A total of 1,654 antisemitic incidents were recorded in Australia between October 1, 2024, and September 30, 2025, according to research by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
The overall total number of incidents remains at about three times the total of any year prior to October 7, 2023. The average number in the decade prior to October 7 was 342 yearly.
Nevertheless, the total for this year is lower than the October 2023-2024 year, which came in at 2,062.
This year’s total of 1,654 consisted of 24 physical assaults, 33 incidents of vandalism, 621 physical abuse, and 359 graffiti, 238 messages, and 379 posters. The state of Victoria saw the highest levels of antisemitism, followed by New South Wales.
One of the most shocking antisemitic incidents was the firebombing of Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne on December 6, 2024, which was declared to be a terrorist attack.
Another prominent incident was the discovery of a caravan containing explosives capable of causing a ‘mass casualty event’ in Sydney.
Some of the other incidents were previously covered by The Jerusalem Post, such as a flaming projectile being thrown from a moving car at a rabbi pushing a baby in Melbourne and a 66-year-old Jewish man who was held at knifepoint and physically assaulted by teenage boys in Sydney.
Iranian attacks
ECAJ also noted a marked increase in incidents of arson, graffiti, and vandalism across Australia.
In August 2025, the federal government and ASIO (the country’s intelligence service) confirmed the connection between the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the arson attacks at Adass synagogue.
As a result, the government proscribed the IRGC as a terrorist organization and expelled the Iranian ambassador; however, ECAJ noted that the threat to the Jewish community from foreign actors remains.
Political antisemitism as such has also become more prominent, with the ECAJ noting an overall increase in legitimization of anti-Jewish racism in the form of ‘anti-Zionism.’
“The political extremes are more active, more emboldened, and increasingly converging in one area – their common hatred of Jews/Zionists.”
While ECAJ noted there is nothing new about antisemitism on the Right, the Left, or within Islamism. What is newer is the ideological alignment between these groups, even to the extent of cooperation.
J7 summit
To respond to the antisemitism crisis, Jewish leaders from the world’s seven largest Diaspora communities convened in Sydney today for the first-ever J7 Task Force Summit in Australia on Wednesday.
The J7 (Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism) brings together major Jewish organizations from Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, and the US to coordinate responses to rising anti‑Jewish hate.
Daniel Aghion KC (King’s Counsel), president of the ECAJ, said, “We are now at a stage where anti-Jewish racism has left the fringes of society, where it is normalized and allowed to fester and spread, gaining ground at universities, in arts and culture spaces, in the health sector, in the workplace, and elsewhere.
“In such an environment, Jews have legitimate concerns for their physical safety and social well-being in Australia. Together, we must do all we can to combat this scourge, which is why hosting the J7 here in Australia for the first time has never been more important.”