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menorah lightings

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, at right, participates in his son's bris several weeks before his murder at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14, 2025. (Facebook)
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Updated: These are the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Asaf Elia-Shalev and Grace Gilson December 15, 2025December 19, 2025

Updated Dec. 19 (JTA) — Two local rabbis, a Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl are among those killed during the shooting attack Sunday on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, […]

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)
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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)
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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
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of S.F. lights the Bill Graham menorah in Union Square in 2014. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
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Kindle the lights and pass the latkes — menorah lightings around the Bay

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