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Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images.
Man charged over synagogue arson in Melbourne
Netanyahu urged Australia to act, vowing Israel’s support for the Jewish community against hate crimes.
JNS Staff
July 6, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese walks out of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Dec. 10, 2024. Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images.
Israeli, Jewish leaders denounce synagogue, restaurant attacks in Melbourne
"There have been too many antisemitic attacks in Australia. The government must do more to fight this poisonous disease," FM Gideon Sa'ar said.
JNS Staff
July 5, 2025
Graffiti on the wall of a recently closed-down Jewish-run business in Melbourne. Credit: Courtesy of the Zionist Federation of Australia.
Swastika drawn on Australian Holocaust survivors’ ex-address
"Gas the Jews" was also written on the recently shuttered store of the Gottlieb family in Melbourne.
Feb. 17, 2025
Graffiti discovered in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 2, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the Australian Jewish Association.
Australia enacts harsher punishments for hate crimes
The move follows criticism that authorities are not doing enough to curb antisemitic attacks.
Feb. 6, 2025
Congregation members recover items from the Adass Israel Synagogue on Dec. 6, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images.
Police searching for three suspects in Melbourne synagogue ‘terror attack’
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the creation of a federal police taskforce to combat antisemitism.
Dec. 9, 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Credit: Australian Government via Wikimedia Commons.
Netanyahu ties Melbourne shul attack to Labor government’s ‘extreme anti-Israelism’
Incidents of Jew-hatred have surged in Australia since the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Amelie Botbol
Dec. 6, 2024
The Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea in Melbourne, Australia, on April 12, 2018. The community is made up of about 200 families who live in a square-kilometer block in the Ripponlea neighborhood. Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images.
Fire heavily damages Melbourne synagogue, investigation underway
The Chassidic synagogue was the subject of a 2016 documentary film called “Strictly Jewish: The Secret World of Adass Israel.”
Faygie Holt
Dec. 5, 2024
Thom Yorke, Aug. 22, 2022. Credit: Ralph PH via Wikimedia Commons.
Radiohead frontman exits stage after confronting pro-Hamas protester
Thom Yorke immediately stopped the band's performance to respond, "Don't stand there like a coward."
Nov. 1, 2024
A pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 21, 2023. Credit: Bookish Worm via Wikimedia Commons.
Australia introduces hate-crime legislation as antisemitism rises
The move comes amid an increase in acts targeting the Australian Jewish and pro-Israel community in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre.
Sept. 12, 2024