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Australia recorded 1,654 anti-Jewish incidents in year to September – three times higher than any annual total before Gaza war

A pro-Palestine protest planned for the Sydney Opera House is headed to court while other vigils were staged on October 7 to mourn Gaza's war dead.

Warnings decision could have ‘chilling’ effect and limit scope of education on Middle East

Amid claims and counterclaims about the definition and prevalence of antisemitism and Islamophobia, experts say discussing them in the same frame can ‘generate allyship’

Twelve grim months on, many in the community are feeling targeted by hate and exhausted by conflict

The Albanese government has named Jewish lawyer and businesswoman Jillian Segal as the county’s first antisemitism special envoy. The appointment was made in response to rising incidents of violence against Jewish people against the backdrop of the Gaza war. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government would also soon appoint…

Mark Dreyfus tells National Press Club he is proud to be Jewish but he has observed ‘a shocking rise in antisemitism in Australia’

The Jewish Council of Australia hopes to offer an alternative view to the conservative organisations that claim to speak on behalf of a diverse community

Commission chief says organisation has actively condemned antisemitism as well as Islamophobia linked to Israel-Gaza war