(JEWISH GROUP) Australia's 'unprecedented' antisemitic attacks a 'wake-up call,' Jewish leaders say [View all]

[Behind the Aegis]

Jewish communities around the world sounded the alarm on Wednesday after a new report said the number of antisemitic incidents in Australia remained at “unprecedentedly high levels” during the past year.

A report published Tuesday by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) said the country saw 1,654 incidents during the 12-month period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025 — about five times the annual average recorded in the decade prior to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.

That was less, however, than the 2,062 incidents recorded a year earlier, in the year immediately following the attack, ECAJ noted, although the impact of the attacks on the community remained high.

Following the report, members of the J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism said the spike reflects a global pattern threatening other Jewish communities around the world.

J7 is a partnership created by the Anti-Defamation League between Jewish organizations from the seven countries with the largest Jewish populations outside of Israel: Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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