A burial ceremony for hundreds of burned holy books was held on Wednesday at the ancient synagogue of the Sadygora Hasidic order in the city of Chernivtsi, which was set on fire two weeks ago.
Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler said on X on Sunday that antisemitic incitement had been allowed to grow unchecked for years.
Nine of the 15 victims of Sunday's Bondi Beach mass shooting attack have been identified as of Monday. These are their names and stories.
Every speaker said something that linked the antisemitism of yesteryear with that of the calamity on Bondi Beach, and stressed the importance of memory.
The Bondi Beach attack was not confusing. It was absolutely clear that gunmen were shooting at people. And it was absolutely clear that the target was a Jewish Hanukkah event.
A senior US official told Fox News that if Iran ordered the Australia attack, Washington would fully support a direct Israeli counter-strike on Iranian territory.
The pair had told family members that they were on a fishing trip in Jervis Bay on Sunday, but were actually in a short-term rental in Campsie (a Sydney suburb).
Ben English, editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, described a city and a staff running on adrenaline, confronting a type of violence many Australians never expected to see on their own shoreline.
“He doesn’t have a firearm. He doesn’t even go out. He doesn’t mix around with friends. He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t go to bad places…"
The Bondi Beach attack was not confusing. It was clear very quickly that these were gunmen shooting at people. It was also very quickly made clear that the targeted event was a Jewish Hanukkah event.
Neighbors said the family living across the street kept to themselves but seemed like any other in the Bonnyrigg suburb, a working-class, well-kept enclave with an ethnically diverse population.
