"Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis has said his cousin and cousin's wife "spent 15 terrifying minutes hiding under a doughnut stand" as gunmen opened fire during the Bondi Beach attack. "People to their right and left were being shot dead," the rabbi said. Fifteen people have been killed including a 10-year-old girl in an attack by the two gunmen targeting a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on the beach in Sydney."
"Rabbi Mirvis said one of the key messages of Hanukkah is that Jews around the world declare "we belong, and we will not hide who we are", but "that declaration was met with murderous hatred" at Sunday's mass shooting. The causes of "toxic antisemitism" must be addressed, he said. Rabbi Mirvis, who will travel to Sydney, called for people to stand together "against the normalised rhetoric that demonises Jews and the only Jewish State"."
Gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach, killing fifteen people, including a 10-year-old girl. A cousin and his wife spent fifteen terrifying minutes hiding under a doughnut stand while people nearby were shot dead. The Hanukkah message of declaring belonging was met with murderous hatred during the mass shooting. Calls were made to address the causes of toxic antisemitism and to stand against rhetoric that demonises Jews and the State of Israel. The right of Jewish communities to gather safely and publicly was described as a test of the moral health of any society.
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