Jewish, Sydney and Hanukkah

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Tampa Bay’s Jewish community reacts to Sydney attack
As families celebrate the lights and joy of Hannukah, Jewish leaders are grappling with continued threats to practicing their faith safely. Tampa Bay’s Jewish leaders say they are outraged and saddened in the wake of the targeted shooting that killed 15 and injured dozens celebrating the holiday at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday.

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Local leaders, Jewish community gather for Hanukkah after Sydney attack
Chicago's Jewish community celebrate second night of Hanukkah following Sydney attack
'Islamic State ideology' drove Bondi Beach shooters, Australia PM says
A father and son were likely driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they fired on Bondi Beach in one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

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What to know about the attack on the Jewish festival in Australia that killed 15 people
Australia police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman with 59 offences, including terror
Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting was inspired by Islamic State group
The suspects were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, authorities have said.

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Bondi gunmen were inspired by Islamic State, had travelled to the Philippines, Australia police say
Everything we know about the Bondi Beach shooting 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 has drawn attention to Australia’s distinctive Jewish community.

Sydney Hanukkah attack hits Jews hard in Pittsburgh as police boost synagogue, school security

Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel, like many in Pittsburgh’s Jewish community, spent Sunday torn between celebrating his faith’s festival of lights and mourning an antisemitic attack in Australia. But the stin

At a Dark Time, Jews in New York Celebrate the Festival of Lights

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.
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After Sydney attack, NY Jewish leaders at menorah lighting call for solidarity and pride

The incoming comptroller of New York, Mark Levine, who urged Jewish New Yorkers to attend menorah lightings earlier in the day, told the crowd that none of the public Hanukkah events throughout the city had been cancelled and that “turnout has been off the charts.”

Ed Halmagyi's Sydney-based Jewish bakery Avner's shutting down after 'two years of near constant antisemitic harassment'

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”.

Sydney mourns 15 killed as Israeli ambassador calls for greater Jewish protection

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.

Projection on Sydney Opera House in support of Jewish community following deadly Bondi Beach attack

The sails of the iconic Sydney Opera House were lit with a menorah on Monday night, in support of Australia's Jewish community following the deadly Bondi Beach attack on the first day of Hanukkah.

Some Australian Jews Accuse the Government of Failing to Heed Warnings

A troubling rise in antisemitic attacks and incidents in recent years have left some feeling anger after the kind of deadly attack they felt was sure to happen.
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