Jewish, Hanukkah and Australia
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The Scottsdale community gathered for car parades on the second night of Hanukkah following the recent mass shooting in Australia. FOX 10's Taylor Wirtz learns more on how they are spreading pride and support amid their pain and fear.
A Jewish family in California claims they were targeted by a group of individuals who fired at their home and shouted anti-semitic and racist slurs after seeing Hanukkah decorations.
Buffalo's Jewish community gathered for their annual public menorah lighting in Elmwood Village, marking the 2nd night of Hanukkah while honoring victims of a deadly anti-Semitic attack in Australia.
Two of the three people charged in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa, a rising Latin singer known professionally as DELAROSA, may have set the artist up, according to a search warrant affidavit reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. The Nov. 22 shooting unfolded just before 1:30 a.m. on Bryant Street […]
A number of celebrations on Sunday marked the start of Hanukkah across Tampa Bay as the Jewish community mourned the attack that left 15 dead in Sydney, Australia.
Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting of candles.
Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.
Rabbi Abraham Unger, executive director of New Synagogue Palm Beach, said the holiday recognizes the survival of the Jewish people during a time of widespread assimilation and oppression, as it commemorates the Jewish people’s triumph over Greek-Syrian control more than 2,000 years ago.