We will never forget, but will not be captive to the past

Juliet Moses 18 October 2023  Jews are an ancient people with a long collective memory. Embedded in that memory, alongside happier times, are massacres we have suffered – during the destruction of our two temples in Jerusalem by the Babylonians and Romans, the 1190 massacre at York Castle, the pogroms of the Russian Empire (which…

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Antisemitism – since 7 October 2023

New Zealand Jewish Community denounces escalating antisemitism, silence from political leaders. As the New Zealand Jewish community experiences unprecedented levels of antisemitic abuse, the New Zealand Jewish Council calls on political leaders, religious leaders and all of civil society to condemn antisemitism unequivocally. Members of Aotearoa’s small Jewish community report feeling more vulnerable than they…

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Green Party Antisemitism (18-27 May, 2021)

Green  Party  Response – 27 May 2021 MEDIA RELEASE – Green Party Antisemitism 19 May 2021 The representative body for New Zealand Jewry condemns the inflammatory comments and inaccurate statements made by two Green MPs in recent days, which risk stoking antisemitism and endangering Jews in New Zealand, as we have seen around the world in the…

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