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Chabad of SF Rabbi Yosef Langer carries a torch with its flame flickering as San Francisco celebrates the first night of Hanukkah at Union Square on Dec. 14. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Security ramps up at Bay Area Hanukkah events in wake of Sydney massacre

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 15, 2025December 29, 2025
Menorah on the Sydney Opera House
Posted inWorld

Sydney Opera House lit by giant menorah amid vigils for Bondi Beach victims

by Grace Gilson December 15, 2025December 16, 2025
Rabbi Eli Schlanger, at right, participates in his son's bris several weeks before his murder at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, 2025. (Facebook)
Posted inWorld

Updated: These are the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney

Philissa CramerAsaf Elia-Shalev by Philissa Cramer, Asaf Elia-Shalev and Grace Gilson December 15, 2025December 19, 2025
Home surveillance footage
Posted inCalifornia

Police in Redlands, California, investigate shooting attack on Jewish family’s Hanukkah display

by Grace Gilson December 15, 2025December 15, 2025
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign)
Posted inFilm

Rob Reiner, iconic Jewish director and actor, and wife Michele found dead

by Andrew Lapin December 15, 2025December 15, 2025
A Jewish first responder reacts as he stands at the site of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025. (Saeed Khan/AFP)
Posted inNews

Deadly Hanukkah attack comes after years of escalating antisemitism in Australia

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
Video footage shows a bystander, identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed, tackling a shooter on Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack on Dec. 14, 2025, in Sydney. (Screenshot)
Posted inWorld

Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach gunman identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed; attackers named

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
People cross a street next to police vehicles after a shooting on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Dec. 14, 2025. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

At least 15 killed in shooting attack on Chabad Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
Branham High School senior Cormac Nolan addresses the Campbell Union High School District board on Dec. 11. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

At first school meeting since swastika post, speakers share concerns, solidarity

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
Video of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Posted inIsrael

Footage of 6 hostages murdered in Gaza lighting Hanukkah candles renews grief

by Grace Gilson December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

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