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People travelled from around the world to commemorate the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue.

Almost a year after synagogue firebombing, Jews gather in sorrow – and fear

International Jewish leaders have been told Australia has suffered the world’s most dramatic rise in the percentage of hate incidents against Jews during the past two years.

  • Tony Wright

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An Attica dessert, whipped emu egg with quandong.
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Attica

A world-class restaurant entering its third decade.

Rippers’ salad sanger.

Rippers

An old cottage next to Ripponlea Station serving one of the best salad sangers in town.

  • Dani Valent
Zelda croissants, crowned Melbourne’s best.

Zelda Bakery

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Salad sandwich at Rippers Ripponlea.

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
CCTV shows the blue sedan used in the attack on the Ripponlea synagogue.

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
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Chef-restaurateur Ben Shewry at Attica in 2024.
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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
A heritage home in Ripponlea.

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
Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann at the Pillars of Light celebration at Federation Square on Wednesday evening.

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
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Adass Israel Synagogue on Tuesday.

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

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