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A Rebel From The Start: Setting The Record Straight
You’ve heard what they have to say about one of Australia’s most influential commentators. Now it’s time for him to tell you the whole story.
Avi Yemini has been labelled many things by mainstream media detractors and their political allies over the years, usually targeting his character by bad faith actors pretending to know him.
The Melbourne-based Rebel News reporter has been unable to (legally) respond to some of their worst smears — until now.
Usually, Avi tells others’ stories. Now he tells his.
In this tell-all book, Avi ends his uncharacteristic silence to set the record straight.
Trigger his story is always compelling but not always pretty.
Avi is the tenth of seventeen children raised in an ultra-orthodox Jewish home who found himself on the street, on drugs and on the wrong side of the law as a young teenager. He turned to the Israeli Army for salvation, then moved back to restart his life in Australia, only to find himself in a toxic relationship that has been weaponised by those who hate how he landed on his feet.
But every challenge Avi faced only helped form the popular personality, loving father and husband — and he’s only getting started.
Avi Yemini has been labelled many things by mainstream media detractors and their political allies over the years, usually targeting his character by bad faith actors pretending to know him.
The Melbourne-based Rebel News reporter has been unable to (legally) respond to some of their worst smears — until now.
Usually, Avi tells others’ stories. Now he tells his.
In this tell-all book, Avi ends his uncharacteristic silence to set the record straight.
Trigger his story is always compelling but not always pretty.
Avi is the tenth of seventeen children raised in an ultra-orthodox Jewish home who found himself on the street, on drugs and on the wrong side of the law as a young teenager. He turned to the Israeli Army for salvation, then moved back to restart his life in Australia, only to find himself in a toxic relationship that has been weaponised by those who hate how he landed on his feet.
But every challenge Avi faced only helped form the popular personality, loving father and husband — and he’s only getting started.
234 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 21, 2023
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June 26, 2023
I’d heard the author was a well known cooker, unfortunately there were no recipes of note to be found in this book.
Originally I thought I was reading the longest life story in the lead up to a recipe, alas, it was not the case, no recipe to be found in the end.
Instead all it presented was incoherent ramblings from someone who seems to be narcissistic and exploitative and actively dodges debate challenges from anyone that isn’t lissencephalic.
I’ve heard rumours as well that this man is a convicted domestic abuser, who assaulted his former partner with a chopping board.
Is this where he gets his reputation as a “cooker”?
Who knows?
Either way, I don’t know why anyone would financially support someone who seems to operate like another Sky News commentator.
Save your money and buy something worthwhile, or donate it to a deserving cause:
https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Suppor...
Originally I thought I was reading the longest life story in the lead up to a recipe, alas, it was not the case, no recipe to be found in the end.
Instead all it presented was incoherent ramblings from someone who seems to be narcissistic and exploitative and actively dodges debate challenges from anyone that isn’t lissencephalic.
I’ve heard rumours as well that this man is a convicted domestic abuser, who assaulted his former partner with a chopping board.
Is this where he gets his reputation as a “cooker”?
Who knows?
Either way, I don’t know why anyone would financially support someone who seems to operate like another Sky News commentator.
Save your money and buy something worthwhile, or donate it to a deserving cause:
https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Suppor...
July 25, 2023
Compelling Read
This book completely changed my view of Avi. So beautifully written, and such a compelling story. I found myself inspired by Avi's ability to rise up from the darkest depths, and his refusal to conform without seeking the truth, truly admirable.
In a world where the bystander effect runs rampant Avi's story is a breath of fresh air.
Do yourself a favour and read this book!
This book completely changed my view of Avi. So beautifully written, and such a compelling story. I found myself inspired by Avi's ability to rise up from the darkest depths, and his refusal to conform without seeking the truth, truly admirable.
In a world where the bystander effect runs rampant Avi's story is a breath of fresh air.
Do yourself a favour and read this book!
July 31, 2023
a page turner!
