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Australia’s Jewish History Might Have Unfolded Differently
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (413+ words) Thursday, January 1st | 12 Tevet 5786 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 and violence directed at Jews following the October 7 Hamas terror attack on…...
Sydney to Project Menorah on Harbour Bridge During New Year’s Eve Celebration in Tribute to Bondi Beach Attack
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (268+ words) Monday, December 29th | 10 Tevet 5786 The city of Sydney, Australia, changed plans on Monday for its New Year's Eve celebration to include a projection of a menorah on Harbour Bridge in honor of the 15 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack during…...
Candace Owens and the Dangerous Myth of ‘Talmudic Jews’
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (457+ words) Monday, December 29th | 9 Tevet 5786 In a recent viral video responding to Ben Shapiro's accurate description of her long-standing pattern of spreading baseless fear and animus, Candace Owens urged her audience to "wake up" about Jews, Judaism, and what she called "Talmudic…...
We Need Elie Wiesel’s ‘Against Despair’ Right Now
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (677+ words) Monday, December 29th | 9 Tevet 5786 As antisemitism is again surging across the world, it can feel frightening and isolating to be Jewish. The familiar question returns: how do we hold on to our identity and our pride, when the world seems intent…...
Melbourne Firebombing Suspect Identified as Jewish Community Calls for Federal Royal Commission
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (561+ words) Friday, December 26th | 6 Tevet 5786 Australian police have identified a person of interest in a Christmas morning arson attack on a vehicle with Hanukkah decorations, marking the latest antisemitic incident in Australia as the local Jewish community continues to face a growing…...
Billie Eilish and the Erasure of Antisemitism After Australia’s Terror Attack
1+ week, 1+ day ago (409+ words) Wednesday, December 24th | 4 Tevet 5786 On Sunday, December 14, the Australian Jewish community was shattered by a'horrific terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 15 people, including a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi, and a 10-year-old girl. This was not random violence. The attackers did…...
The Unheralded Jewish Hero of Bondi Beach: When Strength Means Standing for Others
1+ week, 2+ day ago (748+ words) Tuesday, December 23rd | 3 Tevet 5786 Something important happened at Bondi Beach " not only because of the horror inflicted there, but because of how a few ordinary people responded when violence arrived. The brutality of the Sydney massacre was shocking. But so were…...
Does the Term Antisemitism Properly Convey People’s Hatred of Israel and Jews?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (347+ words) Monday, December 22nd | 2 Tevet 5786 Something happened while I was writing a book about how to fight antisemitism. Forget internal arguments over hyphens or whether to call it "Jew-hate." A new movement is beginning to form around using the word "antizionism" instead....
Achieving the Impossible: Commemorating the 120th Yahrzeit of the Sdei Chemed
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1542+ words) Monday, December 22nd | 2 Tevet 5786 Hanukkah is a Yom Tov that commemorates Klal Yisroel facing impossible odds and overcoming them. How appropriate that the 19th-century gadol, Rav Chaim Chizkiyahu Medini, known as the Sdei Chemed, passed away just before Hanukkah, since in…...
Australia PM Says Jewish Community ‘Completely Unbreakable’ After Bondi Attack
1+ week, 5+ day ago (544+ words) Saturday, December 20th | 30 Kislev 5786 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that the country's Jewish community was "completely unbreakable" after attending a memorial at a Sydney synagogue for the victims of a mass shooting attack on a seaside Hanukkah celebration....