Australia, Antisemitic

Antisemitic attacks escalate in Australia
Australia has been grappling with a spate of antisemitic attacks on synagogues, buildings and cars since the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war in late 2023.
Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals
Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.
Antisemitic attack on synagogue thwarted in Australia
Law enforcement discovered an RV loaded with explosives in Sydney, with the address of a synagogue found inside written on a piece of paper
Spate of Violent Antisemitic Attacks Rattles Australia
The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved in the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.
Authorities vow action after cars torched, home vandalized in latest antisemitic attack in Australia
Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.
Australia Investigates if Foreign Actors Were Behind Recent String of Antisemitic Attacks
Detectives in Australia are investigating whether foreign actors paying criminals are behind the recent string of antisemitic attacks.
Australian police find explosives they suspect are part of an antisemitic plot
Australian police say they suspect explosives stashed on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major cit
Australian police link stash of explosives and list of Jewish targets to an antisemitic plot
Australian police believe explosives found on Sydney’s outskirts were evidence of a deadly escalation in a campaign of antisemitic arson and graffiti crimes that has been waged in major
Australia Police Says Foiled Antisemitic Attack Involving Explosives
Australian police said on Wednesday they had foiled a planned antisemitic attack involving explosives in New South Wales state. (Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Sydney; Editing by Christopher Cushing) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.
Australia faces 'worst antisemitism' in history amid ‘hopeless’ Albanese government response
The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan claims Australia faces its “worst antisemitism” in the nation’s history.
Australia: Holiday controversy, antisemitism and neo-Nazis
There are fears of a rise in antisemitism after a rally in Adelaide at the weekend, notorious underworld figure Sam 'The ...
80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, amid rising antisemitism, the memory of the Holocaust remains contentious
The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.
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Police investigate whether foreign actors are paying for antisemitic crimes in Australia
Australia Federal Police Commissioner Reece ... Kershaw told federal and state government leaders on Tuesday in a briefing on antisemitism that detectives were investigating 15 serious allegations ...
Australia investigating if overseas actors funding anti-Semitic activities
The Australian Federal Police said it has opened an investigation on Wednesday to determine if local criminals are being paid ...
Safety fears and antisemitism concerns over Gaza
An exclusive survey shows a surge in concern about community safety since the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.
‘Repugnant and frightening’: Labor and Greens ‘recklessly irresponsible’ on antisemitism
Sky News host Chris Kenny says the antisemitism Australia has seen and is experiencing is “repugnant and frightening”.
Stop ‘grotesque’ politicising of antisemitism: Dreyfus at Auschwitz
In Poland for a Holocaust remembrance service, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus took aim at those he says are politicising ...