Hanukkah, Sydney and Bondi Beach
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Hanukkah celebrations continued in Chicago's Jewish community in light of the shooting in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend.
Sydney will pause in grief on Wednesday as funerals begin for some of the 15 people killed in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in three decades — a Jewish Hanukkah celebration-turned-tragedy that shook the nation and intensified fears of rising antisemitism and violent extremism.
The meaning of Hanukkah helps process through the darkness of latest antisemitic attack in Australia, Jewish community leaders say.
Only light can dispel the darkness and celebrating Hanukkah represents that light," Joel Schwitzer, Dallas' American Jewish Committee regional director, said.
The Australia killings cast a pall over holiday celebrations in Pacific Palisades, where the Jewish community gathered for the first Hanukkah celebrations since the January wildfires.
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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Some rabbis said their synagogues would proceed with large-scale celebrations, intended to demonstrate resilience
The Chabad of Anne Arundel County’s parade of lights and Menorah lighting took on a more somber and defiant tone this year.