Couched in a frank and witty rendition of a tumultuous, exciting life, this book is an important record of the way in which our freedoms, rights and very way of life are rapidly being eroded. Thankfully there are the Avi’s of this crazy time in history out there exposing elitist control and awakening those who still trust the government and its foot soldiers. Thank you Avi
Couched in a frank and witty rendition of a tumultuous, exciting life, this book is an important record of the way in which our freedoms, rights and very way of life are rapidly being eroded. Thankfully there are the Avi’s of this crazy time in history out there exposing elitist control and awakening those who still trust the government and its foot soldiers. Thank you Avi
June 26, 2023
This man terrorised his partner for 8 years and threw a chopping board at her head, causing her injury. He is an extremist, and often deliberately causes arguments among others, hoping to provoke a reaction so he can claim to be a ‘victim’. He is dangerous human being and his book should be avoided, much like you’d avoid a bomb about to explode.
August 5, 2023
A really good, down to earth and enjoyable read
One gets the impression of a highly intelligent, loveable and amusingly annoying character, who is totally honest with both himself and others, and who thoroughly enjoys exposing the hypocrisy that unfortunately surrounds us today. Thank you Avi.
One gets the impression of a highly intelligent, loveable and amusingly annoying character, who is totally honest with both himself and others, and who thoroughly enjoys exposing the hypocrisy that unfortunately surrounds us today. Thank you Avi.
July 21, 2023
If we ever do go into lockdown again and toilet paper is sold out. Then this book has a purpose.
April 28, 2024
This has to be the worst propaganda puff piece I have ever read. Edward Bernays would be proud. If you want to see many lies and half truths in it debunked please see the 88 quotes and much more voluminous critique than what was quoted on my profile, but to destroy this man I will use his own words. His first act of "Journalism" was to put out a press release to defend his Chabad Lubavitch cult that has the doctrine of "metzitzah b'peh" or what the Jerusalem Post calls "oral suction" [of children's penises] as mandated by the Babylonian Talmud Shabbat 133a & b - look it up, that excommunicated his father for breaking the Jewish Racial Supremacism law of Meshira - reporting the crime of a Jew (such as the rape of 3 of his brothers) to an inferior goyim [non-Jewish] authority in this case the Victorian police force he loves to hate so much for reasons not fully disclosed in his book.
From my telegram - he censored this because I dug it up!
Who defends a baby penis sucking cult that got convicted of raping his own brother Manny Waks who got a million dollar payout then appoints himself Australia's ALT-Right leader?
News & Current Affairs | 06/02/2015 10:25:00 AM
Brother of Manny Waks says the Royal Commission is being told a distorted one-sided story
The current Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse is being told a very one-sided story and an exaggerated one at that, says former Yeshiva College student, Avraham Yemini. – the brother of another Yeshiva College student, Manny Waks, who was sexually abused in the 1990s by former Yeshivah employee David Cyprys.
The abuse in some of Melbourne’s Jewish educational institutions, should not have happened – and was mishandled by school leaders at the time – says Yemini.
But, while Yemini supports the Royal Commission’s broader investigation into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, he is seeking to have his voice heard too – a voice that tells a very different narrative to the current one being reported which claims that his brother and father are “heroes”.
Yemini has applied to ‘seek leave to appear’ in the public hearing and wants his perspective included in the investigation – that his brother Manny and father Zephania Waks have made exaggerated claims about the secondary impact of Manny coming forward.
“My father has made a big deal about this story of being ex-communicated from the Chabad community,” says Yemini. “He was never forced to leave, he was never bullied. He told all of us via email that they were selling the house and dividing their time between Melbourne and Israel for tax purposes. There are members of the Yeshivah community who took me and my siblings in, one by one, as we were kicked out onto the street by my father. He used to beat us for not being religious enough. Now he has shaved his beard in protest? It is the ultimate stunt.”
Yemini wants to speak to the Royal Commission to tell his story of “growing up in an abusive home of 17 children, in which we were forced to take on ultra-orthodox Jewish practices in an extreme and unhealthy way, often involving physical punishment and ultimately ostracism from the family if we didn’t conform”.
Yemini says he was kicked out of home at 13, lived in group homes and foster care, descended into petty crime “and a heroin addiction, which nearly killed me”.
“To see my father parading around portraying himself as a victim is making a mockery of the Royal Commission. The Melbourne public has a right to know the extent of the exaggeration and the Jewish community deserves a genuinely balanced investigation."
“My father was not ostricised by the community he simply wasn’t very well liked, long before my brother went public”, says Yemini.
