Posts Tagged: Australia Jews
Confidence, Not Relief: What Jewish Australians Need from Their Country
Recently, my wife and I attended a comedy fundraiser. It should have been a simple night out with friends, but I began running scenarios in...
Did the Bondi Attack Actually Change Australia?
The Bondi terrorist attack on December 14, 2025, changed Australia. But in many ways, it also didn’t. The shock of watching a murderous rampage unfold at one...
One Month After Bondi: The View From Australia
It’s been one month since the horrific events of December 14, 2025, when Australia’s Jewish community came under a direct and violent assault at Bondi...
Australia’s Jewish History Might Have Unfolded Differently
The deadly pogrom that took place in Australia at a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach was the culmination of more than two years of hate...
Years of Ignored Antisemitism Led to Terror in Australia — and the Media Helped Normalize It
Years of hatred and antisemitism that was swept aside or outright denied led to one of the most horrific attacks on the Jewish people in...
Sydney’s Hanukkah Attack Must Be the Western World’s Final Wake-Up Call
Last Sunday, in Australia, more than 1,000 Jews gathered on Bondi Beach to proudly and publicly celebrate Hanukkah. Tragically, many of those families returned home without...
I’m an Australian Jew: Your Support, and Support From Around the World, Really Matters to Us
Last Sunday, on the Bondi Beach beachfront, something broke in Australian society. Two Jihadi terrorists -- a father and son -- decided to "Globalize the Intifada,"...
Hanukkah After Bondi Beach: We Must Not Retreat
The attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach took place at a public Hanukkah celebration -- an openly Jewish gathering marking a holiday meant to symbolize continuity,...
Australia’s ‘Hanukkah Massacre’ Is Worse Than You Think
Chabad’s "Hanukkah by the Sea" event near Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, turned into a bloody massacre on Sunday: 15 murdered and dozens more injured,...
When ‘Context’ Becomes Complicity — The Language That Incited the Bondi Beach Massacre
On Sunday, a Chabad Hanukkah candle-lighting at Bondi Beach was turned into a massacre. At least 16 people are dead. Witnesses report that the terrorists...
Will Anything Change After Bondi — and How Will the Story End?
Jews arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. That is the Australian equivalent of the Mayflower, albeit with convicts. From their earliest days, Australian...
Shock Poll: Does the Silent Majority in Australia — and Beyond — Actually Exist?
On July 29, 2025, a national poll in Australia delivered a deeply unsettling message: perhaps the “silent majority” that we believed in for so long...
They Firebombed Our Synagogues — And You Said Nothing
A synagogue was set on fire. Again. Since October 7, Jewish houses of worship have been torched in Germany, France, Australia, Canada, the United States, and...
Former Australian Nurses Charged Over Threatening Viral Video Banned from NDIS
Two former Australian nurses who were charged over a viral video in which they allegedly threatened to kill Israeli patients have been banned from working...
