27 February 2025

Police and synagogue attendees shaken to the core by democracy

Social cohesion is supposedly the order of the day. Our rights are being steadily eroded in its honour. One would hardly imagine that a religious institution would host a political figure for whom fear and division are lifeblood. Yet, on Thursday, 20 February, Emanuel Synagogue hosted Peter Dutton.

29 January 2025

How can pro-Palestine protests be intimidating to Jews when Jews attend them?

Jillian Segal, a former President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and now Australia's controversial Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, has described weekly pro-Palestine protests as intimidatory to the Jewish community. Adding to this narrative, U.S. Rabbi Abraham Cooper has urged Kevin Rudd to move these protests away from the CBDs to “less disruptive and intimidating locations.”