A massive blaze has torn through the Adass Israel synagogue at Ripponlea in Melbourne. Political leaders across Australia have condemned the attack on a synagogue built by Holocaust survivors as an "act of hate" and clear anti-Semitism, as police hunt for two suspected arsonists. Religious leader Rabbi Gabi Kaltmann said "two thugs" broke the synagogue's windows, threw fuel on the floor and set it alight as people were preparing to pray early Friday morning.
