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Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia (VIDEO)
The Algemeiner discusses The Australian Online Hate Prevention Institute‘s report that a fringe neo-Nazi group is again distributing crude anti-semitic flyers in the Sydney area, after a previous episode of such behavior shocked that city’s Jewish residents. The article discusses the content of the flyer and the intentions behind the group that created it. The report cites the…
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Hate Mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
JWire reports on virulently anti-Semitic leaflets that have yet again made an appearance in letter-boxes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. The author of this material chose to distribute this material to Jewish households during Jewish New Year in an effort to frighten and intimidate Jews at one of the holiest time in the Jewish calendar. The…
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Misogyny and the Internet
Published in the Council Bulletin (National Council of Jewish Women of Australia Ltd.), vol 91, September 2014/5775. Two incidents in the last month have sparked a debate on online misogyny and sexism: the hacking and publishing of the nude photos of women celebrities and the intense online harassment of the feminist video-blogger Anita Sarkeesian after…
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N.Z. Jews welcome John Key’s reelection as they sense a shift in anti-Semitism
Published in Haaretz.com, September 23, 2014: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/.premium-1.617169. OHPI will be distributing its book on Reporting Online Antisemitism at the antisemitism seminar mentioned in the article (see text in bold). SYDNEY, Australia – Jewish leaders in New Zealand will welcome 5775 this week relieved that conservative leader John Key has been reelected for a third term,…
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Hate Mail for Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs
Published in the J-Wire on September 28, 2014. http://www.jwire.com.au/news/hate-mail-sydneys-easter-suburbs/46307 Virulently anti-Semitic leaflets have yet again made an appearance in letter-boxes in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs…raising the ore of local Federal Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The Minister for Communications and member for Wentworth said: “Earlier today my staff were handed copies of a disgusting, racist leaflet which has…
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Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia (VIDEO)
Published in The Algemeiner on September 29, 2014: http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/29/anti-semitic-flyers-distributed-in-sydney-again-neo-nazi-group-wants-jews-out-of-australia-video/ The Australian Online Hate Prevention Institute (OPHI) is charging that a fringe neo-Nazi group is again distributing crude anti-semitic flyers in the Sydney area, after a previous episode of such behavior shocked that city’s Jewish residents. Entitled, “The world’s foremost problem,” the new antisemitic flier by the group, “Squadron…
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It’s time Facebook repents
Originally published as: Andre Oboler, “It’s Time Facebook Repents“, Jerusalem Post, October 3, 2014. On the morning of Rosh Hashannah a petition signed by 10,306 people arrived at Facebook Headquarters asking the company to change their policy on Holocaust denial. Facebook’s current position on Holocaust denial is that “the mere statement of denying the Holocaust…
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Women in mosque peace talk
Frankston Times reports on Jo Silver, Director of Online Hate Prevention Institute, participating in the Serving Humanity Symoposium organised by the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria. See the article here.
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antifa notes (september 30, 2014)
September 29, 2014: antifa notes (september 30, 2014), Slackbastard (Blog), http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=36965 Briefly: Australian Defence League/Patriots Defence League Australia I wrote a piece about the Australian Defence League (ADL) for New Matilda. You can read it here. The Patriots Defence League Australia, an ADL splinter group, was planning on holding a rally at Hyde Park in…
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Women in mosque peace talk
Frankston Times, September 22, 2014, News Desk. Jo Silver, Director of Online Hate Prevention Institute, participates in the Serving Humanity Symoposium organised by the women’s auxiliary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Victoria.