Gunmen kill at least 15 in attack targeting Australia's Bondi Beach Jewish community Hanukkah celebration, officials say

At least 15 people were killed at a Jewish gathering on Australia's Bondi Beach, according to Australian government officials and police. One of two gunmen was also dead.

Jews consider leaving Australia for Israel, as funeral preparations begin

When the shooting started, Chavi immediately threw herself over Meir. “I just got down and used my body as a human shield to protect my baby.”

Australian authorities ignored warning signs of rising antisemitism, some Jewish leaders say

The country endured its deadliest mass killing in nearly 30 years, with the massacre of 15 people this weekend during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.
The Christian Century

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,

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.
The Christian Science Monitor

Australia was a haven for generations of Jews. Now, they wonder about the future.

The Bondi Beach massacre has shattered the sense of security held by Australian Jews, generations of whom found a warm haven far from the horrors of Europe. Some now hope Australians see that antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem.

US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security at public events following the weekend's mass shooting attack on a Hanukkah celebration on a beach

Jewish man reflects on terror attack in Australia, the footage that gave him hope

An Australian man with ties to South Florida is reflecting on the terror attack that claimed 15 lives during the first night of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach.

Graham says Australian PM put Jews ‘at risk,’ calls Western nations ‘pathetically weak’ after Hanukkah attack

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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