The Jewish community of Australia has long served as a model of integration, resilience and commitment. For decades, it has stood in constant solidarity with Israel, nurturing a relationship defined by deep emotional bonds and shared historical memory.
Many Holocaust survivors rebuilt their shattered lives on Australian shores, laying the foundations of communities that remain among the strongest Jewish centers in the Diaspora. Despite the vast physical distance from Israel, the connection has never been a matter of miles, but of heart and spirit.
Yet since Oct. 7, the reality for Australian Jews has changed. What was once an undercurrent of antisemitism has become increasingly overt, and in some cases, brazen. Antisemitism in Australia did not appear suddenly; it has always existed bene