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  • ‘I’ll stop your bloodline’: Anti-Semitism reports grow across Sydney schools 11 Sep 2022
    Caitlin Fitzsimmons Sydney Morning Herald September 11, 2022 A Jewish student at a Sydney high school was told by another student that he would go back in time and become Hitler to “hunt down his family and stop the bloodline”. This is just one of the allegations that has come to light since The Sun-Herald revealed last week that ...
  • Portal inundated with antisemitic reports 8 Sep 2022
    Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News September 8, 2022 JUST days after launching an online portal for Jewish students and their families across NSW to report incidents of antisemitic bullying, The AJN understands the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBD) has already been inundated with disturbing reports. The NSW JBD launched the portal on Monday in response to a ...
  • Eastern suburbs schools grapple with Nazi salutes and anti-Semitic bullying 4 Sep 2022
    Caitlin Fitzsimmons The Sun-Herald September 4, 2022 Sydney high schools are seeing a rise in anti-Semitism, with at least two in the eastern suburbs dealing with incidents of Nazi salutes and Jewish students being bullied. The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, the representative group for the Jewish community, has received reports of two cases of anti-Semitic bullying in Sydney’s ...
  • Discussions on gender equity 1 Sep 2022
    Carly Adno The Australian Jewish News September 1, 2022 “YOU can only be what you can see,” said Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio at the start of Sunday’s Social Justice Summit at Emanuel Synagogue. The focus of the day’s discussions was gender equity in leadership roles across Jewish community organisations and what needs to be done to ensure leaders represent the ...
  • Statement from NSWJBD regarding Knox Grammar School 31 Aug 2022
    The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies is horrified by reports high school students in Sydney are expressing antisemitic and pro-Hitler sentiments online. To glorify and praise an...
  • Dissolve Nazi artwork donor Bob Sredersas’ collection, says former Wollongong gallery director 29 Aug 2022
    Janine Graham Illawarra Mercury August 28, 2022 A former director of Wollongong Art Gallery has called for the institution to dissolve the controversial Bob Sredersas collection and send a clear message to the global art world. Earlier this year it was revealed Bronius “Bob” Sredersas, an art benefactor who bequeathed dozens of works to the Wollongong gallery before he ...