Sydney, Jewish

Wave of attacks on Sydney's Jewish and Muslim communities points to 'serious issues with racism', anti-Semitism historians say
On Friday, anti-Semitic graffiti was reported in Sydney. Hours later, Islamophobic graffiti was found. Jewish historians say the trend is in line with a complex issue underlying Australian society.
Cars torched in anti-Semitic attack at Dover Heights home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
Two cars were torched, more were covered in graffiti, and a home was splashed with paint in a hate crime at Dover Heights in Sydney’s eastern suburbs just before 4am on Friday. The anti-Semitic attack on Military Rd comes amid a grim increase in crimes against the Jewish community in Australia.
Former Home of Jewish Leader Vandalised, Cars Torched in Sydney
The attack, the third targeting the Jewish community in Sydney in two months, happened on a property once owned by Alex Ryvchin, the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of the Australian Jewry,
Sydney home vandalised in anti-Semitic attack previously owned by prominent Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin
Multiple cars were set alight and at least one painted with offensive slurs in Dover Heights in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
‘Devastating’: Jewish advocate condemns recent antisemitism vandalism in Sydney's east
Jewish advocate Marnie Perlstein has expressed concern over the recent antisemitic attack in Sydney’s east. Emergency services were called to Dover Heights on Friday morning after cars had been graffitied and set alight.
Sydney man, 44, first to be charged in AFP antisemitism crackdown after allegedly making death threats to members of a Jewish organisation
A Western Sydney man has been charged with allegedly making death threats to members of a Jewish organisation.
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Sydney Uni academics request human rights watchdog throw out complaint of antisemitism
The complainants simply don't have a case,' says a pair of academics accused of antisemitism over comments made following the ...
Sydney man becomes first person charged under AFP crackdown on antisemitism
The Australian Federal Police taskforce set up to tackle antisemitism has charged its first person — a 44-year-old Blacktown ...
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2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas
Two synagogues in Sydney were defaced on consecutive days with swastikas and other antisemitic language.
Cars torched and sprayed with anti-Semitic messages in Sydney suburb
Cars have been torched and sprayed with a barrage of anti-Semitic messages in an affluent suburb in Sydney’s east.
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Sydney synagogue attack condemned as ‘massive escalation’ in antisemitism
Police have set up a special task force to probe an attack on another synagogue in southern Sydney’s Allawah suburb on Friday. 10 years after the Hypercacher attack: Rise in anti-semitic acts in ...
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Antisemitism building up, needs to stop, Sydney official says after synagogue attack
David Ossip, president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, says he welcomes extra resources promised by the government to probe recent incidents of antisemitism, indicating that security ...
Greens fan flames of Sydney’s escalating anti-Semitism ‘tinderbox’
Sydney’s inner west – encompassing part of Anthony Albanese’s electorate – has become a “tinderbox” after a spate of ...
Western Sydney man the first to be charged by federal antisemitism task force
A Western Sydney man has become the first person to be charged under the federal police’s special anti-Semitism taskforce.
Antisemitism and Islamophobia are not the only things rupturing our communities
Conflict entrepreneurs politicise conversations over the Middle East and then decry the breakdown in social cohesion. They’re ...