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Fast Forward Melbourne, Australia, synagogue set ablaze in suspected arson attack
The alleged attack occurred as the Australian Jewish community reported a fourfold increase in antisemitic incidents
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Fast Forward Australia saw antisemitic incidents quadruple after Oct. 7, Jewish group reports
The country was home to a number of high-profile incidents, including a mass doxxing that resulted in a threat against a Jewish child
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian race walker Jemima Montag wins second bronze medal in Paris
Montag captured bronze in the inaugural marathon mixed relay, days after placing third in the 20-kilometer race walk
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Fast Forward Australian canoeists Jessica and Noemie Fox join rare company as Jewish siblings to win Olympic gold medals
The Fox sisters each won gold in canoe slalom events in Paris, joining a small group of Jewish siblings to medal at the same Olympics
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News Jews felt Australia was a safe and boundless space. Then the Israel-Hamas war began, and everything changed
A community known for its disproportionate number of descendants of Holocaust sees change in the land they love, if only for being so far removed from the hatreds that plagued their forebears
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First Person What our son’s short life taught us about faith and tradition
We’re Jewish, but found strength in other's prayers — from Rama to rugby
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Fast Forward Leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand jointly call for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza
The leaders, all allies of Israel, join a growing chorus warning against an invasion of Rafah, which is packed with refugees.
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Fast Forward Australian Jews on high alert after public list of ‘Zionists’ fuels harassment
At least one family has gone into hiding, said a Jewish lawmaker
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