Gabi Kaltmann is a rabbi at the Ark Centre in Hawthorn.
Built in 1870, it is a place that bore witness to the promise Australia extended to Jewish immigrants, that here, they would not be persecuted for their faith.
Burning a synagogue is a violent attack on a community, its history and its future.
Each week, it seems that there are new anti-Semitic incidents. This threat must not be ignored.