The newly released Crossroads 2025 survey, led by Prof Andrew Markus of Monash University, is the most comprehensive portrait yet of what Australians really think about Jews, Israel, and the fault lines of social cohesion in a post–October 7 world. It reveals a nation that remains broadly tolerant but increasingly confused — where antisemitic attitudes are still rare, yet ignorance and polarisation are rising, especially among the young. We’ll ask what’s driving this moral drift: media, education, ideology, or fatigue — and what it means for Australian democracy when reason gives way to reflex.