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 New footage emerges of Jewish man trying to disarm Bondi Beach shooters before massacre
Boris Gurman was killed, as was his wife Sofia
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Opinion Why Sydney’s Hanukkah attack was not a surprise to hate researchers
An Australian researcher who tracks online hate says the Bondi Beach attack was shocking — but not unexpected, given a sharp rise in antisemitic sentiment since Oct. 7.
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Fast Forward Jewish donors help raise $1.3M for Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim man who disarmed a Bondi Beach attacker
Jewish hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman donated $66,500 to a GoFundMe page for al Ahmed
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Opinion The Bondi Beach attack is inspiring Jewish pride. For our children’s sake, we need to allow our fear, too.
Sometimes the most Jewish thing we can do is to sit quietly with children in their fear, writes the head of the Jewish Education Project
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News Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit and immigrants
The attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney targeted a thriving Jewish community
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Opinion Australia welcomed my family’s Holocaust survivors — and Bondi Beach soon became a symbol of renewal for me
The Australian Jewish population nearly tripled in size from 1938 to 1961, driven by Holocaust survivors, among others
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Fast Forward Sydney Opera House lit by giant menorah as vigils for Bondi Beach victims take place across Australia
More than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil on behalf of the 15 people killed in the Hanukkah attack
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News At Chabad Hanukkah party in California, hours after Bondi Beach massacre, joy defied grief’s shadow
Many attended who were still displaced by January's fire, and some remain unsure whether they will rebuild
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