On a popular beach in Australia, the darkness of antisemitism intruded on the Festival of Light.
Instead of celebrating a Jewish holiday, Jews were slaughtered.
For the second time in two months, Jewish people on opposite sides of the world were targeted and attacked on a major religious holiday.
On Oct. 2, two men were killed in an attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England, during Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year. On Sunday, Dec. 14, at least 15 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded when two gunmen opened fire on a crowd of about 1,000 gathered on the sweeping white sands of Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, for an event marking the beginning of eight-day Hanukkah festival. Australian authorities labeled the shooting a terrorist attack.
One of the gunmen has since died, bringing the death toll to 16 people.
