Members of the Jewish group the world over awakened Sunday to one more deadly assault — one thing that has change into all too widespread for these of the religion. The assault Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist incident, has left no less than 15 folks lifeless and 40 hospitalized in what police say was an incident concentrating on Jewish folks.
The taking pictures occurred as lots of gathered to have fun the primary of eight nights of Hanukkah, a vacation which takes place near the winter solstice in the course of the longest nights of the yr. A millennia-old custom, it celebrates the triumph of sunshine over darkness: the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrians and the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem round 165 BC. Today, that historical past is resonating much more with Jewish communities the world over following the newest in a wave of antisemitic assaults in Australian cities.
Authorities in New York, Washington, DC, and New Jersey have stated they’re deploying extra sources to Hanukkah celebrations and synagogues. In 2024, knowledge supplied to CNN by the Anti-Defamation League confirmed threats to Jews within the US tripled within the one-year interval because the lethal October 7 terrorist assault on Israel by Hamas.
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