A man set the door of a synagogue alight and a group of protesters stormed an Israeli restaurant in Melbourne on Friday night, the latest in a wave of antisemitic attacks in Australian cities.

An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue, forcing the congregation to flee. Seven months earlier, criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same city.

The prime ministers of Australia and Israel on Saturday condemned an arson attack on a busy Melbourne synagogue, which rattled worshippers but caused no injuries. Police are searching for a man who set the synagogue'