https://www.scmp.com/rss/523041/feed The latest news and top stories on Adass Israel Synagogue. A prominent Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in Melbourne, Australia, Adass Israel Synagogue serves as a vital centre for worship, spiritual growth and community activities. Founded by Holocaust survivors, it has been a beacon for the Jewish community since its establishment in 1939-40, with the current building opening in 1965. The institution suffered extensive damage from a deliberate fire on 6 December 2024, which police are... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A 41-year-old man was killed Thursday after ramming his pickup truck into a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, causing a blaze and triggering a huge police response. US media reported the assailant had recently lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon, as part of the ongoing Middle East war. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security identified the assailant as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon, came to Detroit in 2011 on a visa granted to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346417/police-respond-report-active-shooter-michigan-synagogue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346417/police-respond-report-active-shooter-michigan-synagogue?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:13:44 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse With further negotiations pencilled in with the US and perhaps assuming that any assassination attempt would take place at night, Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei was at his complex in Tehran last Saturday morning. It would be his last. An air strike obliterated the compound in Tehran where a gathering of key decision-makers was taking place, killing Khamenei, his wife and other top officials. As the US and Israel have pounded Iran with thousands of attacks over the last week, some details... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345838/iran-war-what-we-know-about-ali-khameneis-killing-one-week?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3345838/iran-war-what-we-know-about-ali-khameneis-killing-one-week?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:48:02 +0000 Reuters Reuters Australia on Wednesday dismissed suggestions by Israel that its interventions prompted Canberra to expel Iran’s ambassador as it blamed Tehran for directing at least two antisemitic arson attacks in the country’s biggest cities, Sydney and Melbourne. “Complete nonsense,” Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke told ABC Radio when asked about Israel claiming credit for Australia’s decision to order Tehran’s ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi to leave the country. “There was not a minute between us receiving this... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323277/australia-furious-after-israel-claims-credit-iran-envoy-expulsion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323277/australia-furious-after-israel-claims-credit-iran-envoy-expulsion?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 03:35:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters Australia said on Tuesday it would expel Iran’s ambassador to Canberra, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Tehran of executing two antisemitic attacks in the key cities of Sydney and Melbourne. Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, Australian homes, schools, synagogues and vehicles have been targeted in antisemitic vandalism and arson. Australia’s security agency had gathered credible intelligence that the Iranian government had directed at least two attacks, Albanese told a... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323148/australia-expel-iranian-ambassador-over-antisemitic-attacks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3323148/australia-expel-iranian-ambassador-over-antisemitic-attacks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:20:37 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday. The incident comes seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fuelled blaze that left a worshipper injured. A man doused the double front doors of the downtown East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and set them alight around 8pm, a police statement said on Saturday. Around 20 worshippers sharing a meal to mark the Shabbat Jewish day of rest... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3317076/australian-synagogue-fire-sparks-antisemitism-fears-amid-wave-hate-crimes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3317076/australian-synagogue-fire-sparks-antisemitism-fears-amid-wave-hate-crimes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 06:57:48 +0000