Jewish, Hanukkah and Australia
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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.
As the eight-day Hanukkah holiday continues, security has been reexamined and even strengthened at some local synagogues and public events.
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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,
Mourners in Sydney pay tribute to victims of massacre * Aussie PM notes ones of the terrorists was previously on radar of intelligence agency but wasn't considered an imminent threat
Concern has been heightened for American Jews following this weekend's massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
Last December, offenders broke into the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, Victoria, and spread accelerant in what police described as a probable terrorist attack
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarter's Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky says the Bondi Beach shooting reflects Australia's tolerance of escalating antisemitic violence.
The Bondi Beach attack is the latest and most deadly in a string of antisemitic incidents that have blighted Australia