Are Jews safe?

<p>The "evil" mass shooting at Bondi Beach was the latest in a rising number of antisemitic attacks.</p><br /><p>16 people died in the attack in Sydney, Australia. They were Jews who had gathered to celebrate the first night of Chanukah. Among them, a holocaust survivor and a ten-year old girl.</p><br /><p>Antisemitic attacks are on the rise. In this year to September, Australia recorded 1654 anti-semitic incidents. That's three times higher than any year before the war in Gaza.</p><p></p><p>Here in the UK, Jews faced over 1,500 attacks in the first half of 2025, according to data from the Community Security Trust. That’s the second-highest total in the first half of any year on record, and includes the terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester in which two people died. In July, a report authored by Lord John Mann &amp; Penny Mordaunt found “widespread failures to address anti-jewish discrimination in NHS, education, arts and policing”.&nbsp; </p><br /><p>Oli Dugmore is joined by Rachel Cunliffe and Hannah Barnes to ask: are Jews safe?</p><br /><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2025/12/this-chanukah-more-than-ever-i-will-try-to-be-resilient" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Bondi Beach shooting was an attack on Jews</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>