Jewish community unites for Hanukkah
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15 dead in Hanukkah shooting on Bondi Beach
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The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.
Jewish leaders said they won't be deterred from celebrating Hanukkah and the true message of the holiday. Lauren Victory reports.
Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting of candles.
There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.
San Diego-area law-enforcement officials are planning heightened security Monday at Hanukkah events and places of worship this week after the weekend mass shooting in Australia that killed as many as 15 people.
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.
Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is one of the world’s most widely celebrated Jewish festivals. The Bondi attacks’ timing on its first day is significant – and heartbreaking.
A great 20th-century Hasidic rabbi, Shalom Noach Berezovsky, known as the Netivot Shalom, argues that “all the miracles and wonders that have occurred for the Jewish people over the generations have been drawn forth through their refusal to accept their circumstances.”
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