Elliot Timothy, at The Blogs

May 2, 2026, 5:31 PM

Australia’s Interim Antisemitism Report: A Reckoning Begins

Commissioner for the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Virginia Bell, right, delivers her report to Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn at Government House in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

For decades, the Australian Jewish community lived under a comfortable, yet slightly fragile, illusion. We were the "Lucky Country’s" greatest success story. A thriving, vibrant diaspora of 120,000 who had built schools, businesses, and lives in a nation that...

Apr 21, 2026, 1:40 PM

The Soldier and The Fog of War: The Trial of Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier

On the morning of April 7, 2026, officers from the Australian Federal Police approached a man stepping off a domestic flight at Sydney Airport and placed him under arrest. The man was Ben Roberts-Smith. Holder of Australia’s highest military...

Mar 24, 2026, 5:54 PM

A Test of Football’s Conscience: FIFA’s Iran Dilema

There are moments when sport collides so completely with politics and morality that pretending otherwise becomes untenable. FIFA, for decades, has insisted on its neutrality - a governing body above geopolitics, guided only by the principles of the game....

Feb 26, 2026, 3:20 PM

Bondi, Antisemitism, and a Commission Under Pressure: What Happened in Week One

The royal commission will look into drivers of antisemitism in institutions and Australian society in the lead up the Bondi attack and how it's affected Jewish Australians. Credit: Jacob Chantarat/AAP

Sydney, Australia: The first week of Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion began with a paradox that every Jewish Australian already understands in their bones: the need is urgent, the stakes are existential, and the systems tasked with...

Jan 20, 2026, 3:01 PM

Why Not Even Tragedy Could ‘Rally’ Australians Around PM Albanese

How the “rally ’round the flag” effect failed for Australian PM Anthony Albanese - and why that failure matters

Jan 13, 2026, 11:24 AM

Iran Reveals the Selective Morality of Progressive Activism

Many readers have sent me messages and emails in relation to the current state of affairs in relation to Iran. They have generally asked for my opinion, analysis and asked for me to write about the progressive response to...

Jan 3, 2026, 12:17 PM

2025 in Review: Global Antisemitism, Global Failure, Jewish Defiance (Part 1)

2025: The Year Jewish Fear Became Global and Jewish Survival Became Defiant

Dec 29, 2025, 3:21 PM

The Architecture of Avoidance: Australia Announces ‘Review’ into Bondi Massacre

The Australian government today has announced a review into the Bondi massacre. This review is built to quell concerns, not to illuminate the real truth. The prime minister announced this review from Canberra to the media. However, there is...

Dec 25, 2025, 11:06 AM

Beyond Bondi: The Diaspora Story of Jewish Australia

Australians today have woken up on Christmas morning to the disturbing news of yet another antisemitic attack, this time in Melbourne. A car with a built on menorah on its roof from Hanukkah has been firebombed overnight. This incident...

Dec 24, 2025, 6:23 AM

What Our Government Knew and Didn’t Do: Antisemitism’s Road to Bondi

Pro-Palestine supporters set off flares and fireworks on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House. Picture: David Swift

Bondi is not a place Australians associate with fear. It is a place of routine, ritual and beauty: morning swims, surfing, skin browned by the Australian sun, kids enjoying the sand and beauty with their families, laughter and a...

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Elliot is a young Australian Jew and the grandson of 4 holocaust survivors. He has worked both in the Journalism and Sports Broadcasting industry for over 5 years. He has a passion for sports, foreign affairs and politics and offers critical analysis on a broad range of topics mainly relating to current news and diaspora Jewish affairs.

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