00:00The first time Gabby Silver experienced anti-Semitic hate in Australia, he was walking down the
00:08street just after October 7, 2023.
00:11We had two cars full of people calling us effing Jewish dogs and that they were telling
00:17us they were going to effing kill us all.
00:19That was a moment felt that something had changed.
00:22Since then he says he cops abuse every few weeks.
00:27Any time you walk out of the house you're just on high alert.
00:31He'd never previously felt the need to protect his family but now he's joined a volunteer
00:36group which patrols his children's school alongside armed guards.
00:41On Monday he saw someone on a nearby rooftop.
00:45Spider senses, tingling, ears pricked up, turned out it was just a workman which was fine and
00:50everything was fine but I don't know how many people in Australia have to walk down the street
00:55feeling like that but in our community we do.
00:59Gabby is not alone.
01:00Jewish leaders have long warned their community felt threatened.
01:04Since October 2023 security has been increased around Jewish buildings and since Sunday that's
01:10been upped even further.
01:1278 is available ETA two minutes.
01:17Copy I'm on route.
01:18Gabby is ready for the worst also joining a Jewish emergency medical service this year.
01:24I want to be able to be in control so if something for example like Bondi were to happen
01:29and I'm I'm there I'm able to do something.
01:32I was thinking we'd take this pot over here.
01:34His 14 year old son is especially rattled since Sunday.
01:38Outside the house he's now wearing a hoodie to hide his skull cap.
01:43It's a bit like scary to show your identity because it's more of like a target you know.
01:47It's gut wrenching to think that that we have to take those precautions as Jews.
01:52In Australia it's not it's not the Australia that I grew up in.
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