Good morning. Antisemitism often appears to arrive in sudden shocks. A violent terror attack. A spray-painted wall. A racist assault that plunges Jewish communities into fear and forces the rest of society to pay attention.
The end of 2025 brought two such horrors: the attack on a Manchester synagogue, which killed two British Jewish worshippers, and the Bondi beach attack, which killed 15 people. Together, those events hardened a sense among much of the Jewish diaspora that a hatred long woven into history is once again intensifying.
