This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2025 mass shooting at a Chabad Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Bondi Beach Hanukkah Attack
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Fast Forward 6 months after her father was killed at Bondi Beach, Sheina Gutnick has become a leading antisemitism advocate in Australia
The Hanukkah massacre in Sydney has transformed the mother of three into an international figure
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Fast Forward Australian Jews report harassment, intimidation after testifying before commission investigating Bondi attack
Commissioner sees dramatic increase in online hate messages after witnesses described their “lived Jewish experience.”
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Fast Forward Police denied Jewish community’s request for more security before Sydney massacre, commission finds
A preliminary report from Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion calls for changes
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Fast Forward Concert to benefit Bondi Beach victims canceled after Greek choir refuses to sing with Jews
"There's a bit of antisemitism in the Greek community," said the Greek choir's director
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Fast Forward Arrests and clashes with police as Australians protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Sydney visit
Herzog visited the site of the Bondi massacre on Monday
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Fast Forward Mourner’s Kaddish for Bondi Beach victims recited in Australian parliament as tougher hate crime laws pass
“You don’t have to be Jewish to feel this in your chest,” said Jewish parliamentarian Mark Dreyfus
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Fast Forward Following pressure from Jewish leaders, Australian PM Anthony Albanese announces inquiry into Bondi attack
The announcement comes as Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Muslim man who was shot while trying to thwart the attack, was honored by Chabad in New York
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Fast Forward Just before Hanukkah attack, Jewish mayor of Bondi Beach region had been praised for fighting antisemitism
Because he was only one of very few leaders in Australia that stood against antisemitism, this happened. If there were more, this would never have happened,' one ally said
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