Sydney, Hanukkah and Bondi Beach
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The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.
SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. JB Pritzker said he was "saddened beyond belief" by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, which left 15 people dead and that he was "angry at those who stoke the embers of a fire that seems to continue to burn in the hearts of bigots everywhere."
The economics class that was attacked is taught by Rachel Friedberg, a Jewish faculty member who researches the intersection of economics and Jewish studies and who has worked extensively in
The Scottsdale community gathered for car parades on the second night of Hanukkah following the recent mass shooting in Australia. FOX 10's Taylor Wirtz learns more on how they are spreading pride and support amid their pain and fear.
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is now the director of Chabad Columbus. Marked among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the brother-in-law of one of Kaltmann's friends from when he studied at the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand.
“We are gathered here to share light with one another in one of Providence’s darkest times,” said Providence City Councilor Sue AnderBois, who planned the holiday celebration before the shooting. “Our hearts break for the two students at Brown who lost their lives to gun violence yesterday and the nine others who are injured and their families.”
President Donald Trump tells American Jews to "celebrate proudly" after deadly Bondi Beach attack on "Hanukkah by the Sea" event kills 11, injures dozens in Australia.