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Oct 15, 2024, 5:51 AM

Lessons Learnt after October 7

Source: Julie Nathan

A year after the October 7 massacre of Israelis in 2023, what have we learnt? For Jews in the diaspora, there have been several lessons. Antisemitism After the Holocaust, expressions of anti-Jewish hatred were forced underground in the Western world. We hoped it would forever...

Aug 18, 2024, 12:53 PM

October 7 and the tsunami of anti-Jewish hate

To effectively counter anti-Jewish racism, we need to acknowledge where the threats and attacks are coming from, regardless of the source. This has become particularly relevant and urgent since October 7. The situation has dramatically changed in Australia and across the world. After October 7,...

Feb 28, 2024, 3:13 PM

Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia – 2023 ECAJ report

Each year, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the peak national body representing Australia’s Jewish community, produces a Report on Antisemitism in Australia. I have authored these reports since 2013. The ECAJ records anti-Jewish racism (antisemitism) in two broad categories: incidents and discourse. A...

Oct 16, 2023, 7:50 AM

Pogrom in Israel, antisemitism in Australia

On 7 October 2023, Hamas, the genocidal Islamist government of Gaza, sent armed operatives into southern Israel. They murdered 1300 Israeli civilians – shooting parents and children in their beds, beheading babies, burning homes to force out Jews hiding in safe-rooms. People in whole villages...

Jul 18, 2023, 7:32 AM

Antisemitic conspiracy theory mars debate about the Voice

Conspiracy theories about ‘the Jews’ are ancient, pervasive and often genocidal in what they advocate. They are fabrications borne out of a malignant bigotry that seeks to place all the world’s problems at the feet of one numerically small people, the Jewish people. Jews have...

Jun 21, 2023, 10:46 AM

Comprehensive study of hate incidents in Australia – updated

A comprehensive study conducted in 2022 revealed a clear picture of the state of reported hate incidents in Australia from 2014 to 2021. This article updates the 2022 study so as to incorporate data from a recent report of hate incidents which was released in...

May 30, 2023, 6:37 AM

Anti-Jewish incidents in Australia continue to rise in 2022

Each year, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the peak national body representing Australia’s Jewish community, produces a Report on Antisemitism in Australia. I have compiled and authored the reports since 2013, when I took over the task from Jeremy Jones, who had been...

Feb 2, 2023, 3:18 PM

Current trends in antisemitism in Australia

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has just released its annual Report on Antisemitism in Australia. There were 478 antisemitic incidents logged across Australia in the 12 months to September 30, 2022. This is an increase of more than 40 per cent over the...

Aug 18, 2022, 7:59 AM

Understanding BDS

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement is intrinsically deceptive. They talk about boycotting Israel, they call for divestment from Israel, and they hope for sanctions against Israel. They do not discuss, at least publicly, whether they support a one or two-state solution. However, their prime...

Aug 16, 2022, 3:53 PM

Dealing with Casual Antisemitism

Antisemitism takes many forms, ranging from an off-hand offensive comment right through to genocide. Most official reports on antisemitism by Jewish organisations, and by others who monitor hate, cover incidents of antisemitism which include assault, verbal abuse, vandalism, graffiti, and the like. One form of...

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Julie Nathan is the Research Director at the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the peak representative body of the Australian Jewish community, and since 2013 has been the author of the annual ECAJ Report on Antisemitism in Australia.

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