Sydney, Bondi Beach and Hanukkah
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Hanukkah celebrations continued in Chicago's Jewish community in light of the shooting in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend.
Slain rabbi's letter warning Australian PM about antisemitism gains tragic relevance after deadly Hanukkah terror attack on Bondi Beach left at least 16 dead.
The police found two homemade Islamic State flags in the car of the suspects, a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son.
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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches. One of the gunman was also shot dead.
Only light can dispel the darkness and celebrating Hanukkah represents that light," Joel Schwitzer, Dallas' American Jewish Committee regional director, said.
Republican City Council Member Vickie Paladino was rebuked by several colleagues for her reaction to the Hanukkah mass shooting in Sydney, which authorities say was carried out by attackers with ties to ISIS. In a now-deleted X post on Sunday, she called for the “expulsion of Muslims from western nations.”
The meaning of Hanukkah helps process through the darkness of latest antisemitic attack in Australia, Jewish community leaders say.
Two gunmen have killed at least 11 people and injured at least 29 others during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in what is being called an antisemitic attack.
Hanukkah goes until next Monday and synagogues are using the holiday to come together. Including Temple Beth El in Augusta who held a latke making and candle lighting ceremony Wednesday evening. The Rabbi at Temple Beth El says that while Hanukkah is a minor holiday in Judaism, it can be a fun one.
Sen. Lindsey Graham blasts Australian PM Anthony Albanese as "pathetically weak" following deadly Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 victims.
The Australia killings cast a pall over holiday celebrations in Pacific Palisades, where the Jewish community gathered for the first Hanukkah celebrations since the January wildfires.