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Community to gather in Bondi to mark six months since tragedy

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:35:43 +0000

Sydney’s Jewish community and friends will gather this Sunday evening, 14 June, to mark six months since the devastating tragedy that shook the local area and the nation. The service will remember the 15 people murdered in the terrorist attack during a Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025, while also honouring the […]

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Victims in focus as Antisemitism Royal Commission hearings begin in May

J-Wire News Service — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:38:30 +0000

Survivors and victims of antisemitism will take centre stage when the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion begins its first hearings in Sydney next month. The hearings will run from May 4 to May 15 and will examine how antisemitism is defined, how it manifests in modern Australia, and how its impact on Jewish […]

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Children affected by Bondi attack rebuild trust in emergency services

Rob Klein — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:48:06 +0000

Children from families affected by the Chanukah terror attack at Bondi Beach took part in a community event on Sunday aimed at easing their fear of emergency services. The morning at Rodney Reserve in Dover Heights grew out of a conversation between Bondi survivors and the NSW government’s Bondi Community Response team, led by the […]

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Noa Tishby comforts ‘forgotten’ Bondi survivors

Rob Klein — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:56:35 +0000

Israeli author, actor and activist Noa Tishby has told survivors of the Bondi terror attack that their trauma is real and that they are part of a global Jewish community that felt the shock of December 14. Tishby spoke to a morning gathering of around 100 survivors at Mizrachi Synagogue on February 13, in an […]

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How they are doing

J-Wire Newsdesk — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:23:01 +0000

Latest report from NSW Health on the hospitalised survivors. NSW Health extends its deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of those who died and were injured at Bondi Beach. There are currently twenty-two patients receiving care in several Sydney hospitals for their injuries. Patients continue to be discharged. Some patients who […]

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JIFF Review – ‘Among Neighbours’ – Surviving the Holocaust, only to face murder at home

Rob Klein — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:26:07 +0000

Among Neighbours is an engaging documentary that tackles one of the most uncomfortable parts of Holocaust history, the attacks on Jewish survivors who returned to their homes in Polish towns after the war. Most Holocaust films focus on the atrocities committed by the Nazis, but filmmaker Yoav Potash shifts the focus to the Polish people […]

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Ex-hostage twins attend first Maccabi Tel Aviv game since release

JNS — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 07:53:55 +0000

Gal and Ziv Berman, who endured 772 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrived on Sunday night at Bloomfield Stadium for a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Beitar Jerusalem F.C., the first since before their abduction. The twin brothers, devoted fans of Maccabi, got on the pitch before kickoff, to the cheers […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:58:48 +0000

Max Zilberman – a Buchenwald Boy and grateful to The Joint Max was born on 13 February 1926 in Lodz Voivodeship, Poland. He was a Buchenwald boy, a survivor of Germany’s terrible Buchenwald of of Germany’s Buchenwald concentration camp and the only member of his Polish family to survive the war. Max had been brought […]

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Israeli survivors of Oct. 7 grapple with healing and hope

Elizabet Zak — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:02:05 +0000

For the first time since the October 7 massacre of their communities, Israeli survivors are grappling with difficult questions and reassessing the horrors they experienced. Today, many of the survivors are now living as evacuees in hotel rooms and communities far from home, talking to mental health professionals. Communities hosting evacuees are also adjusting to […]

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A letter from survivors

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 07:27:22 +0000

We, the undersigned Holocaust survivors, are the last witnesses to the unspeakable horrors of the Nazi regime. We are witnesses to the antisemitic propaganda that turned our friends, neighbours and the general public against us in Europe. We remember the six million Jewish lives lost because of this hatred. On 7 October 2023, we witnessed […]

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