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 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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News Her daughter left the Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration just before the shooting, then asked, ‘Mommy, why do they hate us so much?’
A near escape from violence sharpens a family’s fears amid rising antisemitism in Australia
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Opinion Will laying tefillin make a difference? A rabbi responds to his cousin’s murder in Australia attack
We must confront what faith can, and cannot, offer after terror
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Fast Forward New York Jewish leaders at menorah lighting call for solidarity and pride after Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack
Several Jewish leaders at the Hanukkah event also condemned the phrase 'Globalize the intifada'
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
Australia’s intelligence agency reportedly believes the men had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State
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Fast Forward After Australia shooting, Jewish leaders say Mamdani’s refusal to condemn ‘globalize the intifada’ has consequences
Deborah Lipstadt and Rabbi David Wolpe were among those criticizing New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
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Fast Forward Bondi Beach attack transforms global Hanukkah celebrations into acts of defiance — with added security
The Chabad movement issued security recommendations surrounding the 15,000 public menorahs it erects annually
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