'Be careful': Jewish TV chef's Sydney bakery vandalised

A Jewish TV chef's bakery in inner Sydney has been targeted with antisemitic graffiti. 

Ed Halmagyi, better known as "Fast Ed" to many, posted about the incident on social media, saying he also received a threatening note at the Surry Hills business. 

"Be careful," the note read.

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Halmagyi, who sells bagels, matzo balls, babka and many other delicacies from Israel and eastern Europe, called it "Being Jewish in Sydney, 2024 edition".

"This note was shoved under the door of our bakery overnight," he said, on Sunday.

"But the fact is, it's hard to be intimidated by inner-city middle-class Cosplay Radicals who graduated primary school without their pen licence."

NSW police are investigating.

In a statement, police said officers visited the Bourke Street premises about 3pm "after becoming aware of offensive graffiti sprayed on the walls of the premises.".

"Police have been told a man also received a written note containing an alleged threat when he arrived at the business the same morning."

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Halmagyi was on Better Homes and Gardens for 20 years before stepping away last year.

Jewish leaders in Australia have condemned what they have described as an alarming rise of antisemitism since Hamas' October 7 attack last year.

The Palestinian militant group killed 1200 people and took another 250 hostage on its raid into southern Israel, which triggered a devastating reaction from Israel resulting in the death of more than 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

About 90 per cent of the occupied territory's 2.3 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, as the bombardment destroyed huge areas of Gaza in a quest to wipe out Hamas. 

An Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip killed a family of eight on Sunday, Palestinian medical officials said, as Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in the territory's north and airstrikes destroyed a century-old market in southern Lebanon.

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