Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarter's Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky says the Bondi Beach shooting reflects Australia's tolerance of escalating antisemitic violence.

Family and friends say Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who helped plan the targeted Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach, was among the 15 people killed.

Some rabbis said their synagogues would proceed with large-scale celebrations, intended to demonstrate resilience

After lighting a Little Rock menorah on Hanukkah's second night, Rabbi Pinchus Ciment sang, passed out coins and offered encouragement one day after a deadly attack on Jews at Bondi Beach in Australia.

Many people who knew the victims of Sunday's attack in Australia hope for a better future, but admit that can't come without acknowledging that words of hatred can lead to violence.

The son of Texas A&M University’s campus rabbi is among those critically wounded in a mass shooting Sunday at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia.

"The Jewish community has essentially been burdened with an unplanned and undesired tax for safety and security," Nammie Ichilov told Fox 4.

After a mass shooting in Australia, there was a visible law enforcement presence outside of Jewish schools, synagogues, and events, worldwide.

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.

Jewish groups and law enforcement agencies across the Houston area are on alert in the wake of the shooting, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more were injured.

Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel is encouraging the Lawrence Jewish community to stand strong this Hanukkah season as he mourns his friend, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, victim of the antisemitic shooting in Australia.