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How Australia went from ‘goldene medina’ to ‘vitriol and vilification’ of Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY In recent months, Australia has witnessed a troubling rise in antisemitic incidents, leading to significant concerns within the Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityZionismJewish InstitutionsMelbourneAustraliaViolencePolitical ResponseVictoria

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"The Adass Israel congregation in Melbourne held a funeral on Tuesday, not for a person, but for two truckloads of religious texts."
Victoria, Australia
"On the same day, the government of Victoria, the Australian state with the largest Jewish population, moved to ban protests."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"A car was set ablaze in Sydney a crime also eventually declared a terrorist attack."
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
"in part because of actual incidents like the firebombing [of Adass Israel] and the subsequent bombing of a car in [Sydney suburb] Woollahra."
Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
"The governments response is it wants to tone things down, not increase the temperature, but all it has done is allow far-left activists to keep pushing further and further, he said. As a Jewish member of [state] Parliament representing the largest Jewish area in Australia, Caulfield, I have raised this time and time again and the response has been very minimal."

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