Latest news with #IranisDaBomb
The Age
03-08-2025
- The Age
Synagogue targeted with graffiti by man in Scream mask
A man wearing a mask from the horror movie Scream sprayed offensive graffiti on a historic synagogue in South Yarra five times since March. CCTV footage shows a lone man wearing a white mask approach the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in South Yarra on an e-scooter before vandalising the synagogue. He then fled on the scooter. Police allege he scrawled graffiti on the synagogue on March 11, June 21, June 22, July 22 and July 30. In the July incidents, he wore a Scream mask, police said, but on other occasions, he wore different face coverings, such as a bandana. 'There is absolutely no place at all in our society for hate-based behaviour,' a Victoria Police spokesperson said. Loading Speaking to The Age after his synagogue was spray-painted with 'Iran is Da Bomb' (during Israel's war on Iran) and 'Free Palestine' in June, Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson said it was 'un-Australian'. 'There's going to be a wide variety of opinions as to the politics in the Middle East and where things stand from one extreme to the other, but to translate that into violent acts and antisemitism and criminal activity here in Australia is un-Australian,' Nathanson said. The synagogue is the oldest Jewish congregation in Melbourne, according to its website, and was formed in 1841.
Sydney Morning Herald
03-08-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Synagogue targeted with graffiti by man in Scream mask
A man wearing a mask from the horror movie Scream sprayed offensive graffiti on a historic synagogue in South Yarra five times since March. CCTV footage shows a lone man wearing a white mask approach the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in South Yarra on an e-scooter before vandalising the synagogue. He then fled on the scooter. Police allege he scrawled graffiti on the synagogue on March 11, June 21, June 22, July 22 and July 30. In the July incidents, he wore a Scream mask, police said, but on other occasions, he wore different face coverings, such as a bandana. 'There is absolutely no place at all in our society for hate-based behaviour,' a Victoria Police spokesperson said. Loading Speaking to The Age after his synagogue was spray-painted with 'Iran is Da Bomb' (during Israel's war on Iran) and 'Free Palestine' in June, Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson said it was 'un-Australian'. 'There's going to be a wide variety of opinions as to the politics in the Middle East and where things stand from one extreme to the other, but to translate that into violent acts and antisemitism and criminal activity here in Australia is un-Australian,' Nathanson said. The synagogue is the oldest Jewish congregation in Melbourne, according to its website, and was formed in 1841.
Sydney Morning Herald
22-06-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘It's un-Australian': Rabbi says the hate must stop after graffiti attack on heritage-listed synagogue
Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson has described a graffiti attack on the historic synagogue in South Yarra on Sunday as 'un-Australian'. Vandals used red paint to scrawl 'Free Palestine' and 'Iran is Da Bomb', set inside the outline of a nuclear mushroom cloud, on the heritage-listed synagogue in the early afternoon. There were no religious services or activities at the synagogue at the time. The attacks were reported to police, and cleaners using special chemicals were able to remove most of the graffiti from the building near the corner of Toorak and St Kilda roads just south of the inner city. The attack came only hours after news broke that the US had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, but Nathanson urged those people angry about the current situation in the Middle East to not take it out on fellow Australians like those of his Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. 'Tensions are understandably very high today, but an act like this on the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation is just unacceptable,' Nathanson told this masthead on Sunday evening. 'It's the place of worship and it has been since 1841. It's one of the oldest congregations in mainland Australia. Over which time, it has welcomed people from all faiths.' Nathanson said police were called and security footage was passed on to them. He stressed that the synagogue would continue to serve its broad community of worshippers. 'There's going to be a wide variety of opinions as to the politics in the Middle East and where things stand from one extreme to the other, but to translate that into violent acts and antisemitism and criminal activity here in Australia is un-Australian,' Nathanson said.
The Age
22-06-2025
- Politics
- The Age
‘It's un-Australian': Rabbi says the hate must stop after graffiti attack on heritage-listed synagogue
Rabbi Shlomo Nathanson has described a graffiti attack on the historic Melbourne Synagogue on Sunday as 'un-Australian'. Vandals used red paint to scrawl 'Free Palestine' and 'Iran is Da Bomb', set inside the outline of a nuclear mushroom cloud, on the heritage-listed synagogue in the early afternoon. There were no religious services or activities at the synagogue at the time. The attacks were reported to police, and cleaners using special chemicals were able to remove most of the graffiti from the building near the corner of Toorak and St Kilda roads just south of the inner city. The attack came only hours after news broke that the US had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities, but Nathanson urged those people angry about the current situation in the Middle East to not take it out on fellow Australians like those of his Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. 'Tensions are understandably very high today, but an act like this on the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation is just unacceptable,' Nathanson told this masthead on Sunday evening. 'It's the place of worship and it has been since 1841. It's one of the oldest congregations in mainland Australia. Over which time, it has welcomed people from all faiths.' Nathanson said police were called and security footage was passed on to them. He stressed that the synagogue would continue to serve its broad community of worshippers. 'There's going to be a wide variety of opinions as to the politics in the Middle East and where things stand from one extreme to the other, but to translate that into violent acts and antisemitism and criminal activity here in Australia is un-Australian,' Nathanson said.
