Australia’s peak national Jewish body is calling for action to tackle an 'alarming' rise in antisemitic incidents.
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has released its annual report on antisemitism in Australia.There was a 41.9 per cent increase in antisemitic incidents in Australia over the past two years.
The incidents detailed in the report include physical assault, vandalism, verbal abuse, harassment and intimidation, hate messages, graffiti, and propaganda material such as banners, flags, leaflets, posters, and stickers."The statistics are quite alarming," he told ABC News. Mr Wertheim said education has a pivotal role to play in combating antisemitism and keeping the lessons of the Holocaust alive, with a recent report showing a decline in levels of awareness of the event that saw the genocide of millions of European Jews during World War Two.
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