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Outrage Greets Danish Lutheran Group’s Rewrite of Bible to Omit Word ‘Israel’ | Algemeiner

NZFOI: Disturbing…

The news that a Danish Lutheran group had rewritten the Bible in order to omit the word “Israel” has been greeted by outrage, with critics calling it a “surreal revision” and a gift to “Jew-haters and Israel-bashers.”

The Danish Bible Society’s translation of the New Testament refrains from using the word “Israel” and instead substitutes “Jews” and variations thereof — such as “land of the Jews” for “land of Israel.”

The words “Jews” and “Israel” both appear in the original text of the Bible as separate and distinct words.

The group claimed the move was to avoid identifying ancient Israel with today’s State of Israel, although other ancient names with modern equivalents, such as “Egypt,” are not omitted.

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→ 20 April 2020
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Anti-Semitic graffiti on Ōwairaka/Mt Albert targets Tūpuna Maunga Authority chair Paul Majurey ‘abhorrent act’ | NZ Herald

Tūpuna Maunga Authority chair Paul Majurey has called the graffiti an “abhorrent act”. Photo: Russell Brown

Anti-Semitic graffiti has appeared atop an Auckland maunga targeting the Tūpuna Maunga Authority chair Paul Majurey in what has been called an “abhorrent act”.

Since October, protesters have been occupying Ōwairaka/Mt Albert to prevent the removal of hundreds of exotic trees as part of a major cultural and native restoration project that has the backing of the city’s mana whenua and Auckland Council representatives.

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→ 26 March 2020
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The virus spreading faster than coronavirus: Antisemitism | Jerusalem Post

In this image shared on Telegram on March 15, the coronavirus is presented as a trojan horse for “globalist” Jews.

Social media seems to have exploded with antisemitic comments, ranging from “The Jews created coronavirus” to absurd false accusations that Israel has separate medical treatment for non-Jews.

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→ 11 March 2020
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Coronavirus: Debunking baseless conspiracy theories in NZ | Stuff

NZFOI: Unfortunately anti-semitic coronavirus conspiracy theories are being promulgated across the web. Jews are being blamed for the pandemic and their alleged motives repeat the oldest anti-semitic tropes: killing their enemies, killing whites, killing blacks, killing hispanics, killing chinese, taking control of civilisation, another way to take control of the financial markets… You name it and you’ll find it on the web.

Outlandish coronavirus conspiracy theories have spread across the world almost as fast as the virus.

Stuff spoke to the University of Waikato’s M R X Dentith, who wrote a book on the philosophy of conspiracy theories, to find out why they take hold.

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→ 1 March 2020
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All White Tom Doyle glad to be back in NZ after unsettling encounter with neo-Nazism | Stuff

Tom Doyle, NZ Footballer

Tom Doyle is enjoying New Zealand, after an unsettling four-month stint in a German city that was the site of major neo-Nazi marches in 2018.

The 11-cap All White is in Tahiti this week with Auckland City, chasing success in the OFC Champions League and a place at the Fifa Club World Cup in December.

As he soaks up the sunlight in the Pacific – and does his job on the pitch, whether at left back or left centre back – he is glad to be back on this side of the world.

At the start of August, shortly after Doyle made his debut for Chemnitzer FC in the German third tier, the club sacked its captain, Daniel Frahn, accusing him of openly displaying sympathy for neo-Nazi elements within its support base.

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See this video discussing the rise of the far-right in Chemnitz:

https://www.euronews.com/embed/745054

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→ 26 February 2020
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CLARIFICATION TO THE OPINION COLUMN IN THE DOMINION POST ON 25 FEBRUARY | One Chronicle

Clarification to the Opinion Column in the Dominion Post on 25 February
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

In an opinion piece published in the Dominion Post on 25 February the authors, Fred Albert and Marilyn Garson expressed their contentious views on the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism (https://www.holocaustremembrance.com/working-definition-antisemitism).

In their column, the authors chose to self-describe themselves as “members and service leaders” at Wellington’s Progressive Synagogue without offering any further disclaimer. In doing so their views are in effect being ascribed to be those of the Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation (Temple Sinai) and its members.

This effective misrepresentation is damaging to the Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation and is disregarding of its members.