Yemini wants to be heard, he says, “because I can see that there are many details that are being conveniently twisted in order to portray my father and my brother as victims of a powerful community. My father is an opportunist with a lot of grudges. What my brother experienced must be impossible to reconcile but my father shouldn't be allowed to discuss everyone else's role in it happening, without honestly disclosing his own."
“It is tragic that three of my brothers were sexually abused while they were students at Yeshivah. I think it is very important that the handling of Child Sexual Abuse be investigated and that appropriate action is taken to ensure that everyone involved with children is held accountable and held to a high standard of care. But it is one-dimensional to investigate the response of a community without allowing diverse perspectives to contribute to the overall findings. I know for a fact that many many people in the community feel mis-represented and bullied into silence by my brother and father.” “I just want to bring a little perspective, from my point of view, because the narrative that my brother and father have told to the Royal Commission has been a major exaggeration and a sad misplacement of anger and blame,” Yemini says.
Avraham Yemini is available for interview. For more information:
avi at idftraining com au
(Old phone number clipped)
"
From my telegram - he censored this because I dug it up!
Who defends a baby penis sucking cult that got convicted of raping his own brother Manny Waks who got a million dollar payout then appoints himself Australia's ALT-Right leader?
News & Current Affairs | 06/02/2015 10:25:00 AM
Brother of Manny Waks says the Royal Commission is being told a distorted one-sided story
The current Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse is being told a very one-sided story and an exaggerated one at that, says former Yeshiva College student, Avraham Yemini. – the brother of another Yeshiva College student, Manny Waks, who was sexually abused in the 1990s by former Yeshivah employee David Cyprys.
The abuse in some of Melbourne’s Jewish educational institutions, should not have happened – and was mishandled by school leaders at the time – says Yemini.
But, while Yemini supports the Royal Commission’s broader investigation into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, he is seeking to have his voice heard too – a voice that tells a very different narrative to the current one being reported which claims that his brother and father are “heroes”.
Yemini has applied to ‘seek leave to appear’ in the public hearing and wants his perspective included in the investigation – that his brother Manny and father Zephania Waks have made exaggerated claims about the secondary impact of Manny coming forward.
“My father has made a big deal about this story of being ex-communicated from the Chabad community,” says Yemini. “He was never forced to leave, he was never bullied. He told all of us via email that they were selling the house and dividing their time between Melbourne and Israel for tax purposes. There are members of the Yeshivah community who took me and my siblings in, one by one, as we were kicked out onto the street by my father. He used to beat us for not being religious enough. Now he has shaved his beard in protest? It is the ultimate stunt.”
Yemini wants to speak to the Royal Commission to tell his story of “growing up in an abusive home of 17 children, in which we were forced to take on ultra-orthodox Jewish practices in an extreme and unhealthy way, often involving physical punishment and ultimately ostracism from the family if we didn’t conform”.
Yemini says he was kicked out of home at 13, lived in group homes and foster care, descended into petty crime “and a heroin addiction, which nearly killed me”.
“To see my father parading around portraying himself as a victim is making a mockery of the Royal Commission. The Melbourne public has a right to know the extent of the exaggeration and the Jewish community deserves a genuinely balanced investigation."
“My father was not ostricised by the community he simply wasn’t very well liked, long before my brother went public”, says Yemini.
Yemini wants to be heard, he says, “because I can see that there are many details that are being conveniently twisted in order to portray my father and my brother as victims of a powerful community. My father is an opportunist with a lot of grudges. What my brother experienced must be impossible to reconcile but my father shouldn't be allowed to discuss everyone else's role in it happening, without honestly disclosing his own."
“It is tragic that three of my brothers were sexually abused while they were students at Yeshivah. I think it is very important that the handling of Child Sexual Abuse be investigated and that appropriate action is taken to ensure that everyone involved with children is held accountable and held to a high standard of care. But it is one-dimensional to investigate the response of a community without allowing diverse perspectives to contribute to the overall findings. I know for a fact that many many people in the community feel mis-represented and bullied into silence by my brother and father.” “I just want to bring a little perspective, from my point of view, because the narrative that my brother and father have told to the Royal Commission has been a major exaggeration and a sad misplacement of anger and blame,” Yemini says.
