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25+ min ago (241+ words) The Jewish community at Bondi Beach, Australia The Jewish community gathered on Monday at 8 p.m. Australian time at Bondi Beach for the lighting of the second Hanukkah candle and to remember the victims of Sunday night's shooting. A father and son opened fire on crowds and murdered 15 people during Hanukkah celebrations at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Fifteen people were murdered in the attack, and 38 were wounded, some critically. The victims ranged in age from 10 to 87, according to New South Wales Premier Chris Minns. Two of the wounded died overnight in Sydney hospitals. Video: Live from Bondi Beach, Australia. Credit: Reuters Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Bondi Beach on Monday morning after ordering Australian flags lowered to half-mast following the attack. "Australia will not be divided by hate or violence," he wrote on X. "We will confront this head-on. And we will…...

28+ min ago (40+ words) Rabbi Nathanel Friedler of Kehillat Masada in Sydney, Australia offers a message of strength following the shocking murders: 'The 2025 Hanukkah candles will never be forgotten in Sydney.' Sydney community rabbi offers a message of strength: 'Am Yisrael Chai'...

59+ min ago (48+ words) Speaking at the Israel Justice Organization Summit in NYC, Brian Kilmeade compares diplomacy to sports, saying that both the US and Israel sometimes err in good faith, while their adversaries act with clear malice. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade: '9/11 for US is 10/7 for Israel'...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (1362+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 801 Rob Reiner, the son of a Jewish comedy giant who went on to become one himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as "The Princess Bride," "When Harry Met Sally" and "This Is Spinal Tap," has died. He was 78. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead Sunday at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation confirmed that Reiner and Singer were the victims and that it was being investigated as a homicide. Reiner grew up thinking his father, Carl Reiner " who died in 2020 at age 98 " didn't understand him or find him funny. But the younger Reiner would in many ways follow in his father's footsteps, working both in front and behind the camera, in comedies that stretched from…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (212+ words) The President of the Lower House of the Paraguayan Parliament, Dr. Raul Latorre, expressed support for Prime Minister Netanyahu during their meeting in the courtroom."We are here to express our full support," Latorre told Netanyahu. "I am an admirer of yours and think you are one of the most important leaders of the free world. My brother (the Speaker of the Knesset) told me how unfair this trial is."[video:2167618] The President of the Lower House of the Paraguayan Parliament, Dr. Raul Latorre, expressed support for Prime Minister Netanyahu during their meeting in the courtroom. "We are here to express our full support," Latorre told Netanyahu. "I am an admirer of yours and think you are one of the most important leaders of the free world. My brother (the Speaker of the Knesset) told me how unfair this trial…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (408+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 801 A Jewish Israeli man brandishing a knife was shot and seriously injured by Israeli forces at a gas station near the West Bank settlement of Kedumim on Monday morning, after being suspected of being an assailant attempting to attack the soldier. Some reports suggested the man was mentally ill. According to the Israel Defense Forces, a "soldier and an Israeli civilian opened fire following suspicion of an attempted stabbing against IDF troops at the Kedumim gas station." "An initial inquiry indicates that the individual was an Israeli civilian who approached IDF troops while carrying a knife," the army said. First responders said the man, aged 23, was taken to a hospital in serious condition. The IDF said the circumstances of the incident were under further investigation. There have been several terror attacks in the Kedumim area in recent…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (49+ words) November 19, 1977 was perhaps the most unusual Shabbat in Israel's history. Israeli families glued themselves to their TVs or radios, waiting for the President of Egypt to arrive. The post When Sadat Came to Jerusalem appeared first on The Times of Israel. [When Sadat Came to Jerusalem]...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago (57+ words) With Dr. Tanya White we unpack three narratives of Hanukkah: the Maccabee revolt, the miracle of the oil, and the Al Hanisim prayer that weaves human courage with divine presence. The post The Battle of Jewish Storytelling, with Dr. Tanya White appeared first on The Times of Israel. [The Battle of Jewish Storytelling, with Dr. Tanya White]...

1+ hour, 52+ min ago (185+ words) The cousin of Ahmed Al-Ahmad, who was injured after jumping on the terrorist shooting at celebrants at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia and seizing his weapon, told local media that Al-Ahmad successfully underwent the first surgery he needed and is expected to have further surgeries as needed. Improvement in the condition of Ahmed Al-Ahmad, hero of the Sydney massacre The cousin of Ahmed Al-Ahmad, who was injured after jumping on the terrorist shooting at celebrants at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia and seizing his weapon, told local media that Al-Ahmad successfully underwent the first surgery he needed and is expected to have further surgeries as needed. Improvement in the condition of Ahmed Al-Ahmad, hero of the Sydney massacre The cousin of Ahmed Al-Ahmad, who was injured after jumping on the terrorist shooting…...

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (773+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 801 Two years after three escaped hostages were mistakenly killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, families of two of those killed in the incident decried on Sunday the planned promotion of the battalion commander involved in the deadly incident. Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz, and Samar Talalka were killed on December 15, 2023, during "intense fighting" in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood, five days after Israel Defense Forces troops had killed their captors, without knowing that the terror operatives had been holding hostages at the time. The officer, Lt. Col. "Daled," who commanded the Bislamach Brigade's 17th Battalion at the time, was included on a list of appointments made by Ground Forces chief Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan on Friday. Iris Haim, the mother of Yotam Haim, demanded Sunday that IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir block the planned…...