2024: Holocaust denial and distortion on this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day

February 10, 2024: Targeting Jews is antisemitic

November 28, 2023: Help stop the online incubator for antisemitism

November 13, 2023: Documenting a Moment in Hate

November 11, 2023: Burgertory, online incitement, and StopZionistHate

November 3, 2023: Waseem Razvi’s Antisemitism

November 2, 2023: Global antisemitic incidents during the Hamas-Israel war

October 27, 2023: A moment in October 2023

October 27, 2023: Extremism, antisemitism and our universities

October 10, 2023: Antisemitism from the Hamas-Israel War of October 2023

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


VIDEOS

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


RECAPS

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


COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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


COMMENTARY & MEDIA COVERAGE

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

Jews Control the Media Canard

Antisemitism: The Israel-Nazi Comparison

Antisemitism: Jews Killed Jesus Accusation

EXTERNAL RESOURCES

European Forum for Antisemitism