We stand in unwavering support of the Australian Jewish community following the horrific antisemitic terror attack on peaceful Hanukkah celebrations in Bondi. Our deepest sympathy and love goes out to the bereaved families, the victims, first responders, and all those impacted in the Jewish and wider Bondi community.
We share your grief and we will always stand by you.
Antisemitism (anti-Jewish racism) should have no place in Australia. We should all feel and be safe in our identities – free to practice our faiths, live our cultures, celebrate with family, and be in community with one another. Everyone has a right to live in peace and safety, no matter their belief or background.
In the aftermath of this shocking violence, we remember our shared humanity. We honour the memories of those killed. We celebrate the unity, courage, and care being shown by millions of people across Australia as we mourn together.
We have seen what happens when a community is singled out and scapegoated based on their identity, ethnicity, race or religion; and we reject efforts to create further division through fear, polarisation, and disinformation.
We come together and echo the words of the NSW Faith Affairs Council that “We will not let hatred and violence divide us. Across all our cultures and faiths, we will stand united in sympathy, compassion and solidarity.“
We are resolute in our collective commitment to defend everyone’s rights to safety, culture and faith, and to build a peaceful society.
We commit to deepening our understanding of how anti-Jewish racism arises, in order to better identify and prevent it from being committed against the Australian Jewish community ever again.
We stand with the Australian Jewish community, in love and solidarity.
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350 Australia
5point Foundation
ABC Friends
ActionAid Australia
Acupuncture for Community Inc.
Advocacy for Oromia
Alannah & Madeline Foundation
Amnesty International Australia
Animal Liberation
ANTAR
Anti-Poverty Network SA
ARRCC (Australian Religious Response to Climate Change)
Art + Environment
Astha Nepali Hindu Society Victoria- PashupatiNath Temple
Asylum Seekers Centre
Atkinhead Centre for Medical Discovery
Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)
Australia Multicultural Organisation Network
Australia Palestine Advocacy Network
Australia Strongim Bisnis
Australian Arab Institute for Culture and Ideas
Australian Childhood Foundation
Australian Communities Foundation
Australian Conservation Foundation
Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
Australian Democracy Network
Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network (AEGN)
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Australian Muslim Advocacy Network (AMAN)
Australian Progress
Australian Youth Climate Coalition
Australians for War Powers Reform
Baby Give Back
Basic Rights Queensland
Beyond Zero Emissions
Biomimicry institute
Bob Brown Foundation
Boronia Multicultural Services
Boys to the Bush
Browns For Better
Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action
Bushwalking Victoria
C Milliner consulting
Caladenia Dementia Care
Careers in Colour
Carers NSW
CASPA
Cherished Pets
Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Cini Australia
Circus Oz
Citizens Climate Lobby
CLIMARTE
Climate 200
Climate Action Network Australia
Climate and Health Alliance
Climate Council
Climate Integrity
Climate Resource
Common Ground First Nations
Communify Qld
Community Directors
Complementary Medicine Association Limited
Conservation Council ACT Region
Country Hope
Country Needs People
Cowra Early Childhood Services
Darlinghurst Theatre Company
Darts Australia Ltd
Democracy in Colour
Denmark Baroque
Digital Rights Watch
Doctors for the Environment Australia
Dying with Dignity NSW
Eat Up Australia
Edith Cowan University Student Guild
Effective Philanthropy
Enviro Mentality
Environment Centre NT
Environment Victoria
Environmental Justice Australia
Equality Australia
Eritrean-Australian Community & Settlement Support Network Inc.
Every Home for Christ Australia
Fair Agenda
Financial Counselling Victoria
FoodCare Orange
Footy for Climate
For Purpose Alliance (FPA)
Foundation for Young Australians
Friends of the Earth Australia
Future Earth Australia
GADA OROMO COMMUNITY COUNCIL QUEENSLAND INC
Gaye Mason Advisory
Gender and Disaster Australia
GetUp
Gippsland Disability Advocacy Inc
GoodWolf
Graham F Smith Peace Foundation
Grassroots Action Network Tasmania
Greater Melbourne Foundation
Green Eyes Foundation
Greenpeace Australia Pacific
Groundswell Giving
Haemophilia Foundation Victoria
Health Consumers’ Council WA
Homelessness NSW
Human Rights Law Centre
Igniting Change
Impact Recovery Ltd.
