Overview
- Opinion columns describe a deliberate, antisemitic attack at a Hanukkah gathering on Bondi Beach that reportedly killed at least 15 people.
- Writers frame Hanukkah through the Maccabees’ defiance and the Temple’s rededication, urging courage in the face of terror.
- Public menorah lightings were held worldwide, including a lighting on Bondi Beach the day after the shooting.
- Local leaders are organizing visible acts of solidarity, including a planned menorah lighting in Little Rock led by Gov. Sarah Sanders.
- Authors call for communal unity, moral clarity, and vigilance in response to a broader rise in antisemitism.