Closing statement from the J7 Task Force summit in Australia.

Jewish leaders from the world’s seven largest diaspora com­munit­ies concluded the first J7 Task Force Summit in Australia, at a time of unpre­ced­en­tedly high levels of antisemitism in Australia and around the world.

The J7 Large Com­munit­ies’ Task Force Against Antisemitism brings together the lead­er­ship of rep­res­ent­at­ive Jewish organ­isa­tions from Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States to coordin­ate responses to rising anti‑Jewish hate.

J7 closing statement

“We came from around the world to show our solid­ar­ity with the Aus­trali­an Jewish community and make clear that we are one Jewish family.  The antisemitism that targeted a synagogue in a dev­ast­at­ing arson attack in Melbourne and has led to record levels of incidents in Australia, has had a deadly impact in Manchester, Boulder, Wash­ing­ton, and beyond.  

We reiterate our call on our gov­ern­ments to take all necessary steps to fight antisemitism and ensure the security of the Jewish community.  We join our Aus­trali­an partner, the ECAJ, in calling on the gov­ern­ment of Australia to accept and implement the plan to combat antisemitism for­mu­lated by its Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, AO.”

While in Australia, the J7 met with par­lia­ment­ari­ans and gov­ern­ment officials, Jewish community leaders, Jewish students, and marked the first anniversary of the fire-bombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne, orches­trated by the Iranian regime. The group also held extensive dis­cus­sions on chal­lenges con­front­ing our com­munit­ies, along with sharing best practices that could be emulated by our partner com­munit­ies.

See also

• See the J7 Australia 2025 portal for more inform­a­tion about the J7 Task Force and its first meeting in Australia in 2025.