Asking the difficult questions

If we want to honour the Bondi victims and heroes alike, and reduce the likelihood of recurrence, we should ask not whether someone was known to ASIO but perhaps how hatred has been allowed to harden into something that made violence seem possible at all.

Implementing Segal’s plan

The government is under pressure to do more to address antisemitism in Australia in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, but it is still to respond to the report by antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal released back in July.

Australia let its Jewish citizens down

Anthony Albanese cut a lonely political figure laying a small bunch of flowers at Bondi on Monday morning, as the question confronted the nation: could more have been done by leaders, and the community, to prevent this tragedy?

Ruptured

Ruptured is a timely and powerful anthology that explores the fractured experiences of 36 Jewish women in Australia in the aftermath of the October 7 2023 Hamas attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza.

Segal’s antisemitism plan goes awry

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may be rueing what seemed a good idea at the time – the appointment of a special envoy to combat antisemitism and another to combat Islamophobia.

Will Segal’s plan reduce antisemitism?

The Albanese government appointed Jillian Segal as the nation’s first special envoy for combating antisemitism and her plan has just been released.

The plan has now been released. Let’s unpack it.

Defining antisemitism

Australian Jews have suffered a sharp increase in antisemitic attacks and vilification since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, unfortunately, Australia’s universities have struggled to even define antisemitism, let alone banish it from their campuses.

Confronting anti-semitic terrorism in Australia

The spate of attacks on Jewish people and properties in Australian cities, and the threat of an even more serious terrorist atrocity in the future, demands a firm and coordinated response from the Australian people, as well as its government, police and security services.

All aboard the caravan

The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia has seen some swift changes of political opinion as new laws are passed to punish antisemetic incitement and violence.

Stepping up on antisemitism

The federal government needs to lead a national debate on tackling the alarming rise of antisemitism in Australia and the spate of attacks on cars, buildings and schools in Sydney and Melbourne.

Strengthening NSW’s stand against antisemetic attacks

Antisemitism has no place in Australian society, and changing the law in NSW will send a quick message that the government is taking the ever-growing problem of antisemetic attacks more seriously.

Albanese on the back foot on antisemitism

Anthony Albanese points to the array of measures his government has taken to tackle the scourge of antisemitism but he can’t escape the impression of seeming perennially on the back foot and often lacking adequate empathy and sensitivity in dealing with the issue.