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Australia to observe national day of mourning to honour Bondi terror victims

The theme of the day will be ‘light will win, a gathering of unity and remembrance’

By Siam Goorwich

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Thousands gather for a candlelight vigil, one week after the Bondi Beach terror attack (Photo: Getty)

The pebbles at the memorial on Bondi Beach (Photo: Lawrence Cohen)

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Pebbles, flowers and a list of names: my visit to the Bondi Beach memorial

By Lawrence Cohen

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Shylock from The Merchant of Venice (Image: Holocaust Centre North)

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The Merchant of Venice postponed in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack due to antisemitism concerns

By Jamie Shapiro

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Bill Ackman presenting Ahmed al-Ahmed with the golden menorah at the NYC Chabad gala (Image: X: Ryan Rozbiani)

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Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed honoured with gold menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman

By Jamie Shapiro

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Australian Prime minister Anthony Albanese announced a royal commission into the Bondi Beach attack (Image: Getty Images)

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Australian Jews welcome Royal Commission into Bondi Beach attack

By Jamie Shapiro

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The cartoon, which is named "Grass roots" (Image: X/ Alex Ryvchin)

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Jewish leaders condemn Australian newspapers for Bondi cartoon featuring ‘anti-Semitic tropes’

By Jamie Shapiro

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Mourners pay their respects to the Bondi Beach shooting victims the day after the antisemitic terror attack (Photo: Getty)

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Bondi terror: Children’s author writes about about atrocity under headline ‘We don’t mourn fascists’

By JC Reporter

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Australian sports stars demand public inquiry into antisemitism and Bondi Beach attack

Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt and former national cricket captain Michael Clarke are among the athletes pressing for the inquiry

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

January 5, 2026 15:47

Legendary Australian Olympic swimmer Dawn Fraser speaks at a press conference announcing the open letter (Picture: X/ Sky News Australia)

Newborn baby named after Bondi Beach victim ‘refills family’s hearts with joy’

Henry Amzalak was born eight days after the murder of his great-grandfather Tibor Weitzen

By Simon Rocker

1 min read

December 31, 2025 15:30

Tibor Weitzen, 78, was affectionately known as "the lollipop man" because he regularly gave out sweets to children in synagogue (Photo: Chabad)

‘True hero’ Ahmed al Ahmed meets Israeli ambassador as NSW steps up policing for New Year events

The shopkeeper also met with NSW Premier Chris Minns

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 31, 2025 11:27

Ahmed al Ahmed, left, meets with Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon in Sydney (Photo: JNS/@IsraelinOZ/X)

Bondi Beach victims’ relatives demand national inquiry into antisemitism

In a letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the families said they needed to know how antisemitic hatred and Islamic extremism had been ‘allowed to grow’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 29, 2025 14:49

A candlelight vigil at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach (Photo: Getty)

Army could be sent in to protect Australian Jews after Bondi Beach attack

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns also said he was considering arming the Community Security Group, which serves a similar function to the CST

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

December 29, 2025 12:42

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said nothing was 'off the table' when discussing measures to protect the community (Image: Getty Images)

Sydney attackers made video condemning ‘Zionists’ before Isis-inspired mass shooting

Court filings also revealed that the two men hurled ‘viable’ homemade explosives at the crowd celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach, which fortunately failed to detonate

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

December 22, 2025 11:50

Sajid Akram undertaking 'firearms training' in rural New South Wales (New South Wales Police)

Israeli hero in coma after returning to face terrorists

Gefen Bitton chose to return to the scene in an act of ‘extreme courage’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

December 21, 2025 12:41

‘Our hearts are broken into pieces, but we’re standing tall’, Chief Rabbi tells Sydney community

In an address to the city’s Central Synagogue, Mirvis also urged Australia’s Jews not to let ‘our enemies define us’

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

December 21, 2025 12:29

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis speaks at a reception to celebrate Hanukkah at 10 Downing Street in London on December 16, 2025. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

By Nick Cohen

The unforgivable failure of liberals to confront anti-Zionists

The demand for the abolition of Israel is not just a threat to Jews but has been a provable disaster for the Palestinian cause for over 70 years

4 min read

December 19, 2025 15:59

Mourners gather in memory of the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. (Image: Getty)

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Sydney terror attack

Australia to observe national day of mourning to honour Bondi terror victims

Pebbles, flowers and a list of names: my visit to the Bondi Beach memorial

The Merchant of Venice postponed in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack due to antisemitism concerns

Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed honoured with gold menorah by Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman

Australian Jews welcome Royal Commission into Bondi Beach attack

Jewish leaders condemn Australian newspapers for Bondi cartoon featuring ‘anti-Semitic tropes’

Bondi terror: Children’s author writes about about atrocity under headline ‘We don’t mourn fascists’

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