Australia

From Bondi to Manchester: the cost of Western denial on antisemitism

Sydney lays bare the consequences of demonising Israel and shrinking from the fight against extremist ideology that now threatens Western societies themselves

By The JC Leader

2 min read

Police enforce a cordon after the terror attack on the Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Image: Getty)

Police cars at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Image: Getty)

By Stephen Pollard

Sydney terror deepens my doubts about the future of British Jews

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A member of the public at the scene pictured with her child, who is covered in an emergency blanket (Photo: Getty)

By Michael Wegier

A week ago I was praying with Chabad of Bondi Beach. Today they came under attack

2 min read

By Daniela Grudsky Ekstein

After Sydney, the chanukiah in the window matters more than ever

3 min read

Heavily armed Police at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach, December 14, 2025 (Credit: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

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UK Jewish community and religious leaders react to Bondi Beach terror attack

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Health workers put a patient into an ambulance after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Australian police said two people were in custody following reports of multiple gunshots on December 14 at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach, urging the public to take shelter. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Sydney terror attack

Chabad urges Jews across the UK for greater attendance at Chanukah events following Bondi Beach terror attack

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

A woman holds her baby in a blanket after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, December 14, 2025 (Credit: DAVID GRAY / AFP via Getty Images)

Sydney terror attack

Latest: Jews urged to show ‘resolve’ after terror attack at Chanukah event on Bondi Beach leaves 12 dead

By Daniel Ben-David

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J7 group of diaspora organisations call for more action on antisemitism during Australia trip

The umbrella organisation, of which the Board of Deputies is a member, represents some 90 per cent of the Jewish diaspora worldwide

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

December 11, 2025 13:21

Members of the Adass Israel Synagogue on December 06, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia, following an arson attack (Getty Images)

Australia lists IRGC as ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ after antisemitic arson spate

Canberra’s intelligence service found ‘credible evidence’ to link a series of anti-Jewish attacks to Tehran

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

November 27, 2025 13:51

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives for the welcome ceremony of the Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at Admiralty House on November 12, 2025 in Sydney, Australia (Getty Images)

Iranian who set fire to shul on Friday night driven by ‘mental illness’, judge rules

An Australian magistrate found that Angelo Loras had been in the grip of a delusion stemming from failure to take his schizophrenia medication

By Greg Rose

1 min read

November 24, 2025 16:31

A man with a keffiyah walks past the burnt front entrance of the Melbourne Synagogue after an alleged arson attack on it (Image: Getty)

Two men charged after Sydney childcare centre set on fire and synagogue vandalised

A wave of antisemitic attacks throughout January left the city’s Jewish community shaken

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

September 10, 2025 11:23

A blaze allegedly started by one of the men charged

‘Not in our back yard’: Sydney Jews confront Gaza mob on Bondi Beach

Pro-Palestine protests have taken place throughout the city – but locals fought back when one demonstration arrived in a heavily Jewish suburb

By JC Reporter

2 min read

September 8, 2025 11:19

Pro-Israel and Palestine protestors clashed on Bondi beach on Sunday (Image: YouTube)

By Gideon Cohen

I was in Israel during the Iran war – As a Jew, I felt safer there than in Australia

Both Jewish and Iranian diaspora groups have welcomed the news that our government will list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation. However, for many, it feels as though it’s too little, too late

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August 27, 2025 13:35

Demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Sydney's central business district on August 24, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Australia to proscribe IRGC after Iran-linked antisemitic attacks

Prime Minister Albanese said there was ‘credible intelligence’ that Tehran was behind arson attacks on a synagogue and a kosher catering firm last year

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 26, 2025 09:05

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that his government will proscribed the IRGC (Image: Getty)

Australia bars far-right MK hours before visit to meet victims of antisemitic attacks

Simcha Rothman was accused of ‘spreading hate and division’ by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 18, 2025 10:49

Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman has been banned from entering Australia hours before he was due to visit the country to meet the victims of recent antisemitic attacks (Image: Flash90)

Australia to recognise Palestinian state next month

Anthony Albanese followed the lead of his counterparts in France, Canada and the UK, with New Zealand also weighing up the move

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

August 11, 2025 09:02

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his government's intention to recognise a Palestinian state next month (Image: Getty)

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Australia

From Bondi to Manchester: the cost of Western denial on antisemitism

Sydney terror deepens my doubts about the future of British Jews

A week ago I was praying with Chabad of Bondi Beach. Today they came under attack

After Sydney, the chanukiah in the window matters more than ever

UK Jewish community and religious leaders react to Bondi Beach terror attack

Chabad urges Jews across the UK for greater attendance at Chanukah events following Bondi Beach terror attack

Latest: Jews urged to show ‘resolve’ after terror attack at Chanukah event on Bondi Beach leaves 12 dead

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