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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.
Once again, Jewish people were targeted and attacked on a major religious holiday, marking the latest escalation in an antisemitism epidemic.
SYDNEY—Two gunmen killed 15 people during a Hanukkah event Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in what officials called a terrorist attack on Australia’s Jewish community. One suspect was also killed and the other is in critical condition. It was the country’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years.
Just after Hamas murdered more than 1,000 people Oct. 7, 2023, Islamists gathered at the Sydney Opera House chanting, “Gas
The deadly shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach follows a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the country since the Hamas-led assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza.
A group of Syrian-American Jews has registered a nongovernmental organization in Syria to restore Jewish heritage
Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, both former National Football League stars, directed the comments at a popular Jewish livestreamer.
On the day of the attack, Vorchheimer said he panicked as he tried to reach his best friend and his friend’s son, both of whom he feared may have been near the scene. He said he personally knew several of those who were murdered and that names were still emerging.
After the Bondi Beach attack, the only effective response is the zealous prosecution of anyone who planned or supported it.
Jews are big on candles. We light two candles every Friday night to welcome the Sabbath and we do the same again on the eve of every Jewish high holy day. Then there is the memorial candle, called a ‘yahrzheit candle’,
Call me a softie, but I love a traditional Christmas Eve. If you don’t find me eating Chinese food and watching a movie, I might be catching Gotham Comedy Club’s “A Very Jewish Christmas!” show or comedian Joel Chasnoff’s “ Christmas for the Jews .
A Jewish family's home in Redlands, California, was hit by over 20 bullets in a drive-by shooting after the gunner shouted antisemitic slurs.