Ashamed to Admit
Ashamed to Admit
The Jewish Independent
Unsilenced: Lee Kofman's Fight Against Doxxing and Antisemitism in Australia's Arts and Creative Industry
46 minutes Posted Jul 28, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
Introduction to Lee Kaufman
Jewish Friendship Circles Post-October 7
Growing Up Jewish in Soviet Russia
Becoming Religious in the USSR
From Refusenik to Israel
WhatsApp Group and Doxxing Crisis
Professional Fallout and Creative Silencing
The 'Ruptured' Essay Collection
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Lee Kofman and her family survived Soviet persecution as refuseniks in the 1970s, but nothing could prepare her for what happened when she tried to support fellow Jewish creatives in Australia after October 7th. The acclaimed author and writing teacher created a WhatsApp group (later vilified as 'Zio600') for Jewish artists and academics, only to see the private conversations leaked and members' personal details publicly doxxed. She lost most of her teaching work overnight, but she won't be s...