This Month
Muslim Vote opens new fronts against Labor in Western Sydney
The party’s problems in Western Sydney are getting worse as The Muslim Vote selects candidates for the marginal seats of Werriwa and Parramatta.
Trump crackdown forces academics to cancel US trips
University researchers are rewriting their travel plans over arrests and rejections at the US border.
Trump threatens $14.4b in Harvard funding over antisemitism
The latest escalation against Ivy League universities follows a recent withdrawal of funding to Columbia University.
March
Anti-Jewish attitudes are ‘baked into the Western inheritance’
Many of us are advocates for much of what the West has brought to the world, but the portion of its foundations that are anti-Jewish and antisemitic have to be removed and replaced, warns Rabbi Benjamin Elton.
Antisemitism video nurse turns up to court surrounded by dark-clad men
Key evidence allegedly showing two former nurses discussing killing Israeli patients will face a legal challenge, threatening their prosecution.
Donors mull ditching ‘divisive’ Sydney Writers’ Festival
Private donors are said to be reconsidering up to $500,000 of annual support, concerned the festival is becoming too partisan after departure of former chair Kathy Shand.
Alfred highlights need to fix insurance industry
Readers’ letters on the insurance industry after Cyclone Alfred, Peter Dutton’s nuclear power policy, attacks against Australian Muslims, Donald Trump’s policy and the share market slump.
Jewish community queries police on ‘bizarre’ antisemitic incidents
NSW Premier Chris Minns has defended labelling discovery of explosives at Dural terrorism, after accusations of “hyperbolic” and “kneejerk” response.
Organised crime not antisemitism behind explosives, graffiti: police
Police believe one organised criminal was behind both the discovery of explosives in a caravan at Dural and multiple crimes directed at Sydney’s Jewish community.
Arrests in NSW, WA over alleged antisemitic and Islamophobic threats
Police have charged a nurse who allegedly threatened Jewish patients, while in WA a 16-year-old who allegedly threatened a mosque was charged for false alarm.
Numbers show antisemitism in Australia can’t compare to Islamophobia
It’s possible to see the relative intensity of the two problems – for Jews it’s worse by about sixty to one.
February
Research funding body suspends grant to pro-Palestinian academic
Controversial academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has said Zionists “have no claim or right to cultural safety”, has had her $870,000 research grant suspended.
Antisemitic video leads to charges for nurse, Sydney school protest
A Sydney nurse has been charged with threatening to kill, while a related protest by schoolboys on Wednesday morning was condemned as antisemitic.
PM promises $3.2b for Victorian transport upgrades
Anthony Albanese promised to fund and build an airport railway in Melbourne; Peter Dutton denies insider trading claims. How the day unfolded.
Why antisemitism has become spy chief’s No. 1 worry
ASIO boss Mike Burgess fears anti-Jewish hatred has become normalised.
Judge lets rip at intolerant universities as source of antisemitism
Justice Michael Lee blames antisemitism on cancel culture and intellectual conformity in universities.
Synagogue to mosque, the legal profession gathers in a divided city
Members of the NSW and federal judiciary, along with solicitors and barristers, gather for traditional religious ceremonies at a time of heightened tension.
Jewish hate crimes yet to plateau, ASIO boss warns
The top spy used an annual threat assessment to warn the fallout from the October 7 Hamas terror attacks includes Jews being conflated with Israel’s actions.
Don’t neglect the human elements of productivity
Readers’ letters on the downsides of digital service delivery; Peter Dutton and big insurers; anti-hate speech legislation; RBA promises; offshore wind farms; and cost blowouts.
Australian Jewish leaders to raise millions to fight antisemitism
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg will chair a fundraising group that aims to help stamp out hate speech.