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
Australia enacts harsher punishments for hate crimes The move follows criticism that authorities are not doing enough to curb antisemitic attacks. Feb. 6, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
Anti-Israel rioters clash with police in Melbourne Thirty-nine people were arrested and 24 officers were hurt at the protest in Australia's second-largest city. Sept. 11, 2024
The hectic life of Guy Sasson, world-ranked Israeli wheelchair tennis player “The Jewish community was a huge support—with Israeli flags (some bearing the slogan ‘Bring the Hostages Back’) and shouting in Hebrew,” he said. Howard Blas Feb. 12, 2024
