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Rabbi Ralph Genende, left, at an solidarity event following the Bondi Beach terror attack, in Melbourne, December 2025. (Courtesy)
September 4, 2026, 8:07 am
Australian Jews and Muslims still hang hopes on fragile dialogue after Bondi attack
Leaders say relations between communities at all-time low as antisemitism spike since Oct. 7 raises concern hatred is being normalized. A tenacious few refuse to let interfaith talks die
By Nomi Kaltmann
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, Chabad Director of Bondi, who lost his son-in-law Rabbi Eli Schlanger in the December 14, 2025, Bondi Beach massacre, is the last to testify to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, August 26, 2026. (ABC News Screenshot)
August 28, 2026, 7:36 pm
Full Text: At closing of commission, rabbi urges an Australia where Jews can be safe
The testimony of Rabbi Yehoram Ulman’s to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that closed the discussions in the wake of the Bondi massacre
By ToI Staff
Officials can be seen outside the venue of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 25, 2026. (DAVID GRAY/AFP)
August 28, 2026, 7:10 pm
Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism ends with Bondi rabbi’s plea for action
Set up after December’s Bondi Beach massacre to probe antisemitism in Australia, make recommendations on security, law enforcement and social cohesion, hearings end after more than 60 days, 340 witnesses; findings due in December
By ToI Staff and Agencies
People gather outside the Adass Israel Synagogue, December 9, 2024, after a firebombing in Melbourne, Australia. (Con Chronis/AAP Image via AP)
June 19, 2026, 8:36 pm
Police charge 3rd suspect in 2024 Melbourne synagogue arson allegedly directed by Iran
Australian police say they’re working with international partners in ongoing investigation, including to determine if three arsonists knew who ordered attack on house of worship
By Rod McGuirk
Rabbi Eli Schlanger in an undated photo (Courtesy)
June 15, 2026, 1:51 am
‘Bring light to the world’: Journalist preserves slain Bondi rabbi’s mission in joint book
Treatise on faith and purpose becomes a memorial for Rabbi Eli Schlanger after he was killed at the Hanukkah beach party he organized last December in Sydney
By Zev Stub
Heshy Adelist cleans antisemitic graffiti in Melbourne, Australia, in this undated photo taken after October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
May 30, 2026, 7:55 am
With Australia awash in antisemitism, a Jewish cleaner scrubs off Melbourne’s swastikas for free
Heshy Adelist says calls surged after Oct. 7, leading him to spend 1,000-plus hours removing hateful graffiti and send multiple submissions to Australia’s antisemitism commission
By Nomi Kaltmann
New South Wales police officers stand near members of the Australian Jewish community holding a memorial service for six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from the Gaza Strip, at Sydney's Bondi Beach on September 2, 2024. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
May 25, 2026, 11:15 am
Australia’s spy chief: Antisemitism was left unchecked after Oct. 7, became normalized
Testifying to inquiry into Bondi massacre, ASIO head says lack of response to hatred ‘gave more permission for violence,’ some celebrated the Hamas onslaught before Israel responded
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Witness Stefanie Schwartz speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)
May 8, 2026, 4:01 pm
Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change
Royal commission launched after Bondi massacre hears accounts of harassment, threats and fear as Jewish community fears unprecedented post-Oct. 7 surge in hate could be here to stay
By Nomi Kaltmann
Gunman Naveed Akram in the course of a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. (Screengrab used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
May 7, 2026, 8:45 am
Bondi Beach terrorist to face 19 extra charges over Hanukkah massacre
Officials say Naveed Akram faces extra charges over intent to murder and resisting arrest; hearing held over gag order on some names of victims and survivors of attack
By Agencies
Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed in an antisemitic terror shooting at Bondi Beach, speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)
May 4, 2026, 6:52 am
Australian Jews recount harrowing stories at Bondi massacre inquiry’s 1st public hearing
Royal commission head laments surge in antisemitic attacks since Hamas onslaught sparked Gaza war; daughter of Sydney victim says shooting shattered happy childhood memories from beach where her parents first met
By AFP
Rabbi Yossi Friedman speaks to people gathering at a flower memorial by the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach, December 16, 2025, following Sunday's antisemitic terror attack in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
April 29, 2026, 7:41 pm
Bondi Beach Hanukkah terror attack teaches valuable lessons to volunteer medics
Clinical lead of volunteer Jewish first responder charity urges communities to prepare themselves for disasters based on findings from attack, as it improved ability to respond
By Aidan Baron
Amy Hack as Yentl in a scene from 'Yentl' by the Kadimah Yiddish Theatre. (Courtesy of Kadimah)
April 2, 2026, 5:08 pm
A 19th-century drama hit with post-Oct. 7 fallout: Award-winning ‘Yentl’ goes to London
Running through April 12, an acclaimed Australian adaptation of the classic Isaac Bashevis Singer story travels abroad, despite what its writer describes as a global aversion to Jewish art
By Lianne Kolirin
Gunman Naveed Akram in the course of a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. (Screengrab used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
April 2, 2026, 12:35 pm
Bondi massacre terrorist loses bid to prevent media from reporting on his family
Lawyer for Naveed Akram, who with his father killed 15 at Hanukkah event, says relatives fear for their safety; court hears his mother gave interview to press
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Sheina Gutnick with her father, Reuven Morrison, who was murdered in the Bondi Beach terror attack on December 15, 2025, in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Gutnick)
March 31, 2026, 4:57 pm
Reviewing massacre footage, Bondi hero’s daughter discovers more of her dad’s bravery
Reuven Morrison was killed fighting the terrorists who murdered 15 at a Hanukkah party in Sydney. As his family marks his favorite holiday without him for the first time, they find a small comfort
By Nomi Kaltmann
A protester speaks through a megaphone as he stands with others holding flags and banners outside Flinders Street station during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026. (MARTIN KEEP / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 4:29 pm
Australian tribunal rules ‘All Zionists are terrorists’ chant is unlawful
Melbourne Jewish community representative successfully argues the protest slogan crosses from political speech into illegal racial and religious vilification as it incites against Jews
By ToI Staff
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