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Attackers on Sydney Hanukkah celebration IDed as father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025Jesse Orine

Australian authorities have identified the two gunmen who unleashed a deadly shooting attack on a Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as a father and son who are Pakistani nationals. Sajid Akram, 50, was killed on the scene. His son Naveed Akram, 24, was shot and is hospitalized in critical condition. ABC News of Australia […]

Bondi Beach attack transforms global Hanukkah celebrations into acts of defiance — with added security

December 14, 2025December 14, 2025Jesse Orine

Within hours of a devastating shooting on a Chabad Hanukkah party in Australia, other outposts of the Hasidic movement began outlining their plans to go forward with their own celebrations, despite their grief and the possible risk. “Chanukah teaches that we do not respond to darkness by retreating,” said Rabbi Mendel Silberstein of Chabad Lubavitch […]