M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.

The liberation of Auschwitz is being commemorated in the shadow of rising antisemitism in Australia and globally.

I recalled last summer spent in Israel with Young Judaea’s Gesher program. Selected as one of three recipients of the Hadassah Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship, I immersed myself in Israeli culture and explored the landmarks of the country.

After rejecting calls for months, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally summoned a Tuesday national cabinet meeting to discuss Australia’s rising wave of antisemitic attacks and other incidents. This followed the torching of a childcare centre in Maroubra in Sydney overnight, which saw anti-Jewish graffiti sprayed on the building.

The ambitious Liberal senator has emerged as one of the Coalition’s most effective and hard-working shadow ministers.

Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

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Police in Toronto and in York Region investigating two incidents of graffiti, vandalism, and a break-in against a kosher restaurant and caterer.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a united front against antisemitism and hate crimes ahead of her visit to Auschwitz for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Wong, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal will represent Australia at the milestone event in Poland.

Rep. Elise Stefanik accused the United Nations of fostering "antisemitic rot," setting the stage for what could be an increasingly antagonistic relationship.

M onday, Jan. 27, marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Ten days prior to the opening of the gates, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews, was detained. He disappeared and his fate remains unknown.