Bondi Beach still glows at sunset. The cafés hum. The ocean rolls in as if nothing has changed. Jews know better than to confuse scenery with safety. Normal life can look perfectly intact—right up until it is not.

Australia is nearing that moment.

Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism there has not merely risen; it has exploded. Official figures show a more than 300% surge in antisemitic incidents nationwide, with peaks exceeding 700% in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s massacre. On the other hand, thousands of threats, assaults, and acts of vandalism have been logged.

Clearly, this is not online noise. This is real-world hostility forcing synagogues and Jewish schools into permanent police protection. Thus, when armed guards become routine, society has already crossed a line.

The danger is no longer symbolic. Kosher businesses have been firebombed. A Melbourne synagogue was burned in what police immediately treated as........

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