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Suburban sandwiches: Three spots upping their area’s sanger game (and the must order)
Including a railway station gathering spot, a community cafe in lush surrounds and a deli giving spanakopita the toastie treatment.
- Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
Hooded figures, an underworld getaway car: Police allege link between synagogue, nightclub fires
Detectives have released never-before-seen footage and reveal they believe the same getaway car used in a Melbourne nightclub firebombing was used in the attack on a Ripponlea synagogue.
- Sherryn Groch, Cassandra Morgan and Alexander Darling
- Review
- Attica
Ben Shewry no longer consents to Attica being reviewed. Here’s why we did it anyway
Trailblazing Attica is still a world-class restaurant, and too important for us to ignore. But critic Besha Rodell finds the whole experience a little odd.
- Besha Rodell
- Opinion
- Life in the ’burbs
My suburb is one of Melbourne’s tiniest. I want to make it bigger
The heart of my suburb was ailing when we moved here – until something changed. Now my neighbours want to gatekeep it from new residents.
- Tom Hird
Festival of Lights much needed for Melbourne’s Jewish community
Jewish leaders say it has been a tough year but the arrival of Hanukkah – on the same day as Christmas – is helping to lift spirits.
- Benjamin Preiss
- Analysis
- Naked City
Finger-pointing and blame: The ugly attempts to gain votes from a terror event
For some reason, the most urgent issue after the Ripponlea synagogue firebombing was to declare a terrorist attack, even before investigators finished examining the crime scene.
- John Silvester
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
‘Those who struck against these sacred walls will be brought to justice’: My message to Jewish community
You are braver than the cowards that perpetrated this evil. You are stronger than the hatred that spurred them on. And you are not alone.
- Anthony Albanese
- Perspective
- Anthony Albanese
Albanese, in a yarmulke, is all but swallowed in an election-like scrum
The PM has visited the burnt-out remains of the Adass Israel synagogue, surrounded by a scrum of media and congregants.
- Tony Wright
Wong hits back at Netanyahu, links Israel to China, Russia
Penny Wong says Australia expects Israel to comply with international law in the same way it expects authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China to do so.
- Matthew Knott and Josefine Ganko
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