Antisemitism Report 2009 - World Jewish Congress

* Large swastika daubed on window of Jewish business premises in Melbourne.
* Antisemitic graffiti and swastikas daubed on Jewish day school in Melbourne.
* The car of the family of a rabbi had the word ―Jew‖ painted on it while parked at their
home in Perth.
* Graffiti in Canberra suburbs ―Kill all the fucking Jews‖ and swastikas.
* A swastika and the words ―Kill the F‘cking Jews Go Hamas‖ daubed in Canberra shopping
centre.
* Swastika drawn on door of synagogue in Sydney.
* Antisemitic graffiti ―JEW$‖ in large letters in red paint on highway in Queensland.
* Houses, cars and shops in Melbourne‘s western suburbs were daubed with graffiti including
―FUCK JEWS‖.
3.6 Hate Email
In 1995 the Jewish community received its first report of harassment of a member through
the use of electronic mail.
The ability of a person to remain anonymous and to send messages cheaply has made email
the favoured means of communicating hate messages by Australian antisemites. During the
period in review over sixty percent of all incidents reported were emails. There is no
discernible difference in the themes contained in email messages to those sent through the
postal service or communicated by telephone.
The receipt of abusive, threatening and other antisemitic email sent to individuals and
communal offices was reported at a rate of almost twice a day in the year in review. The total
during this reporting period was almost six times the average and sixty percent greater than
the previous worst year.
Examples of email harassment and abuse included:
* An abusive e-mail accusing ―Jew‖ of ―murder‖ sent to synagogue in Melbourne.
* Antisemitic e-mail, attacking Jews in the context of the US election sent to Jewish
organisations in Sydney. The same e-mailer sent anti-Israel material to the same recipients.
* Abusive e-mail making direct Israel/Nazi analogy, sent to Jewish organisation in Sydney.
* An Australian ―human rights activist‖ sent e-mail from Sydney to Jewish recipient saying
―you Jews are real motherfucker bastards . . . you guys are simply assholes . . . I wonder why
God himself hate the Jews‖.
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