Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Discharged without conviction following antisemitic and homophobic attack
On the night of June 2 2022, four men attacked my home with antisemitic and homophobic graffiti while I slept inside. A burned rainbow flag was left staked out the front. I live in a deconsecrated church that I have turned into an art project. It is commonly known that I am a member of…
Read MoreNew Zealand joins International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Social Cohesion
In respomnse to the Ministry of Social Development’s request for feed back on social cohesion the following submission was made.
Read MoreAntisemitism in New Zealand 2021 Survey
Report on Antisemitism in Aotearoa New Zealand 2021.
Read MoreTerror Attack in Beersheba, Israel
Today we mourn the loss of Doris Yahbas, Rabbi Moshe Kravitsky, Lora Yitzhak and Menahem Yehezkel, murdered by an ISIS supporter in Beersheba, Southern Israel. We are thinking of their families and praying for the full and quick recovery of all those who were injured in this terror attack. We note the condemnation of this…
Read MoreAgainst Racism Consultation (HRC)
Request for public input against racism 25 August 2021 Antisemitism = Racism Yesterday the Human Rights Commission issued a press release, copied below, as part of “an initiative to gather Aotearoa New Zealand’s thoughts on how to address racism”. Antisemitism is racism. It is important to have a Jewish input. We are asking you to…
Read MoreBSA rejects Kick-off racial slur complaint
Kick-off racial slur complaint rejected by Broadcasting Standards Authority, 4 December 2019 The New Zealand Jewish Council is alarmed and disappointed by the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s decision not to uphold a complaint from a member of the public over the use of the word ‘Jew’ as a racist slur. The slur, aired on 13 June…
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