Jewish storytelling tells it like it is for all Australians

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The personal stories being told to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion are heart-wrenching and certainly a world away from the everyday experiences of most Australians.

But they also help explain to the wider community how antisemitism haunted our Jewish community long before the December 14 Bondi Beach terror attack.

During the hearing’s two opening days, Holocaust survivor Peter Halasz told the commission he was now afraid to wear his Star of David in public because Jews in Australia “have become targets”.

Others spoke of fears for their children, who grow up facing a rising tide of antisemitic abuse, graffiti and attacks.

Stefanie Schwartz, president of the board of Mount Sinai College in Maroubra, told of students taking part in “simulations and........

© The Sydney Morning Herald