Antisemitism is a ‘light sleeper’ in Australia, ECAJ president warns royal commission

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion received more than 20,000 submissions, one of the largest public responses to an Australian royal commission.

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UK Labour frontrunner faces questions over Israel and antisemitism

Andy Burnham’s record on Israel, Gaza and antisemitism is coming under renewed scrutiny after he entered the race to succeed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Labour leader.

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Antisemitism is pushing more Western immigration, Israeli data shows

Israel recorded a sharp drop in Jewish immigration last year while simultaneously seeing a significant surge in arrivals from Western countries. Read more

Health regulator adopts IHRA definition in healthcare antisemitism response

Australia’s health regulator, Ahpra, has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism as a reference tool in its work, as part of a broader push to combat antisemitism, racism and discrimination in healthcare.

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Meta faces scrutiny as Facebook algorithm amplifies Holocaust hate

Meta is facing renewed scrutiny over its handling of online antisemitism just days before company representatives are due to appear before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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Podcast: L’Chaim to Life

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What message does government secrecy send?

The federal government’s attempt to keep information from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion raises a question that goes well beyond Cabinet confidentiality.

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Alleged school terror plot raises alarm over antisemitic and racist radicalisation

A 13-year-old Queensland boy accused of plotting an attack on a primary school allegedly discussed hatred of Jewish people and Black people and mass murder online, a court heard on Wednesday.

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Mum denies antisemitism at kids’ netball game

A mother accused of hurling an antisemitic insult during a children’s netball game is set to fight the charge. Read more

Antisemitism inquiry gets full counter-terrorism data

The antisemitism royal commission has once again knocked back a government bid to keep documents about counter-terrorism funding secret. Read more

Reader’s letter: “Six months after Bondi”

I’m not Jewish, but I travelled from over 1 hour away to be at Archer Park last night to show my support.

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Civic vacuum helped fuel antisemitism, researcher states

The rise in antisemitism since October 7, 2023 and the Bondi terror attack last December is not simply a security or legal problem.

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Royal Commission to examine online hate and media antisemitism

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will turn its attention to online hate speech, social media platforms and antisemitism in traditional media when it resumes public hearings in Sydney later this month.

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Bondi memorial hears community chose pride over fear

More than 200 members of Sydney’s Jewish community, together with victims’ families, survivors, first responders and supporters, gathered in the rain at Bondi Beach on Sunday night to mark six months since the December 14 terrorist attack that claimed 15 lives.

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‘The New York Times’ blood libel against Israel should be mocked

Those appalling Jews are at it again. In what at first glance might sound like a shocking story, first reported in Variety and The New York Times, and then spread around the world by Al Jazeera, two well-known Jewish people said something awful that supposedly warranted condemnation. Read more

Permanent memorial to honour lives lost in Bondi attack

A memorial for the 15 victims of the Bondi terror attack is set to be installed as part of an $8.3 million funding package to help the Jewish community recover. Read more

Group of Eight report calls for stronger action against campus antisemitism

Australia’s leading universities have been urged to give vice chancellors clearer authority to act quickly on antisemitism on campus, including by building direct relationships with senior police before crises arise.

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Neo-Nazi linked man charged over alleged threats to royal commission witness

A Northern Rivers man linked to the National Socialist Network has been charged after allegedly sending offensive emails to a witness before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

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Victorian Jewish groups offered grants for healing after Bondi

Victorian Jewish organisations will be able to apply for new one-off wellbeing grants announced today in a move aimed at helping the community recover from the Bondi Beach terror attack and the continuing strain of antisemitism.

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When fear takes hold, how do communities keep talking?

Earlier this year, Rabbi Zalman Kastel had a personal encounter with some people that seemed to him to be antisemitic.

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Bondi sunrise service honours victims of tragedy

As the sun rose over Bondi Beach on Tuesday, members of the Sydney Jewish community came together to mark six months since the terror attack that shook Australia and the Jewish world.

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Jewish teacher says school failed to act on antisemitic abuse

 A Jewish educator at a Victorian government secondary college has told the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion she felt unsupported after facing repeated antisemitic harassment from students.

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Instagram algorithm pushes users toward antisemitic content within days, watchdog warns

Instagram’s recommendation algorithm can rapidly funnel ordinary users from mainstream self-improvement content toward antisemitic conspiracy theories and extremist propaganda within days, a U.S.-based antisemitism watchdog organisation reported on Wednesday. Read more

Jewish leaders disappointed in decision to acquit antizionist

A Melbourne magistrate found that antizionist activist Hash Tayeh, the former owner of the Burgertory restaurant chain, used insulting words in public when he led a crowd in chanting “all Zionists are terrorists”.

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After Bondi, a daughter’s grief becomes a national mission

Sheina Gutnick says Australia’s response to antisemitism must move from national hearings and public statements into local communities, where hatred is often first seen and where practical action can be taken.

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Your ABC just told Jewish Australians where they stand

Sometimes an institution does not need to issue a statement. Its decisions say enough. Read more

Bankstown nurses seek to exclude key video evidence

A Sydney court has heard a bid to exclude a video at the centre of the prosecution of two former Bankstown Hospital nurses accused of making antisemitic threats against Israeli patients.

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Debra Messing tells JCA gala it’s time for Jews to be louder and prouder

Actress Debra Messing has urged Sydney’s Jewish community to stand openly and proudly as Jews, telling JCA’s major campaign event that the answer to antisemitism is not silence but courage, unity and identity.

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When Jewish advocacy is treated as suspicion

There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath the public discussion about antisemitism in Australia. Read more

FIFO worker pleads guilty to supporting Bondi Beach terrorists

A Perth fly-in fly-out worker who praised the Bondi Beach terrorists hours after the attack has pleaded guilty to racial harassment and weapons offences.

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