Local leaders denounced the episodes, which both took place on Friday evening: arson at a synagogue and a disturbance at an Israeli eatery.

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At 8pm on Friday in the heart of the city, a man dressed in black carrying a large bag walked onto the concrete stoop of one of the many graceful, Victorian-era buildings which line Melbourne’s Albert Street and pressed the doorbell.