An arsonist has set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fue

The door of a synagogue in the Australian city of Melbourne has been set on fire. About 20 people had gathered in the building on Friday evening at the start of the Jewish Sabbath when a man poured a flammable liquid on the entrance door of the building and set it alight,

A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in Australian cities.