By Paul Hunt (Chief Human Rights Commissioner) and Meng Foon (Race Relations Commissioner) for Stuff…

Today marked the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and the United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The day is an opportunity to reflect on anti-semitism in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2019, a UN independent human rights report by Ahmed Shaheed found that anti-semitism has increased globally. Shaheed defined the term anti-semitism to mean prejudice against, or hatred of Jews.

We are not immune here in New Zealand.

Last year a survey revealed increasing anti-semitism in New Zealand. The survey found 70 members of New Zealand’s Jewish community had experienced anti-semitic verbal insults and three had been physically attacked in the previous 12 months.

Read the full article on Stuff here.