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

Rob Klein — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:49:55 +0000

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. Her father, Reuven Morrison, was killed in the Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre while trying to stop the terrorists. Now, recently appointed as Combat Antisemitism […]

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Your ABC just told Jewish Australians where they stand

Michael Gencher — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:51:56 +0000

Sometimes an institution does not need to issue a statement. Its decisions say enough. The ABC’s decision to give Grace Tame a taxpayer-funded platform, through the podcast Autistic AF with Grace Tame, comes while Australia is in the middle of a serious reckoning over antisemitism. That matters. Timing matters. Judgement matters. And this decision tells […]

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Bankstown nurses seek to exclude key video evidence

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:06:15 +0000

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. The recording was made on Chatruletka, an anonymous video chat service that randomly connects users. The court was told the platform’s terms warn users […]

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

Rob Klein — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:05:48 +0000

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. The Emmy Award-winning actress, producer and activist was the guest of honour at the event, held at Randwick Racecourse on Sunday, 31 […]

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When Jewish advocacy is treated as suspicion

Michael Gencher — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:25:31 +0000

There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath the public discussion about antisemitism in Australia. Is the Jewish community being seen as too influential? Not influential in the ordinary democratic sense. Communities organise, lobby, make submissions, meet politicians, fund causes and argue for their place in public life every day. Business groups do it. Unions do […]

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FIFO worker pleads guilty to supporting Bondi Beach terrorists

J-Wire Newsdesk — Wed, 27 May 2026 07:42:19 +0000

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. Martin Thomas Glynn, 39, of Yangebup, appeared by video link from custody in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday 26 May 2026, where he admitted five charges. He is due to be […]

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Airport worker to face trial over alleged Nazi salutes at Jewish children

J-Wire News Service — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:01:13 +0000

A Melbourne airport worker accused of directing Nazi salutes at Jewish schoolchildren inside Melbourne Airport has pleaded not guilty and will fight the charges. Oscar Diaz Ysuiza, 24, from Greenvale in Melbourne’s north, appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with two counts of performing a Nazi salute in a public place in circumstances […]

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Commissioner condemns online abuse of Jewish witnesses

Rob Klein — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:12:15 +0000

Commissioner Virginia Bell has issued a dramatic warning to people intimidating and harassing Jewish witnesses who have given evidence to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Bell opened Tuesday’s hearing in Sydney by saying she was disturbed by reports of a “dramatic increase in online hate messages” directed at lived-experience witnesses who had […]

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Jewish school leaders gather at Kesser Torah in show of solidarity

Rob Klein — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:00:07 +0000

The Australian Council of Jewish Schools has held its annual Presidents and Principals conference at Kesser Torah College in Sydney, using the gathering to show support for a school community deeply affected by the Bondi terrorist attack. The two-day conference was held on Sunday and Monday, 24 and 25 May, bringing together leaders from Jewish […]

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Bondi attack security failures under Royal Commission scrutiny

J-Wire News Service — Thu, 21 May 2026 05:41:39 +0000

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion will turn its attention to the security and intelligence failures surrounding the Bondi terrorist attack when its second block of public hearings begins this Sydney on Monday, 25 May 2026. Hearing Block 2 will examine the circumstances of the 14 December 2025 attack at the Chanukah by […]

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