World Jewish Restitution Organization conference links age-old antisemitism to Bondi attack
Every speaker said something that linked the antisemitism of yesteryear with that of the calamity on Bondi Beach, and stressed the importance of memory.
Every speaker said something that linked the antisemitism of yesteryear with that of the calamity on Bondi Beach, and stressed the importance of memory.
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.
Like the greatest American-Jewish funnymen, Reiner used humor to make light of situations that could have been dark and depressing.
Vanessa and Wayne were separated from their three-year-old daughter during the Bondi Beach attack, but found her protected by a woman who had been shot, lying on top of her.
"We must meet the moment of October 7th not by continuously retreating into the past, but by unequivocally confronting the present."
Over a dozen New York police officers and members of Chevra Hatzalah could be seen on the outskirts of the crowd at Carl Schurz Park as Hanukkah songs blared over the speaker.
Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler said that antisemitic incitement had been allowed to grow unchecked for years.
The LAPD homicide division told the US outlet that the two bodies found at the crime scene had wounds consistent to those done with a knife.