• OHPI’s CEO wins Jewish Changemaker Award

    On March 29, 2015, Dr Andre Oboler, the CEO of OHPI, won the Young Adult Prize at the Jewish Changemaker Awards. The event was organised by B’nai B’rith and JNF jointly in Sydney.  

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  • Changemakers Honoured

    GARETH NARUNSKY, Changemakers Honoured, April 8, 2015, The Australian Jewish News, http://www.jewishnews.net.au/changemakers-honoured/41340 THE Cricket World Cup final didn’t stop more than 150 people attending B’nai B’rith and JNF’s Jewish Changemakers Awards at the B’nai B’rith Centre on Sunday, March 29. This year saw 78 nominations from NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia vying for awards…

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  • Press Release: Hackers target Jews online

    The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has responded to a number of hacking incidents targeting the Jewish community in 2015. The most recent involved the takeover of a Jewish youth group’s Facebook page during this past weekend.

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  • Press Release: Hackers target Jews online
    Press Release: Hackers target Jews online

    The Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) has responded to a number of hacking incidents targeting the Jewish community in 2015. The most recent involved the takeover of a Jewish youth group’s Facebook page during this past weekend. This attack was part of the 6th annual anti-Israel hacking event. The hackers managed to make one post…

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  • OHPI writes for The Big Smoke

    OHPI has contributed an article titled Spotlight on Antisemitism – Illuminating the nature of hate to The Big Smoke. The article discusses the wave of violent attacks on the Jewish community throughout Europe.

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  • OHPI writes for The Big Smoke
    OHPI writes for The Big Smoke

    Originally published as: OHPI,  Spotlight on Antisemitism – Illuminating the nature of hate, March 31, 2015, The Big Smoke, http://thebigsmoke.com.au/2015/03/31/spotlight-antisemitism-illuminating-nature-hate/ The recent terrorist attacks in Europe targeting Jewish establishments have brought the issue of proliferating antisemitism across the Internet into highlight, and specifically the social media platforms that are used to take antisemitic lies, canards and…

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  • OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS

    The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within 24 hours of OHPI highlighting it in a briefing.

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  • OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS
    OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler interviewed by the NIRS

    Grace Pashley, Racist Facebook Page taken down, March 25, 2015, National Indigenous Radio Service, http://www.nirs.org.au/NEWS/Racist-Facebook-page-taken-down-1 The NIRS – National Indigenous Radio Service broadcasted an interview with Dr Andre Oboler last week on the swift removal of a racist anti-Aboriginal page. The page was removed within 24 hours of OHPI highlighting it in a briefing. You…

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  • Dr Oboler’s Book Review of “Viral Hate”

    Dr Andre Oboler, Viral Hate: Examining the work of the ADL in the online age, March 23, 2015, Koleinu The Jewish Voice Down Under, http://koleinu.com.au/viral-hate-examining-the-work-of-the-adl-in-the-online-age/ This review of the book Viral Hate: Containing Its Spread on the Internet by Abraham H. Foxman and Christopher Wolf was first published in the Journal for the Study of…

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  • OHPI at the first Official Jewish-Muslim Dinner in Victoria

      On March 22, 2015, OHPI’s CEO Dr Andre Oboler participated in the first Official Jewish-Muslim Dinner in Victoria. It saw the coming together of the two peak bodies for the two communities, the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) and the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV). The speakers included the President of JCCV, ICV…

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