MN Jewish community reacts to Sydney attack during Hanukkah
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Sydney, Bondi Beach and Victims
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Father-of-five Schlanger's funeral at the Chabad of Bondi Synagogue was the first of 15 expected in the coming days.
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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,
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Australian authorities ignored warning signs of rising antisemitism, some Jewish leaders say
For the past couple of years, leaders in Australia’s Jewish community have been seeing a rise in antisemitism and urging the country’s leaders to act.
After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.
The bagel shop ran by Jewish celebrity chef Ed Halmagyi will shut down after “two years of near constant antisemitic harassment” and the Bondi shooting which has made running a publicly-Jewish business "untenable”.
Israel's ambassador to Australia has called for greater protection of Jewish people in Australia as dozens of people lined up on Tuesday at Sydney's Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in the weekend's Hanukkah festival shootings.
Concern has been heightened for American Jews following this weekend's massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
More than 100 people gathered for prayers and lit the first candle of the menorah in Winnipeg during a ceremony overshadowed by a deadly shooting in Australia hours earlier during a similar Hanukkah celebration.