Hanukkah, Australia and shooting
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After a mass shooting at a Jewish event in Australia killed 16 people, the Chabad of Hawaii said it will have more security at its menorah lighting in Waikiki on Wednesday night.
Bondi Beach terror attack during Hanukkah celebration leaves at least 15 dead in Sydney, including 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor.
Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi, was one of 15 people killed Sunday after two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. On Tuesday night in Sykesville, his childhood friend Rabbi Sholly Cohen stood on a stage adorned with a larger-than-life menorah and talked to the crowd gathered on Oklahoma Avenue about the tragedy.
LAPD will provide extra patrols at Jewish facilities, schools, synagogues and at Hanukkah events throughout the city.
Sen. Lindsey Graham blasts Australian PM Anthony Albanese as "pathetically weak" following deadly Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 victims.
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Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit, and immigrants
An attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday killed 15 people and left Jewish communities reeling worldwide. The violence has also drawn attention to the resilience of Australia’s distinctive Jewish community,