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Rob Reiner urges resilience in video address for Holocaust survivor event — recorded just weeks before his murder

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — At a virtual Holocaust survivor event on Thursday, beloved Jewish film director Rob Reiner gave a pre-recorded address where he urged those watching to be “resilient.”

For the survivors, families and advocates who tuned into...

UPDATE: These are the victims of the Bondi Beach Chanukah celebration shooting in Sydney

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — A local rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and a 12-year-old girl are among those killed during the shooting attack Sunday at the “Chanukah at the Sea” celebration in Sydney, Australia.

Late in the day, authorities raised...

Citing Sydney attack, police in London say they will now arrest those who chant ‘globalize the intifada’

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Police in London and Manchester, England, say they will now arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who chant the phrase “globalize the intifada,” in a policy change responding to the deadly terror attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in...

New footage emerges of Jewish man trying to disarm Bondi Beach shooters before massacre

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — An elderly Jewish man sought to stop the Bondi Beach Chanukah attackers and was their first victim, according to dramatic dashcam footage that emerged on Tuesday.

Boris Gurman, 69, came upon the attackers as they...

Australian authorities confirm that Bondi Beach attackers were affiliated with Islamic State terror group

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The father-and-son duo who killed 15 people during an attack on a Chanukah celebration in Sydney on Sunday were motivated by “Islamic State ideology,” Australian authorities have confirmed.

Australian media had reported on Monday that...

Jewish donors help raise $1.3M for Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim man who disarmed a Bondi Beach attacker

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A crowdfunding campaign to support Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim fruit seller shot after disarming one of the men who was attacking a Chanukah event in Sydney, generated $1.3 in its first day — with...

22 arrested in Amsterdam protest over contentious Chanukah concert featuring IDF cantor

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Dozens of people were arrested on Sunday after protesting outside Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall, where multiple Chanukah concerts were taking place.

The day’s concert lineup came under scrutiny last month after the concert hall, known...

Attackers on Sydney Chanukah celebration IDed as father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Australian authorities have identified the two gunmen who unleashed a deadly shooting attack on a Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as a father and son who are Pakistani nationals.

Sajid Akram, 50, was killed on the...

Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — A viral video circulating after the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack showed an unarmed man racing toward one of the shooters and tackling him from behind before wrestling the gun from his hands.

The man has...

World leaders react to deadly Chanukah terror attack in Sydney

 (JNS.org) – World leaders offered varied reactions to Sunday’s terrorist attack against Jews in Sydney, ranging from offering general condolences, including by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to accusing the Australian government of allowing antisemitic hatred to fester, as...