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It breaks my heart to write this piece. Today, the resurgence of anti-Semitism that has percolated and festered in Australia for the last two years has come to a murderous, horrific climax. In a balmy early summer evening a few hours ago, Sydney’s Bondi beach was the scene of appalling carnage, At least 11 people are dead, and more than two dozen wounded, including two police officers. One of the gunmen is also now dead. Fanatics, zealots and political activists who preach or abet Jew hatred must be held to account and punished – not, as they have been, treated by the authorities with kid gloves ‘This attack was designed

The attack at Bondi beach during a Hanukkah celebration, killing nine, has sent a fresh wave of horror through the Jewish diaspora. What might once have been regarded as unthinkable – a targeted assault on a Jewish gathering in the heart of a peaceful, democratic society – has now become grimly recognisable. It must be placed starkly within the context of a global surge in antisemitic violence. What might once have been regarded as unthinkable has now become grimly recognisable To grasp the scale of what is unfolding, one must look beyond Bondi. Australia has seen an alarming escalation of anti-Jewish violence throughout 2025. From the firebombing of the Adass

For those trying to understand Japan’s plummeting birthrate – which some fear could eventually lead to Japanese people ceasing to exist – evidence of where the problem might lie emerged this week. Old tweets from Japan’s new minister of state for economic security, Kimi Onoda, have surfaced in which the 43 year-old describes herself as ‘2D exclusive’. For the unenlightened, this means this very eligible young woman only forms romantic attachments with animated characters.  Onoda is far from alone is being smitten with 2D characters and untempted by the real thing In the tweets Onoda explained that human romance is ‘uncomfortable’ and that her affection for ‘2D men’ leaves her no