Australia
January 25, 2025, 10:00 pm
Honours for Jewish Aussies
A number of Jewish Australians have received Australia Day Honours this year for their significant contributions to both country and community.
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses the UN General Assembly in September this year. Photo: AP Photo/Pamela Smith
January 24, 2025, 1:02 pm
Petition calls for Penny Wong not to represent Australia at Auschwitz
'Throughout her tenure, she [Wong] has not shown the level of understanding, empathy or compassion that our community expects and deserves'
By Gareth Narunsky
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber. On January 21, 2025, he finally called a meeting of national cabinet to discuss rising antisemitism.
January 23, 2025, 11:27 am
Prime Minister convenes national cabinet
The decision came after Albanese that morning attended the site where a Sydney daycare centre close to Maroubra Synagogue and Mount Sinai College was firebombed.
By Shane Desiatnik
In Dover Heights cars were set ablaze, antisemitic slogans were graffitied on firebombed cars and the former house of Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin was doused in red paint.
January 23, 2025, 9:44 am
‘This is a campaign of domestic terrorism’
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip said the incident “should outrage and disturb all Australians”.
By Carly Adno
A burnt out car with antisemitic graffiti is towed away in Dover Heights, Sydney, Friday, January 17, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Neve Brissendeni
January 23, 2025, 8:00 am
Finally
What is also significant is that the vile attacks in Dover Heights and Maroubra occurred after the Israel-Hamas hostage-ceasefire deal was announced.
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Photo: Facebook
January 22, 2025, 4:26 pm
AFP looking into overseas involvement in hate crimes
'We are looking at if – or how - they have been paid, for example in cryptocurrency, which can take longer to identify,' Commissioner says
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A childcare centre in Maroubra was targeted in an attack overnight.
January 21, 2025, 9:54 am
Childcare centre targeted in latest Sydney hate attack
'This isn’t just a string of antisemitic hate crimes - this is a campaign of domestic terrorism and needs to be treated as the crisis it is'
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AFP officers execute a search warrant at a home in Blacktown.
January 17, 2025, 5:24 pm
Man charged over death threat to Jewish organisation
First charges laid in Sydney under Special Operation Avalite, which was established in December following the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne
By Gareth Narunsky
A burnt out car with antisemitic graffiti is towed away in Dover Heights, Sydney, Friday, January 17, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Neve Brissendeni
January 17, 2025, 8:22 am
Antisemitic vandals target home once owned by high-profile Jewish leader
In the latest attack, this time in Dover Heights, 'a number of vehicles were sprayed with graffiti, two vehicles were set alight, and a house was splashed with paint'.
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Mark Leibler (right) with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in Jerusalem.
January 16, 2025, 3:40 pm
Mark Leibler meets with Gideon Sa’ar
Leibler described it as a productive exchange focused on the relationship between Australia and Israel, and the deeply troubling uptick in antisemitism in Australia
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Demonstrators react after a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was announced. Photo: Itai Ron/Flash90
January 16, 2025, 11:11 am
Australian leaders react to hostage and ceasefire deal
"The Jewish world will never forget the sacrifices made by Israeli servicemen and women, including 407 who made the ultimate sacrifice," said Alex Ryvchin.
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at a campaign rally in Melbourne on January 12. Photo: Facebook
January 16, 2025, 10:39 am
Dutton pledges to ‘mend’ Israel relationship
"In the first days of a Coalition government, I will call the Prime Minister of Israel to mend the relationship that Labor has trashed," Peter Dutton pledged.
By Sharyn Kolieb
Police tape around the Torah-shaped door handles of the Adass Israel synagogue after it was fire bombed.
January 16, 2025, 8:06 am
Action now
Our Prime Minister insists he has done everything he can to curb the problem. ECAJ co-CEO Alex Ryvchin says he can do more.
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Rabbi Eli Schlanger and his son Nossen place the Torah, which has a significant history, in the ark at Chabad of Bondi.
January 15, 2025, 2:55 pm
An incredible story spanning generations
From Poland to Sydney, a bar mitzvah amidst rising antisemitism
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Giselle Haber. On January 21, 2025, he finally called a meeting of national cabinet to discuss rising antisemitism.
January 14, 2025, 10:31 pm
PM meets state leaders over Jew hate
'The rise of antisemitism is abhorrent and there is no place for the kind of hate speech and attacks we have seen recently in our country'
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