antisemitic graffiti Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/antisemitic-graffiti/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:14:18 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Taskforce steps up national response to antisemitism in education https://www.jwire.com.au/taskforce-steps-up-national-response-to-antisemitism-in-education/ https://www.jwire.com.au/taskforce-steps-up-national-response-to-antisemitism-in-education/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:14:18 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179648 Universities are facing growing scrutiny over antisemitism as a national taskforce accelerates efforts to address rising incidents across schools and campuses. The Antisemitism Education Taskforce met in Sydney on April 7, with chair David Gonski and Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal reaffirming a whole-of-system response spanning early learning through to higher education. The […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/taskforce-steps-up-national-response-to-antisemitism-in-education/feed/ 0 179648 Residents crack Rose Bay grandmother’s antisemitic graffiti spree https://www.jwire.com.au/residents-crack-rose-bay-grandmothers-antisemitic-graffiti-spree/ https://www.jwire.com.au/residents-crack-rose-bay-grandmothers-antisemitic-graffiti-spree/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:56:41 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174846 A 71-year-old Rose Bay grandmother has been charged with six graffiti offences after a six month-long community effort by local residents who documented repeated antisemitic and anti-Israel vandalism across Sydney’s eastern suburbs and provided crucial evidence to police. Since mid-July 2025, residents along O’Sullivan Road woke to fresh graffiti almost every week. Walls, real estate […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/residents-crack-rose-bay-grandmothers-antisemitic-graffiti-spree/feed/ 1 174846 Bondi Beach hit by antisemitic graffiti attack as police hunt two suspects https://www.jwire.com.au/bondi-beach-hit-by-antisemitic-graffiti-attack-as-police-hunt-two-suspects/ https://www.jwire.com.au/bondi-beach-hit-by-antisemitic-graffiti-attack-as-police-hunt-two-suspects/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:40:52 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174725 Bondi Beach residents woke on Saturday to new antisemitic graffiti, the latest in a series of incidents that have unsettled the local Jewish community and prompted a renewed appeal from police for information. NSW Police confirmed officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were called to several locations after reports of offensive graffiti. The markings […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/bondi-beach-hit-by-antisemitic-graffiti-attack-as-police-hunt-two-suspects/feed/ 1 174725 Police release CCTV after Melbourne antisemitic graffiti attacks https://www.jwire.com.au/police-release-cctv-after-melbourne-antisemitic-graffiti-attacks-in-melbourne/ https://www.jwire.com.au/police-release-cctv-after-melbourne-antisemitic-graffiti-attacks-in-melbourne/#respond Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:32:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=173860 Victorian Police have released CCTV images of two men following a string of antisemitic vandalism incidents in Elsternwick and Abbotsford in July. Detectives from the Moorabbin Crime Investigation Unit say the men used stencils to spray paint antisemitic symbols at six sites in Elsternwick and two in Abbotsford in the early hours of Sunday 6 […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/police-release-cctv-after-melbourne-antisemitic-graffiti-attacks-in-melbourne/feed/ 0 173860 Police investigate “hateful” antisemitic graffiti in the Gold Coast https://www.jwire.com.au/police-investigate-hateful-antisemitic-graffiti-in-robina-queensland/ https://www.jwire.com.au/police-investigate-hateful-antisemitic-graffiti-in-robina-queensland/#comments Wed, 28 May 2025 08:02:41 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=169491 Queensland Police are investigating a shocking act of antisemitic vandalism discovered near Collyer Quays in Robina, Gold Coast. The graffiti includes a swastika, the phrase “kill all Jews,” and a cartoon historically used in Nazi propaganda. The graffiti includes a swastika, the phrase “kill all Jews,” and a cartoon historically used in Nazi propaganda. The […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/police-investigate-hateful-antisemitic-graffiti-in-robina-queensland/feed/ 3 169491 Man charged with 53 hate crimes after being caught red-handed in Sydney’s Inner West https://www.jwire.com.au/man-charged-with-53-hate-crimes/ https://www.jwire.com.au/man-charged-with-53-hate-crimes/#respond Sun, 18 May 2025 08:25:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=169196 A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged with 53 hate-related offences after police allegedly caught him in the act of spray-painting offensive graffiti in Petersham early Sunday morning. Felix John Jerzy Kiera was stopped by officers from the Inner West Police Area Command at around 12:20 a.m. while he was allegedly defacing community decals […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/man-charged-with-53-hate-crimes/feed/ 0 169196 Third man charged over antisemitic attack on former home of Jewish leader https://www.jwire.com.au/third-man-charged-over-antisemitic-attack/ https://www.jwire.com.au/third-man-charged-over-antisemitic-attack/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 07:25:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=168852  A third man has been charged over a deliberate antisemitic attack in Sydney’s east that targeted the former home of Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), amid a documented rise in hate-motivated incidents across the country. At around 3:45am on 17 January 2025, police were called to Military Road in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/third-man-charged-over-antisemitic-attack/feed/ 0 168852 Sydney woman charged as antisemitic graffiti probe expands under Strike Force Pearl https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-woman-charged-as-antisemitic-graffiti-probe-expands/ https://www.jwire.com.au/sydney-woman-charged-as-antisemitic-graffiti-probe-expands/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:26:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=168107 A 27-year-old woman was arrested and charged yesterday in connection with a string of antisemitic graffiti attacks that have shaken communities across Sydney’s eastern and southern suburbs as police expand their investigation under Strike Force Pearl. On Tuesday morning, detectives arrested the woman at a residence on Maloney Street, Eastlakes, as part of an ongoing […]

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