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Australia moves to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah mass shooting leaves 15 dead at Bondi Beach
Australia is vowing to enact tougher gun controls after a targeted Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach leaves 15 dead and many people injured.
For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.
Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s 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.
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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,
Henry Vyalikov, a local dance instructor from Australia whose family survived the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, helped light the menorah for the first night of Hanukkah with Rabbi Mendy Greenberg at the Bonita Springs Chabad tonight.
His wife, daughters and brother were murdered, but Eli Sharabi said he still finds hope in the darkest of times.