Bondi Beach mass shooting

Australia to hold first antisemitism commission hearing after Bondi Beach interim report

The Commission, which will first focus on tasks involving the definition of antisemitism, will hold the block of hearings until next Friday.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) speaks on the Royal Commission on last year's mass shooting incident in Sydney on April 30, 2026.
GENERAL VIEW of the memorial at Bondi Pavilion on December 21, 2025 in Sydney, Australia.

Australian choir denies that antisemitism influenced canceling Bondi victims benefit concert

The June 28 Concert for Hope and Unity collaborative event with the Hellenic Choir and the Sydney Jewish Choral Society was reported to have been canceled on Monday by The Australian.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Grandparents of 10-year-old Matilda, who was killed during a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, grieve at the floral memorial to honour the victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Initial Australian inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting calls for counter-terrorism reforms

Australian Prime Minister Albanese assured his government would adopt all the initial recommendations made by the Royal Commission, established in January following pressure from Jewish groups.

|ByREUTERS, MATHILDA HELLER
Community members gather outside of Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach, Sydney, following the deadly shooting on a Hanukkah party, Dec. 15, 2025.

Concert to benefit Bondi Beach victims canceled after Greek choir refuses to sing with Jews

Australian Jews have faced mass anti-Israel protests, exclusion from arts and other communities, and spasms of violence since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the resulting war in Gaza.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world - opinion

True prayer lights the heart and softens the soul; it cannot be weaponized without losing meaning.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN
An illustrative photograph of a man wearing tefillin

President Isaac Herzog brings Israel’s embrace to Australian Jews as protests rage outside

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: Despite protests, Herzog’s trip to Australia underscored Israel's solidarity with the Jewish community following the Bondi Beach massacre.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026ByHERB KEINON
'We are one big family, and when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain.’ President Isaac Herzog used his trip to Australia to act as Israel’s comforter-in-chief for the stricken community after the Bondi Beach terrorist attack in December.

In Australia, President Isaac Herzog tells anti-Israel demonstrators to protest Iran instead

Herzog said it was “obscure and odd” that heavy police protection was needed to ensure Jews could gather peacefully with the president of Israel.

FEBRUARY 12, 2026ByHERB KEINON
ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT Isaac Herzog speaks during his state visit to Australia following a deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, in Melbourne, Australia, February 12, 2026.

‘Death to Herzog’ scrawled at Melbourne University as protests expected on visit's final day

Pro-Palestine protesters will rally in Melbourne on Thursday amid ongoing demonstrations and violent clashes during President Herzog's visit to Australia.

FEBRUARY 12, 2026ByREUTERS
A protester holds aloft a placard as they march during the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Melbourne on February 12, 2026

Watch: Herzog calls for ‘new beginning' in Israel-Australia relations as protests persist

The Australian PM thanked Herzog for the "comfort" he brought to their Jewish community, hosting the Israeli president at the Parliament House as several hundred people protested the visit outside.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026ByHERB KEINON
Israel's President Isaac Herzog and the First Lady Michal Herzog plant an olive tree in the gardens at the Embassy of Israel on February 11, 2026 in Canberra, Australia.

Herzog's Australia visit reinforces the idea that when 'one Jew is hurt, all feel pain' - editorial

As he laid a wreath at the site of the Bondi Beach mass shooting on Monday, Herzog said, “When one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain.”

FEBRUARY 11, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets students at Moriah War Memorial College during his state visit following a deadly mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, February 10, 2026.

'Mutual responsibility': Israel recognizes Bondi casualties as victims of antisemitism

This state recognition 'expresses deep mutual responsibility and an unwavering commitment to fight antisemitism wherever it raises its head,' said WZO Chair Yaakov Hagoel

FEBRUARY 10, 2026ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
World Zionist Organization Chair Yaakov Hagoel and Jewish Agency Chair Doron Almog are seen alongside families of the Sydney terror attack victims during a solidarity visit to Australia, February 10, 2026.

Anti-Herzog Australian newspaper ads under fire for allegedly false, non-consensual signatures

The advertisement claims to list the names of over 1000 Jews who allegedly signed an open letter saying Herzog is not welcome in Australia.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Israeli President Isaac Herzog gestures after his speech at 'An Evening of Light & Solidarity' during his state visit to Australia, in Sydney, Australia, February 9, 2026.

Anti-Israel protests erupt in Australia as President Herzog visits Sydney in aftermath of Bondi

Herzog is visiting Australia this week following an invitation from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the aftermath of the December 14 shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByREUTERS
Police officers remove demonstrators gathered at Town Hall Square to protest against President Isaac Herzog's state visit to Australia, in Sydney, Australia, February 9, 2026

Herzog condemns ‘Globalize the Intifada’ as anti-Israel chant rings out in Sydney

President Herzog visits Bondi Beach to console victims of the massacre and address rising antisemitism amid protests and diplomatic tensions in Australia.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByHERB KEINON
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks after laying a wreath for victims of the December 14, 2025 gun attack at the Bondi Pavilion, in Sydney on February 9, 2026.