Antisemitism 'allowed to come into the open' says Bondi victim's daughter

"I felt as though antisemitism was allowed to come into the open."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"I treated Australia as home from the day I stepped off the plane."

— AAL , Other

"It's important that people understand how quickly those events can prompt ugly displays of hostility towards Jewish Australians simply because they're Jews."

— Virginia Bell , Academic

"I felt as though antisemitism was allowed to come into the open."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"I lived through what hatred can do to people."

— Peter Halasz , Activist

"Antisemitism was allowed to come into the open."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"For me, friendships ended."

— Michael Gawenda , Other

"We were on a path to catastrophe."

— Alex Ryvchin , Activist

"It’s important that people understand how quickly those events can prompt ugly displays of hostility towards Jewish Australians simply because they are Jews."

— Virginia Bell , Academic

"The sharp spike of antisemitism that we have witnessed in Australia has been mirrored in other Western countries."

— Virginia Bell , Academic

"Antisemitism was allowed to come into the open."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"Antisemitism was allowed to come into the open."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"The sharp spike of antisemitism that we have witnessed in Australia has been mirrored in other Western countries and seems clearly linked to events in the Middle East."

— Virginia Bell , Academic

"They were patriots who loved this country."

— Alex Ryvchin , Activist

"Now Bondi holds a really, really heavy weight in our community’s heart."

— Sheina Gutnick , Activist

"The sharp spike of antisemitism that we have witnessed in Australia has been mirrored in other Western countries and seems clearly linked to events in the Middle East."

— Virginia Bell , Academic