As Board Chair, I want to distance the Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation from the views expressed by the authors in their column. Their views are in no way representative of those of the Board or the congregation, they are rather the views of a vocal fringe.

Furthermore, I want to assert that the Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation is not anti- or non-Zionist. It is an affiliate of the Union for Progressive Judaism (UPJ), a Zionist organisation and support and love for Israel is at the heart of Progressive Judaism.

I trust this will help to correct misconceptions arising from this newspaper column.

Matthew Smith

Board of Management Chair
Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation (Temple Sinai)

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→ 26 February 2020
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Racists don’t care about new definitions of hate | Stuff

Temple Sinai was the recent subject of an anti-Semitic graffiti attack

NZFOI: This article was written by two members of the Temple Sinai community and derailed efforts urging the Wellington City Council to adopt the IHRA definition of Anti-Semitism. It was met with outrage by the rest of the Jewish community and the President of Temple Sinai has distanced the organisation from the article, stating that its views do not represent the views of the Temple Sinai board.

If you follow the issue of racism or the protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, you will know the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. It has lit fires of protest across Europe, Canada and the US.

The problem lies not in the IHRA definition of antisemitism but in a set of examples which have been used to conflate criticism of Israel with a hatred of Jews. Anti-Zionism has been called antisemitism.

Given this document’s global trail of controversy, we were stunned to see a motion on Wellington City Council’s agenda for Wednesday, February 26, to adopt the IHRA document for our city.

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→ 25 February 2020
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Black Hebrew Israelites behind attacks in Jersey City and Monsey | Jerusalem Post

NZFOI: Last Sunday, Rebecca Marchand gave a briefing on the December anti-Semitic attacks in Jersey City and Monsey. For many attendees this was the first time they had heard of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, or even that there were anti-Semitic sentiments amongst African-Americans for that matter. More disturbingly, the philosophies of the BHI resembles closely the philosophies of the British Israelite Movements and the modern Christian doctrine of Supersessionism. We should also add that though Supersessionism is commonly held amongst Christians, many oppose it. This article provides a disturbing briefing on BHI.

The Jersey City murders are the culmination of years of incitement against Jews. But the perpetrators in that case were themselves minorities from the African American community. The perpetrators have been identified as coming from an extremist religious group called Black Hebrew Israelites, making them a minority of a minority. The perpetrators are seen as a “militant” fringe within that minority.

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→ 13 February 2020
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WHY SUCH A SURGE OF WORLDWIDE ANTI-SEMITISM | Israel Seen

Alan Dershowitz

Why are so many of the grandchildren of Nazis and Nazi collaborators who brought us the Holocaust once again declaring war on the Jews?

Why have we seen such an increase in anti-Semitism and irrationally virulent anti-Zionism in western Europe?

To answer these questions, a myth must first be exposed. That myth is the one perpetrated by the French, the Dutch, the Norwegians, the Swiss, the Belgians, the Austrians, and many other western Europeans: namely that the Holocaust was solely the work of German Nazis aided perhaps by some Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian collaborators.

False.

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→ 3 February 2020
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NZ must step up against antisemitism | Newsroom

New Zealand has had a patchy history with the Holocaust. With a recent resurgence in antisemitism, it’s time we stepped up efforts to ensure it’s given no ground here. 

The dust is settling after a flurry of commemorative events and articles, locally and internationally, marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In the days leading up to UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), the hashtag #WeRemember circulated on social media, with encouragement to contemplate that horrific period of history.

UN Holocaust Remembrance Day falls at the height of New Zealand’s summer holiday season, when sun and surf are uppermost in many Kiwi minds. So it’s hardly surprising that Holocaust commemoration commands relatively little attention. Of greater concern, however, is that according to a poll undertaken in July 2019, New Zealand appears to suffer Holocaust amnesia. The multi-choice survey revealed that only 43 percent of respondents knew that approximately six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, 20 percent thought fewer were killed, 37 percent were unsure, and worryingly, 30 percent were unsure whether the Holocaust had been exaggerated or was a myth.

Read more: Trotter, S (3 Feb 2020). NZ must step up against anti-Semitism. Newsroom. www.newsroom.co.nz.

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