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Sydney welcomed 2026 with fireworks under heightened security, honoring victims of a deadly antisemitic attack as police deployed in force across the city.

A menorah was projected on the pylons of Harbor Bridge, as the annual Sydney fireworks display was held with enhanced police presence, weeks after ‌gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish event in the city. Several New Year ‍events planned in Bondi were cancelled

'Sydney and New South Wales have changed forever as a result of that terrorist activity,' the state premier told reporters. Pro-Palestine and activist groups slam 'draconian anti-protest laws' and plan legal challenge

The University of Sydney staffer had allegedly yelled antisemitic comments at Jewish students and staff, with a video showing her calling Sukkot celebrants "parasites."

Ben English, editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, described a city and a staff running on adrenaline, confronting a type of violence many Australians never expected to see on their own shoreline.

A Uni of Sydney staffer was suspended after calling Jewish students “parasites” during a Sukkot event. A formal investigation is underway.

Tens of thousands joined pro-Palestinian rallies across Australia, including a 30,000-strong march in Sydney, amid Israel’s Gaza pullback.

A 16-year-old boy faces multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a Jewish man at knifepoint on a Sydney train, marking a disturbing rise in hate crimes in New South Wales.

Other suspects were arrested in relation to the Mount Sinai College incident, and were allegedly part of a criminal network orchestrating a series of antisemitic incidents across the state.

Sydney crime syndicate used antisemitic attacks to mislead police and reduce sentences, authorities reveal after mass arrests linked to arson, vandalism, and a fabricated terror plot.

The men allegedly firebombed and vandalism a Sydney home formerly owned by Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.

Synagogue president David Lewis and Chief Minister Dr. Rabbi Benjamin Elton were set to meet with Moore on Tuesday following the controversy.

The 21-year-old man was charged with intimidation intended to cause fear of physical harm.

The 33-year-old man Camperdown was arrested Tuesday in a Strike Force Pearl raid on two addresses in the area.

Police are investigating the Dover Heights incident that occurred before dawn.

Australia has seen a series of antisemitic incidents in the last year, including graffiti on buildings and cars in Sydney, as well as an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne that police have ruled as terrorism

A wave of antisemitic vandalism in Australia, including an attempted synagogue arson, has alarmed the Jewish community.

  Antisemitic vandalism has struck Australia once again as swastikas were discovered spray-painted early Friday morning on the Allawah Synagogue in southern Sydney. Law enforcement has immediately launched an investigation to identify and apprehend those responsible for the hate crime. New South Wales Premier Christopher Minns issued a forceful condemnation of the act, describing it […]

Police said that they were looking for a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean man who they believed could "assist with their inquiries."

Jewish employees have filed a claim against the University of Sydney, including possible criminal sanctions against the vice-chancellor, for what they say was a 'vicious racist campaign' that included constant aggression against Jews on campus