Original article by Chip Le Grand, Paul Sakkal, James Massola
The Age – Page: Online : 10-Dec-24

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is set to advise Jewish people worldwide to reconsider non-essential travel to Australia in the wake of the arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne. The US-based Jewish human rights organisation’s associate dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper says it issues travel advisories infrequently and only when fears for Jews’ safety reach crisis levels; it has not previously issued a travel warning against Australia. Meanwhile, a taskforce has been established to investigate the firebombing; sources have indicated that three suspects have been identified, and the attack is being treated as politically rather than religiously motivated.

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