{"id":4411,"date":"2025-12-17T08:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4411"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:51:46","slug":"our-world-has-changed-sydney-jewish-bakery-closes-after-bondi-beach-terror-attack-bondi-beach-terror-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=4411","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our world has changed\u2019: Sydney Jewish bakery closes after Bondi beach terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Jewish bakery in Sydney has closed \u2013 apparently for good \u2013 after the Bondi beach terror attack<\/a>, with a message posted on the shop\u2019s window saying it can no longer ensure the safety of its staff and customers.<\/p>\n

Avner\u2019s Bakery in Surry Hills, which is run by celebrity chef Ed Halmagyi, closed after Sunday\u2019s massacre at a gathering to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukah.<\/p>\n

\u201cClosed today, closed forever,\u201d a man \u2013 who did not give his name \u2013 said outside the shop on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

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A notice on the bakery\u2019s window on Wednesday morning from \u201cEd and the Avner\u2019s team\u201d said: \u201cThe world has changed. Our world has changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the wake of the pogrom at Bondi one thing has become clear \u2013 it is no longer possible to make outwardly, publicly, proudly Jewish places and events safe in Australia,\u201d the message read.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>A sign announcing the immediate closure of Avner\u2019s Bakery.<\/span> Photograph: Nick Visser\/The Guardian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAfter two years of almost ceaseless antisemitic harassment, vandalism and intimidation directed at our little bakery, we have to be realistic about the threats that exist going forwards. Those concerns are now clearly more pressing and more serious. Even in the wake of this terrorist incident, threats have continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an open and very public business that operates at all hours, we are unable to ensure the safety of our staff, our customers, our families.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so we have made the only decision available, one that truly breaks our hearts. Avner\u2019s is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n

NSW police said they were called to a business in Surry Hills on 22 October after reports of threatening phone calls. Police were told the owner had received several calls allegedly making threats and antisemitic comments.<\/p>\n

After an investigation, a 17-year-old boy attended the Surry Hills police station on Wednesday morning and was dealt with under the Youth Offenders Act. Police said inquiries were continuing.<\/p>\n

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Halmagyi has detailed scores of antisemitic incidents since the bakery opened its doors, including threatening notes, graffiti and vandalism.<\/p>\n

In a post to Instagram in October last year, Halmagyi said he would not be intimidated<\/a> by a threatening note that had been shoved under the bakery door by \u201ccosplay radicals\u201d.<\/p>\n

Halmagyi shared an image of the note, which read \u201cBe Careful\u201d in shaky handwriting. He said this was \u201cBeing Jewish in Sydney<\/a>, 2024 edition\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fact is, it\u2019s hard to be intimidated by inner-city middle-class Cosplay Radicals who graduated primary school without their pen licence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chef, known as \u201cFast Ed\u201d, appeared on Better Homes and Gardens for 20 years.<\/p>\n