Not what I used to call home: Bondi attack shocks Australian Jews, tests national values - opinion

The Jewish community, already dismayed by the less-than-friendly stance to Israel of the current Labor government, is seeing a dim and grim Australia that it had not previously known.

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

(photo credit: NINE NETWORK/SEVEN NETWORK/AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION/Handout via REUTERS)

ByANNA KRYCER

DECEMBER 28, 2025 16:37

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Not what I used to call home: Bondi attack shocks Australian Jews, tests national values - opinion

The Jewish community, already dismayed by the less-than-friendly stance to Israel of the current Labor government, is seeing a dim and grim Australia that it had not previously known.

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