Jewish, Hanukkah and Australia
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The Bondi Beach massacre has shattered the sense of security held by Australian Jews, generations of whom found a warm haven far from the horrors of Europe. Some now hope Australians see that antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem.
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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 has drawn attention to Australia’s distinctive Jewish community.
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Australian authorities ignored warning signs of rising antisemitism, some Jewish leaders say
The country endured its deadliest mass killing in nearly 30 years, with the massacre of 15 people this weekend during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.
At least 15 people were killed on Sunday as two gunmen opened fire at Australia's Bondi Beach in an attack that targeted a Jewish event, according to police in New South Wales, Australia. One of the alleged gunmen is also dead, police said.
Days after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney, the first of a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia.
Sen. Lindsey Graham blasts Australian PM Anthony Albanese as "pathetically weak" following deadly Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 victims.
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.
A day after the deadliest domestic terror attack in Australia’s history, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced criticism he didn’t do enough to combat rising attacks on the Jewish community nor swiftly enact recommendations from the nation’s antisemitism envoy released five months ago.