Infoxchange
Inner City Legal Centre
Innov8 HQ
Institute of Community Directors Australia
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA)
IWD Meanjin Brisbane
Justice Connect
Justice Reform Initiative
K Farmer Dutjahn Foundation
Kiwanis Brighton Bayside
Koala Action Inc.
KU Children’s Services
Kyabram Community and Learning Centre Inc.
Landcare Australia Limited
Leading Progress
Let’s talk peace – Ballarat
Liberty Victoria
Light of Hope Foundation
Lighter Footprints
Lorne Sculpture Exhibition Inc
Macarthur Community College
Macdoch Foundation
Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre
Mannifera
Mary MacKillop Today
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Medical Association for Prevention of War
Melbourne Activist Legal Support
MHA Care Limited
Mooroopna Education & Activity Centre
Morrow Studio
Mudgee Local Aboriginal Land Council
Multicultural Children’s and Youth Council of Tasmania Inc
Multicultural Community Services Of Central Australia (MCSCA)
Multicultural Leadership Initiative
Nature Conservation Council NSW
New England Family Support Service
New Israel Fund Australia
Ngala
Noisy Boy Media
North & West Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre
North East Community Assistance Project Inc
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
NTCOSs
NYID
Older Women’s Network NSW
Oromia Peace Institute
Oromo community in Melbourne
Our Community
Oxfam Australia
Palm oil detectives
Parents For Climate
Peacifica
Peoples Climate Assembly
Per Capita
Perinatal Wellbeing Centre
Permaculture for Refugees
Permanent Care and Adoptive Families Inc.
Plan International Australia
Play Australia
Polonia Polish Association of Qld Inc
PRISM
Pro Bono Australia
Project Planet
Prosper Australia
Psychology for a Safe Climate
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS)
Rainbow Giving Australia
Rainbow Hollow
RE-Alliance
Redfern Legal Centre
Reichstein Foundation
Resilient Lismore
Rights Resource Network SA
Sapna South Asian Climate Solidarity
SarasCare
Save the Children Australia
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association
SEARCH FOUNDATION
Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia
Sexual Health Victoria
Social Good Summit Australia
Social Responsibilities Committee, Anglican Church Southern Queensland
Social Ventures Australia
Sonshine Sanctuary Association Incorp
South African Rainbow Nation of Tasmania Inc.
South Australian Council of Social Service
South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Inc.
South East Arts
South East Volunteers
Southside Justice
St Andrew’s Meals on Wheels
St Andrews Uniting Church, Mildura
Strength Potential
Surfers For Climate
Tackling Leukaemia Inc
Teach Learn Grow
The All One Foundation
The Benevolent Society
The Fred Hollows Foundation
The Funding Network Australia
The Glebe Art Society
The Learning Future
The Menora Foundation
The NFP backroom
The Revillaging project
The Sunrise Project
The Unquiet Collective
The WeirAnderson Foundation
The Wyatt Trust
Tipping Point
Unharm
Vets for Climate Action
Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency (VACCA)
Vietnamese Women’s Association SA
Voices of the Top End (VoTE)
Volunteering Australia
Vote Earth Now
Wagga Women’s Health Centre
Welcoming Australia
West Australian Council of Social Service
Western Australian Innovation, Technology & Talent Alliance
Western Riverina Arts Inc
White Eagle Lodge of Australia Pty Ltd
Wildlife Rescue South Coast Inc
Women’s Legal Centre ACT
Women’s Legal Service Victoria
Worker Assist Tasmania
Working Women’s Centre Australia
Working Women’s Centre SA
World Animal Protection
YLab