The Times of Israel

Australian Jews and Muslims still hang hopes on fragile dialogue after Bondi attack

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:07:31 +0000

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

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With Australia awash in antisemitism, a Jewish cleaner scrubs off Melbourne’s swastikas for free

Sat, 30 May 2026 04:55:00 +0000

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

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Daily Briefing May 21 – Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia

Thu, 21 May 2026 10:30:54 +0000

Melbourne-based writer Nomi Kaltmann weighs in from Melbourne on Australia's emotional, ongoing Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion

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Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change

Fri, 08 May 2026 13:01:16 +0000

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

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Reviewing massacre footage, Bondi hero’s daughter discovers more of her dad’s bravery

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:57:05 +0000

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

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Daily Briefing Feb. 10 – Explosive anti-Israel protests mar Herzog’s Australia tour

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:29:20 +0000

Nomi Kaltmann weighs in from Melbourne on Canberra's impotent actions following the Bondi Beach massacre of 15, and how Israel's president is stirring up strong, but mixed, emotions

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Will Herzog’s Australia visit and new legislation assuage Jews’ fears after Bondi attack?

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:02:25 +0000

After lackluster response to skyrocketing antisemitism following Oct. 7, Canberra now pivots. But calls for Israeli president's arrest show anti-Zionism is deeply entrenched

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104-year-old Warsaw Ghetto survivor in Australia gives vivid testimony of uprising

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 23:22:57 +0000

Some 35,000 survivors made their way down under post-WWII. Berysz Aurbach is a rare firsthand witness of the Jews' revolt against their Nazi oppressors on Passover of 1943

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Why one of Australia’s best-known Aboriginal activists is taking a stand on Israel

Sat, 23 Nov 2024 07:38:29 +0000

Nova Peris is an Olympic gold medalist, former parliamentarian, and well-known advocate for her people's equality - and she's bucking many on the left to support the Jewish state

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Aussie Jews step up pro-Israel activism as rebel anti-Zionist group raises its profile

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:20:37 +0000

Post-Oct. 7, most of the Jewish community was caught off guard by a lack of public support, which it has made up for with grassroots and institutional efforts to aid the Jewish state

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Post-Oct. 7 antisemitism upends an Australian Jewish community with Holocaust history

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 01:28:33 +0000

Accused of being nefarious lobbyists, Aussie Jews are shaken by increasingly bold displays of hatred amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war

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In Australia, a new Holocaust museum doubles down on its mission after Oct. 7

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:12:50 +0000

Because many of the Queensland Holocaust Museum's visitors have never met a Jew, its strategy of outreach takes on added importance in its quest to educate on racial tolerance

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Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestine protest that had ‘gas the Jews’ chants

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:04:16 +0000

Police are investigating a separate incident in Melbourne in which a group of men allegedly said they were 'on the hunt to kill Jews'

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How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:34:30 +0000

Known for its religious outreach, the Chabad movement often sets up outposts in towns with small Jewish populations, but this effort in the outback takes the (honey) cake

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In remote Tasmania, Jews welcome a rare visit from a former Israeli chief rabbi

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:34:13 +0000

The first such visit in 72 years is a boost for the small but growing community established by Jewish convicts in 1804 and considered far-flung even by Australian standards

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