Police revealed the torched car had been stolen and abandoned by the perpetrators and promised an increase in patrols.

It’s the second time in the past month that the suburb of Woollahra, known for its high-density Jewish population, has been targeted by this kind of vandalism.

“The bigger picture is that it hasn’t been managed, and it hasn’t been taken care of, and it’s been allowed to fester,” Woollahra resident Michelle Gold.

That anger was echoed in Melbourne yesterday when the Prime Minister faced a hostile crowd during his visit to the firebombed Adass Israel synagogue.

Tensions are rising as politicians point the finger.

Meanwhile, the Woollahra community is searching for answers.

Jacqui Ninio is a Rabbi at the Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra and told The Project, “We're feeling frightened and angry.

“But also a real sense of hope and support that we have been receiving from so many people around us at this time.”

Ninio told The Project that the Jewish community in Australia is feeling the brunt of how people feel about what is happening between Israel and Gaza.

“But I feel there's a real difference and a separation between criticising or suggesting that the actions of a government are not in alignment with your views or your opinions.

“And then anti-Semitic acts we have been seeing, and these acts of anti-Semitism are really about us as Jewish people.

“It's completely divorced and separate from the actions of a government overseas. And I don't think that the people writing slogans and burning cars here are trying to change that situation.

“I think they're doing it to hurt and intimidate the Jewish community.”

Rabbi Ninio does believe that peace is possible.

“I think that's the message that I have been and all of us have been constantly giving to our community that as much as this is hurtful and painful, this is not the reality forever.”