Impact of antisemitism on kids heard at inquiry<\/a><\/p>\nUnlike her idyllic childhood, Natalie Levy’s children now attend school surrounded by security and swastikas graffitied on buildings.<\/p>\n
He said he was disappointed the Saints Netball Club had not acted swiftly to condemn the woman’s alleged behaviour during the match.<\/p>\n
“The first response should have been from the woman’s own club, from other parents on her team to say, ‘You have brought us into disgrace’,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This is just not acceptable in any circumstance. They should have moved her on.<\/p>\n
“There are no immediate consequences. People don’t know how to react and therefore it becomes tolerated.”<\/p>\n
‘Provisionally suspended’\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement posted online, the Saints Netball Club said it “unequivocally condemns and disavows antisemitism in all forms”.<\/p>\n
“Such remarks do not reflect the values, principles, or standards of our club, our members, our players, or our wide community,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
“The Saints Netball Club offers our sincerest and most unreserved apologies to the Jewish community and to those affected.”<\/p>\n
Randwick Netball Association said it would not tolerate antisemitic or discriminatory behaviour.<\/p>\n
“We are working with Netball NSW to apply the applicable integrity framework as we investigate and respond to the matter,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Mark Falvo, Netball Australia’s interim CEO, said the local and state bodies had their “full support”, and that there were repercussions for the woman involved.<\/p>\n
“The individual alleged to have made the comments has been provisionally suspended from attending or participating in any netball activities or attending netball locations while the matter is investigated,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“We will continue to engage with the local netball and Jewish communities and work together to send a message that netball is safe and inclusive for all.”<\/p>\n
The ABC has made attempts to contact the woman involved.<\/p>\n
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NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe called the alleged incident “absolutely unacceptable”. (ABC News)<\/p>\n
On Sunday, NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe said she was “horrified” by the “absolutely unacceptable” alleged incident.<\/p>\n
“Kids playing sport on a Saturday morning, particularly Jewish kids, should not have to deal with that \u2014 nor should their families,” she said.<\/p>\n
Comments come amid Royal Commission<\/p>\n
The incident comes after the first week of hearings at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.<\/p>\n
AJAX football club president Daniel Onas told the inquiry this week there had been an “unprecedented” rise in incidents in community sport, including players being told “Hitler should have finished you off”, and a Jewish parent being called “a bloody Jew” during a match.<\/p>\n
Mr Ryvchin said he hoped the woman involved in the netball incident would receive a life ban from attending future games, saying it was “a perfect case study of what has been going on in our society for too long”.<\/p>\n
“To have this sort of abhorrent, vile behaviour on the sidelines of a netball game, it’s just ridiculous. No-one should have to put up with this, and we’re not going put up this,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has been charged after allegedly making antisemitic comments during an under-12 girls netball game in Sydney.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[92041,9903,64,63,157571,319579,319577,43520,319580,44,4277,319578,214098,319581],"class_list":["post-661532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-alex-ryvchin","tag-antisemitism","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-executive-council-of-australian-jewry","tag-heffron-park","tag-maccabi-nsw-netball","tag-netball-australia","tag-netball-centre","tag-news","tag-nsw-police","tag-randwick-netball-association","tag-royal-commission-on-antisemitism-and-social-cohesion","tag-saints-netball-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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