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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.
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.
The bipartisan group pressed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to implement the Australian antisemitism envoy’s months-old recommendations
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Sydney beach that killed at least 11 people an act of antisemitism and terrorism.
Members of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism send letter to Australian Prime Minister Albanese calling on Australia to implement critical measures to combat antisemitism and protect the Jewish community.
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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.
Helicopters track overhead. Forensic investigators - bright blue figures in the distance - comb over the crime scene from Sunday afternoon when two gunmen opened fire at an event marking the Jewish festival of Hannukah, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 40 others.
Days after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney, the first of a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia.
An investigation is underway after a deadly attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.