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Q&A | Peter Wertheim on Antisemitism in Australia

JL;DR SUMMARY Peter Wertheim, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, discusses the recent rise in antisemitism in Australia following heightened tensions related to events in Gaza. 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 CommunityHolocaust SurvivorsProtestsAustraliaViolencePolitical RhetoricWestern CultureGovernment Response

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"Earlier this month, a synagogue in Melbourne was targeted in an arson attack that authorities have characterized as antisemitic."
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"However, I think the torching of a synagogue in Melbourne, and then the torching of cars in a suburb in Sydney, which has a large concentration of Jewish residents, has been something of a wake-up call, and there now seems to be a little bit of a change of heart from the authorities."

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