Jewish community calls for increased action after latest antisemitic attacks
'At a rhetorical level, the response has been as one would expect, it's been strong and unequivocal, and timely,' Mr Ryvchin told Sky News Australia.
'We're well beyond the point of words; we need to see action, and that's what the Jewish community is calling for.'
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