Police are investigating an “outburst of hate” directed at a group Jewish schoolgirls from Melbourne’s Beth Rivkah College on Monday.
Victoria Police is investigating another incident of anti-Semitic abuse after five Jewish schoolgirls were subjected to an"outburst of hate" from two men on Monday.
Anti-Defamation Commission chair Dr Dvir Abramovich said the incident had shaken and outraged Melbourne’s Jewish community. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui “Imagine the terror—the sheer shock—of these young Jewish girls as the words ‘Heil Hitler’ were flung at them with cruel and calculated malice.The five Year 11 students were sitting at the front of a tram after finishing their VCE psychology exam when two men who had just disembarked allegedly approached the group and yelled “heil Hitler”. Picture: Sarah Matray
The Principal of Beth Rivkah Ladies College said it was “ironic” the girls had just finished a psychology exam. “Jewish school students should be able to proudly wear their uniforms on the streets of Melbourne without being subjected to anti-Semitic abuse,” Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler told the Post.
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