Avraham Yemini is available for interview. For more information:
avi at idftraining com au
(Old phone number clipped)
"
August 28, 2023
Fantastic read
Wow, Avi’s story is not what I expected at all & it was very interesting reading about his early life & how he got to where he is now. It’s clear that he has always had a mind of his own, even from when he was very young & that is a great trait to have!
Wow, Avi’s story is not what I expected at all & it was very interesting reading about his early life & how he got to where he is now. It’s clear that he has always had a mind of his own, even from when he was very young & that is a great trait to have!
July 8, 2023
Currently working as a pseudo journalist in Australia, Yemini graduated from shooting at kids and civilians throwing rocks in the Gaza Strip, to throwing chopping boards at his missus, being found guilty of the same along with using a carriage service to harass by sending abusive texts to her, along with breaching an intervention order in relation to video of a protected person. Yemeni was sued by a family member for defamation as well, alleging his family harbored a known pedophile in the family home. Obviously, a lack of hugs and affection runs through his life.
This book is a word salad and mish mash of far-right conspiracies with only a passing relationship with the truth, the record is as bent as a 1960's Sydney copper and hasn't been straightened at all.
With sales of not many units moved, the cost of Yemeni's legal bills including his failed attempt to sue the state of Victoria obviously drives this latest grift to "promote" his self-published tome.
No self-respecting publishing house would go near this train wreck of a book.
So, if you are considering forking out nearly thirty bucks for this book? DON'T, it will soon be in the $1 bin at the Salvos, and you can grab it and have a laugh.
This book is a word salad and mish mash of far-right conspiracies with only a passing relationship with the truth, the record is as bent as a 1960's Sydney copper and hasn't been straightened at all.
With sales of not many units moved, the cost of Yemeni's legal bills including his failed attempt to sue the state of Victoria obviously drives this latest grift to "promote" his self-published tome.
No self-respecting publishing house would go near this train wreck of a book.
So, if you are considering forking out nearly thirty bucks for this book? DON'T, it will soon be in the $1 bin at the Salvos, and you can grab it and have a laugh.
August 22, 2024
Avi Yemini's autobiography
Avi was born into an ultra-orthodox Jewish family, with 16 siblings in Australia. His self-identity as a rebel was apt because, as a teenager, he got involved with drugs and lived on the streets. His family tried sending him to reform schools around the world, but he would get kicked out. For a while, he served in the Israeli military. Eventually, he reformed, but he always had a way of thinking outside the box and wasn't hesitant to confront mainstream thinkers. His present role as a reporter for Rebel News seems to be a perfect fit for him. He doesn't hesitate to undercover the lies that mainstream media shoves on us and reveals what's really going on behind the scenes.
Avi was born into an ultra-orthodox Jewish family, with 16 siblings in Australia. His self-identity as a rebel was apt because, as a teenager, he got involved with drugs and lived on the streets. His family tried sending him to reform schools around the world, but he would get kicked out. For a while, he served in the Israeli military. Eventually, he reformed, but he always had a way of thinking outside the box and wasn't hesitant to confront mainstream thinkers. His present role as a reporter for Rebel News seems to be a perfect fit for him. He doesn't hesitate to undercover the lies that mainstream media shoves on us and reveals what's really going on behind the scenes.
June 28, 2023
This guy seems so clueless it's unreal. Everyone around him hates him and he can't see that it's because of his beliefs and the way he treats others around him. Does not mention that he pleaded the domestic violence case down from a knife to a chopping board. Blames his family for everything bad that has happened to him. A sad book from a sad little individual.
June 26, 2023
The author is brilliant and explain his view and the slander made against him. I would recommend every Aussie in Australia to read his book now that he's able to speak it's only fair in Australia we allow different opinion regardless of how you feel since that's the bed rock of Free Speech.
June 26, 2023
Never thought one book could enlighten me so much on chopping board history and their varied uses over time. Despite it appearing to have been written in crayons it's a 10/10 for me.
June 26, 2023
The author is a convicted domestic abuser
June 26, 2023
Not very absorbent and it backed my system up requiring a plumber to visit.
August 16, 2023
Most of those reviewing here have clearly not read it
February 14, 2024
This guy beats woman. Shit book written by a loser.
May 12, 2024
Overgrown child who talks a lot of rubbish.
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