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Dreyfus calls for ban on protests outside synagogues, Jewish schools
Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus says Australia should consider banning protests outside synagogues and Jewish schools by introducing laws similar to those that protect abortion clinics. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Universities will have to define antisemitism under new standards
Universities will be required to define antisemitism and create transparent processes for complaints of racism as part of an overhaul of higher education standards being rolled out by the Albanese Government. Source: ABC News.
New Holocaust lessons for high schools
Teachers will be instructed how to teach teenagers about the Holocaust, through quality-controlled but potentially “disturbing” lessons about the evil of antisemitism in the Albanese Government’s new Social Cohesion Education Hub. Source: The Australian.
Government accepts 14 steps to tackle antisemitism
The Albanese Government has accepted all 14 recommendations made by antisemitism royal commissioner Virginia Bell in her interim report. Source: The Australian.
Special envoy says antisemitism a ‘virus’
A high-profile witness has told a royal commission that antisemitism is a “virus” which has evolved over time, with aggressors on the far right and far left of politics. Source: ABC News.
Holocaust survivor tells inquiry Jews in Australia ‘have become targets’
A Holocaust survivor has told the royal commission into antisemitism that Jews in Australia “have become targets” and that he is scared to wear his Star of David in public. Source: ABC News.
British archbishop condemns rising antisemitism in UK
A British archbishop who leads on dialogue with other faiths has condemned rising antisemitism as the likelihood of a terrorist attack in the United Kingdom was raised from “substantial” to “severe”. Source: The Tablet.
Public hearings to begin next month
Public hearing dates have been set for the Bondi royal commission, which will hear evidence on experiences of antisemitism five months on from the massacre at Bondi Beach. Source: The Australian.
Survivor’s optimistic words at reopening of education centre
Even the standing room was shoulder-to-shoulder at the official launch of the redeveloped Andrew Steiner Education Centre in the Adelaide Holocaust Museum, housed inside the Adelaide Archdiocese’s Fennescey House. Source: The Southern Cross.