Hanukkah, Sydney and Bondi Beach
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The smell of latkes and other traditional Jewish foods wafted through the air Tuesday night at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum as small groups of people gathered at the museum’s West End site to celebrate the third night of Hanukkah.
Sydney will pause in grief on Wednesday as funerals begin for some of the 15 people killed in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in three decades — a Jewish Hanukkah celebration-turned-tragedy that shook the nation and intensified fears of rising antisemitism and violent extremism.
Hanukkah celebrations continued in Chicago's Jewish community in light of the shooting in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend.
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.
The meaning of Hanukkah helps process through the darkness of latest antisemitic attack in Australia, Jewish community leaders say.
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Undeterred by Sydney attack, Chabad defiantly celebrates Hanukkah around the world
Chabad, the international Hasidic Jewish movement that held the Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration, often bears the brunt of antisemitic attacks. That's because in the Jewish world, it is boldly public facing.
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Hanukkah menorah lit in Hoover with increased security
The Chabad of Alabama lit a public menorah in Hoover with extra security following a recent attack in Sydney, highlighting the holiday's message of truth and resilience.
Sen. Lindsey Graham blasts Australian PM Anthony Albanese as "pathetically weak" following deadly Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 victims.