Australian Jewry

Australian mosques hold memorial services for 'pious and pure' Khamenei following his assassination

El Zahra Centre in Melbourne announced a Majlis [gathering] in commemoration of Khamenei, saying "We offer our condolences and congratulations to the presence of Imam Mahdi."

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
MAJLIS IN honor of Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei at Taha Association Center Melbourne.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks on the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 during a federal parliament sitting following the Bondi terror attack at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2026.

Australian PM condemns alleged mass casualty plot against mosques and parliament

Australian police charged a 20 year old man over an alleged terror plot targeting mosques, police headquarters and parliament, a case Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called deeply shocking.

|ByREUTERS
(Illustrative) Australian police patrol in central Melbourne, Australia, December 22, 2017.

Brisbane synagogue targeted in antisemitic hate crime, suspect arrested

A truck crashed into the gates of a Brisbane synagogue on Friday night, sparking an investigation into a suspected hate crime. Police swiftly arrested the 32-year-old suspect.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER, MATHILDA HELLER
Brandon Koschel delivering a speech in Sydney on January 26, 2026.

Australian who called Jews 'greatest enemy' of nation gets year in jail under new hate crime laws

"They [Jews] are an enemy to Western civilisation," said Brandon Koschel in an Australia Day speech, before being charged with publicly inciting hatred on the grounds of race.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

Australia’s Jews face lurking antisemitism after October 7 in a once 'goldene medina'

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler on how Australian Jews were shocked by both the wave of antisemitism post-October 7 and the silence that followed.

NOVEMBER 29, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Australian Jewry has been confronted by the reality that antisemitism never went away, Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler told the ‘Post.’ Here, protesters hold placards and flags during a rally against antisemitism at The Domain in 2024, in Sydney.