Australian Jewish News, 4 December 2025

Antisemitism Co-Lab builds community response

By Carly Adno

A powerful Antisemitism Co-Lab took place over two days in Sydney this week, bringing together leaders and partners of the Jewish community for a series of talks and workshops focused on strengthening unified action against antisemitism.

Organised by Australian Jewish Funders (AJF) and The Dor Foundation, the conference saw funders, activists and leaders from 80 organisations gathered in one room, creating a safe space for shared purpose and collaboration.

Over two days, attendees with diverse perspectives workshopped constructive, evidence-based approaches to address rising antisemitism, supported by a framework for collective action.

The Australian, 1 December 2025

Why my fight against anti-Semitism is deeply personal

By Jennifer Westacott AC, Guardian - The Dor Foundation

In May 2024, I wrote an opinion piece in this newspaper in my capacity as chancellor of Western Sydney University about the rise of anti-Semitism.

I did this as protests and encampments raged across our universities, driven in many cases by profound hatred and anti-Semitism. As Jewish students and academics felt increasingly afraid to step on to a university campus, I felt the need to speak out.

I needed to remind people that universities must be places of enlightenment and knowledge, that universities are places where there is a contest of ideas, and they can never be places of fear and intimidation. That free speech is a profoundly different concept to hate speech, and that hate speech and anti-Semitism or any other form of racism has no place in Australian universities or society.

I wasn’t sure what impact my opinion piece would have, if any. But by that afternoon I had received hundreds of emails and many, many text messages. These were messages of support, of sadness, of fear and of hope.

The Australian, 13 September 2025

We Must Not Allow Charlie Kirk's Death To Become Our Reality

By The Hon. Josh Frydenberg

Political violence is not new.

In the 1960s US President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King all died from an assassin's bullet.

But what is different today is the mainstreaming of political violence.

The growing belief in western liberal democracies that certain political ideas and political personalities pose such a threat that violence is justified.

The murder of Christian conservative Charlie Kirk appears to be the latest tragic example. It follows the most recent killing of the United Health Care CEO in New York and two Israeli Embassy staff in Washington.

In fact this violent frenzy was a trend Kirk himself had previously identified, citing a Network Contagion Research Institute survey in a post on X: "Assassination culture is spreading on the left. 48% of liberals say it would be at least somewhat justified to murder Elon Musk and 55% said the same about Donald Trump ".

But what is also deeply disturbing is that this toxic and dangerous political climate in the United States is manifesting itself here in Australia.

Kirk's death may be an international act but it has domestic implications. It's our wake up call.

The Australian, 7 July 2025

So, we’ve Melbournised the Intifada. Now what?

By Tahli Blicblau, CEO - The Dor Foundation

On Thursday, social media erupted with calls to boycott a Melbourne restaurant – not for its food or service, but because its owner was linked to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Activists widely shared the Hardware Lane address, accompanied by calls for protest and more.

By Friday night, that protest had turned violent. A mob stormed the restaurant, hurling chairs, food and glassware and parroting the disgraceful chants heard at the Glastonbury music festival. That same night, a 150-year-old Melbourne synagogue was torched while families ate a Sabbath meal inside.

Every week, protesters march through the streets of Melbourne calling for intifada and revolution, and this is amplified online. Who could be surprised that calls for uprising would lead to actual uprising? These acts have had no impact on Israeli policy, but they have intensified feelings of anxiety and exclusion within an Australian minority already feeling besieged.

14 March 2025

CEO Update

A CARAVAN LOAD OF CRACKS IN OUR COHESION

This week’s news represents a collision of my two worlds. My professional background in countering organised crime and terrorism, with my calling to The Dor Foundation, to use those skills to prevent antisemitism and hate and help build a more cohesive Australia.

Sky News, 20 February 2025

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The Hon. Josh Frydenberg address at the Sky News Antisemitism Summit

The Australian Jewish News, 16 February 2025

New foundation launches to combat antisemitism

By Bruce Hill

A new national organisation, The Dor Foundation, has been established to combat antisemitism and hate in Australia.

Its initial focus will be on university campuses and the online space.

The Foundation, which has just launched with charitable status, brings together prominent leaders from business, government and the not-for-profit sectors under the chairmanship of former Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

The Australian Online, 15 February 2025

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Fighting hate, building hope: The Dor Foundation's mission for a united Australia

The Australian, 15 February 2025

Dor Foundation: From the ashes comes a plan to tackle the growing scourge of antisemitism

By Cameron Stewart

Standing for the first time amidst the burnt-out ruins of the Melbourne synagogue firebombed in a terror attack, Josh Frydenberg shakes his head in sorrow and anger. Australia “must no longer tolerate the intolerant”, says the former treasurer. “This is not about what is happening in the Middle East, it’s about what is happening in Australia, it’s about the type of society we are.”

Australian Financial Review, 15 February 2025

Australian Jewish leaders to raise millions to fight antisemitism

By Patrick Durkin
BOSS Deputy Editor

A group of wealthy and influential Jewish leaders led by former treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his supporters is launching a fundraising vehicle expected to raise millions to fight antisemitism, including in schools and universities.

Mr Frydenberg, who is the chairman of Goldman Sachs in Australia, has warned that anti-Jewish hatred has spiralled “out of control”. He will chair the newly created Dor Foundation, a not-for-profit group to be led by the former NSW Crime Commission director Tahli Blicblau.

Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 2025
The Age, 15 February 2025

Josh Frydenberg launches foundation to tackle antisemitism

By Matthew Knott

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg is launching a high-powered foundation to tackle the national surge of antisemitism, with a focus on stopping the targeting of Jewish Australians online and at university.

The launch of the Dor Foundation, whose board includes prominent business leaders and philanthropists, comes just days after the NSW Health Department stood down two nurses for saying they would not treat Israeli patients, and a parliamentary committee called for urgent action to tackle “brazen” antisemitism in higher education.

14 February 2025

Media Release

The Dor Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation established to empower all Australians to stand together against antisemitism and hate.