Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.

Hundreds of gold chocolate coins fell from a Columbia firetruck on Tuesday evening for Chabad of Columbia’s annual Hanukkah menorah lighting outside of Columbia City Hall. However, this year's celebration carried a bit of extra weight in the wake of a deadly attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney,

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.

US President Donald Trump has urged nations to have a united front against radical Islam after an Islamic State-inspired terror attack on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach claimed 15 lives.

Yehudah Leib ben Manya Lazaroff, 20, was among those critically injured in the terror attack at Bondi Beach. His uncle, a Houston rabbi, said he'd been volunteering in Australia for a year.

Slain rabbi's letter warning Australian PM about antisemitism gains tragic relevance after deadly Hanukkah terror attack on Bondi Beach left at least 16 dead.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Cincinnati community gathered Tuesday night in Hyde Park for a menorah lighting following the tragic mass shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia Sunday. Organizers said it was a chance to celebrate the Jewish community and spread unity.

Australian officials said the shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration had been carried out by a father and son. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.