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Behind the Aegis

(54,875 posts)
Tue Feb 6, 2024, 03:52 PM Feb 2024

(JEWISH GROUP) Antisemitism Down Under Is Turning Vicious Opinion

There's an old joke that Australians are so laid back they're in constant danger of falling over. Known for its sun, surf and occasionally shark attacks, Australia has gone from being the easy-going land Down Under to experiencing a surge of antisemitism that most Jews thought was relegated to the dark annals of Jewish history.

In the line of fire are Australian-Jewish actors, musicians, writers, and others in the traditionally left-wing arts community. They are being pushed by fellow artists to denounce Israel as a modern-day Satan or be banished from the local arts scene.

The attacks and vitriol have shades of Mao's Cultural Revolution where people were publicly humiliated as subversives before being banished to work camps. In this modern-day Australian twist, Jews are simply fired or excommunicated from their artistic communities.

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Based largely on an influx of Holocaust survivors after World War Two, there are just 100,000 Jews in Australia, or 0.4 percent of the population. The community is so small that 'Jewish' isn't listed as a religion on the national census. Jews have to write their religion next to the word "Other." Some leave it blank, remembering how such information was used by the Nazis for deportation lists to concentration camps.

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(JEWISH GROUP) Antisemitism Down Under Is Turning Vicious Opinion (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2024 OP
It's Not much better anywhere now sellitman Feb 2024 #1
This should come as a surprise to nobody. madaboutharry Feb 2024 #2

madaboutharry

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2. This should come as a surprise to nobody.
Tue Feb 6, 2024, 04:30 PM
Feb 2024

A person doesn’t turn into a vile hater on a dime. The far-left circles these Jewish artisans travelled in have always been ripe with animosity for Jews and ugly antisemitism. The only thing that has changed is that people are now enabled to say out loud what they really think.
The boycotting of Jewish businesses, the firing of people because they are Jews, Jews being “excommunicated” from their communities are evidence of the depth of antisemitism that simmered under the surface. That didn’t start on October 7th.

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