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Councils to gather in Bondi for antisemitism summit

J-Wire News Service — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:13:56 +0000

Waverley Council plans to co-host a national summit on antisemitism and social cohesion in Bondi later this year, ahead of the first anniversary of the deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach. Mayor Will Nemesh will propose the initiative through a Mayoral Minute at the council meeting next Tuesday. If approved, Waverley will partner with the […]

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Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed honoured with keys to the city of Waverley

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:53:23 +0000

Bondi terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has been awarded the keys to the City of Waverley in honour of risking his life during the December 14 massacre targeting a Jewish Chanukah celebration. Mr Al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, rose to national attention after confronting and disarming one of the gunmen at Archer […]

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Four inseparable friends and the enduring legacy of Bondi

Rob Klein — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:50:53 +0000

Marika Pogany went down to Bondi Beach with three close friends for a celebration on an idyllic Sydney summer afternoon. They were all in their 80s, and they had enjoyed this kind of outing for years. They talked about the chaos of Bondi traffic while settling into their white plastic chairs to enjoy the Chanukah […]

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Monday Morning Cooking Club is back with a book for the next generation

Rob Klein — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:20:36 +0000

The Monday Morning Cooking Club did not set out to build a publishing brand. It set out to save recipes. The project began in 2006 when six women from Sydney’s Jewish community came together to write a cookbook for charity. Over time, the group has evolved into the trio of Lisa Goldberg, Merelyn Frank Chalmers […]

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Bondi shooter speaks as ‘onerous conditions’ outlined

AAP — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:33:28 +0000

The surviving gunman from the Bondi Beach terror attack has faced court for the first time on 15 murder charges, uttering his first public words. Accused Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram has made his first remarks in court as his lawyer tempered expectations of swift pleas to dozens of serious charges. The 24-year-old appeared in Sydney’s […]

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Bondi survivor gives thanks at the Rebbe’s grave

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:43:16 +0000

Yanky Super, a 24-year-old paramedic and volunteer on duty with Sydney’s Hatzalah emergency medical services, didn’t even hear a shot fired at Chabad of Bondi’s ‘Chanukah at the Sea’ event before he felt a bullet hit him in the back, collapsing his lung. One of the scores wounded during the Dec. 14 terror attack at […]

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NSW announces $1m mental health and resilience package after Bondi terror attack

Rob Klein — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:55:30 +0000

The NSW government has announced a further $1 million in funding for Jewish community mental health and resilience programs following the deadly antisemitic terrorist attack on a Chanukah celebration in Bondi Beach on 14 December, 2025. This marks a shift from immediate recovery measures to longer-term support focused on healing, wellbeing, and community strength. The […]

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Bondi Beach hero Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff receives key to the city

Rob Klein — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:12:29 +0000

Waverley Council honours rabbi who rushed to aid wounded officer during Bondi terror attack In a moving ceremony on February 3, 2026, Waverley Mayor Will Nemesh presented Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff with the Key to the City and a lifetime beach parking pass, honouring his extraordinary courage during the December 14, 2025, terror attack at Bondi […]

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Daughter of Bondi terror attack victim brings Holocaust memory into the present

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:02:47 +0000

A Sydney International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on Tuesday, 27 January, was marked by a powerful address from Professor Sabina Kleytman, whose father, Alex, a Holocaust survivor, was murdered in the Bondi Beach terror attack last December. The annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Liberation from Auschwitz commemoration was hosted by the Sydney Jewish Museum […]

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US will keep defeating evil of Jew-hatred, Rubio says on Australia Day

JNS — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:13:30 +0000

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent nearly 20% of a Jan. 25 statement marking Australia Day discussing the antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Chanukah in December. “Following last year’s horrific terrorist attack at Bondi Beach, the United States continues to stand in solidarity with the loved ones of the fallen […]

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