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‘Greatest threat’: dire warning on antisemitic attacks

AAP — Tue, 12 May 2026 05:28:05 +0000

A spate of antisemitic firebombings and graffiti attacks has prompted a judge to warn that shadowy overseas actors are seeking to fracture Australian society. A man behind a series of antisemitic attacks has lost his appeal, as a judge issued an ominous warning about overseas figures trying to divide Australian society. Nicholas James Alexander, 33, […]

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Behind every Royal Commission witness are hundreds too afraid to speak

Rob Klein — Mon, 11 May 2026 06:20:16 +0000

For every witness who has appeared before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, there are likely thousands of other Jewish Australians with equally compelling stories who have chosen not to testify publicly. Many fear repercussions for themselves and their families at work, at school, at university and online. One of them is Sydney […]

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Mother shocked by racist and antisemitic graffiti at local playground

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 01 May 2026 05:50:50 +0000

A mother in Rolleston near Christchurch, New Zealand, says she felt sick and unsafe after discovering racist and antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika, at a children’s playground used by her young son. Amanda Cursino, a Brazilian national who has lived in the Selwyn district for about six months, found the graffiti at Ackland Park on […]

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Taskforce steps up national response to antisemitism in education

Rob Klein — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:14:18 +0000

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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Residents crack Rose Bay grandmother’s antisemitic graffiti spree

J-Wire Newsdesk — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:56:41 +0000

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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Bondi Beach hit by antisemitic graffiti attack as police hunt two suspects

Rob Klein — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:40:52 +0000

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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Police release CCTV after Melbourne antisemitic graffiti attacks

Rob Klein — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:32:06 +0000

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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Police investigate “hateful” antisemitic graffiti in the Gold Coast

Rob Klein — Wed, 28 May 2025 08:02:41 +0000

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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Man charged with 53 hate crimes after being caught red-handed in Sydney’s Inner West

Rob Klein — Sun, 18 May 2025 08:25:10 +0000

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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Third man charged over antisemitic attack on former home of Jewish leader

Rob Klein — Tue, 06 May 2025 07:25:06 +0000

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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