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More than 100 people gathered for prayers and lit the first candle of the menorah in Winnipeg during a ceremony overshadowed by a deadly shooting in Australia hours earlier during a similar Hanukkah celebration.
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'We have more light than any darkness': Westmount Hanukkah celebration a show of strength after mass shooting in Australia
Hundreds gathered at Westmount City Hall to celebrate the second night of Hanukkah and honour the lives lost in the Bondi Beach attack. One day after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Australia, Rabbi Lisa Grushcow was adamant that Westmount City Hall’s annual Hanukkah candle lighting must go on.
Australians are honoring the 15 people killed in the mass shooting in Sydney, first remembering the rabbi who helped organize the gathering to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Anna Coren reports.
Mourners on Thursday laid to rest the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney: 10-year-old Matilda, who had been enjoying the Hanukkah festivities with her family when the gunmen opened fire.