Juliet MosesJuliet Moses

Juliet Moses is spokesperson for the NZ Jewish Council.

Why is New Zealand intent on honouring the legacy of an unrepentant Nazi?

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Last week, 97-year-old Cantabrian Willi Huber, a decorated Nazi officer lauded for his role in the establishment of Mt Hutt ski field, died. Juliet Moses says it is an indictment on this country that there has been no real reckoning with his past. Cantabrian Willi Huber died last week. If you’re not a skier, you … Read more

A very different kind of Passover, in lockdown New Zealand

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This Passover, we won’t be attending synagogue, we won’t be participating in large raucous dinners and sharing our food with our extended family and friends, we won’t be welcoming strangers into our homes, as Jewish people are instructed to do, writes Juliet Moses. Tonight, on what is hopefully the halfway point of our lockdown period, … Read more

The BSA ruling on a ‘Jew’ slur loaded with centuries of persecution is utterly feeble

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The ruling from the broadcasting regulator on a plainly anti-Semitic comment is unacceptable and suggests we have failed to learn the lessons of March 15, writes Juliet Moses of the NZ Jewish Council. Yesterday a ruling came out from the Broadcasting Standards Authority, otherwise known as the BSA, that was, frankly, BS. It considered whether … Read more