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The daughter of Reuven Morrison, another victim of the Bondi massacre, speaks out to hold Australia’s government accountable for its failure to protect both her father, and the Jewish community at large. She makes one thing painfully clear: the warning signs were there, and the community had been demanding protection long before the attack.
Reuven was a hero who sacrificed his own life to try to save the lives of his community members. This tragedy was not unforeseeable. When governments ignore rising antisemitism and dismiss legitimate security concerns, Jewish lives are put at risk.
Jewish communities deserve to live without fear, and they deserve leaders who take threats seriously before lives are lost.
In a powerful interview, Victoria Teplitsky, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor who was wounded at the Bondi Beach terrorist attack called out the media and Australian leadership for failing to do enough to combat Jew hate.
She called for both the media and the government to finally listen to the warnings the Jewish community has been sounding for years; warnings that were ignored until it was too late.
Speaking directly to ABC, she demanded accountability for what she described as biased reporting that has led to increased hatred against Jews since October 7th, 2023.
Her father Semyon, 86, was shot in the leg and will undergo several surgeries over the next few months, but is expected to recover.
This is the Jewish reality.
At a Hanukkah celebration in Florida, full SWAT units and heavily armed police were deployed to secure a Jewish holiday event, not because of unrest inside, but because of credible threats from outside.
Lighting candles should not require armored vehicles. Celebrating a Jewish holiday should not come with rifles and perimeter checks.
The fact that Jewish families now rely on SWAT teams simply to gather in public should concern everyone.
It is a stark reminder that antisemitic violence is not theoretical but it is expected, planned for, and actively prevented every day.
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who fled Ukraine and rebuilt his life in Australia, was murdered at the Hanukkah gathering near Bondi Beach while shielding his wife, Larisa, from gunfire.
As bullets rang out, Alexander moved pushing his body in front of Larisa’s to protect her. He did not survive. She did.
Larisa told the Daily Mail, “...he was shot because he raised himself up to protect me...”
Alexander survived the horrors of the Holocaust as a child, enduring unimaginable conditions in Siberia alongside his mother and younger brother. He survived genocide, displacement, and starvation, only to still be murdered for being Jewish decades later.
Chabad shared that Alexander leaves behind his wife, two children, and eleven grandchildren.
May Alexander Kleytman’s memory be a blessing, and may his courage never be forgotten. 🕯️
As a vigil was held to mourn the victims of the Hanukkah terror attack at Bondi Beach, a woman wearing a keffiyeh showed up to protest the memorial itself.
This was not a political rally, it was a vigil for people murdered while celebrating a Jewish holiday.
Choosing to demonstrate against a memorial for victims of terror reveals something deeply frightening. When grief for Jewish lives is treated as something to oppose, the line between “activism” and cruelty disappears.
This moment should disturb everyone. It shows how far hatred has gone, to the point where mourning Jewish victims is itself treated as unacceptable.
A gunman fired 20 shots - what police think came from a BB gun -- from his car into a Jewish family’s home in California while screaming, “F**k the Jews.”
The home’s exterior is heavily decorated for Hanukkah, which likely is what led it to be targeted by this act of antisemitic terror.
This is what it means to “globalize the intifada.” Jewish homes are being treated as acceptable targets, and that reality should alarm any decent human being.
This attack is part of a wider pattern in which antisemitism is being normalized, excused, and ignored until it explodes into real-world violence.
We refuse to accept a world where Jews are expected to live in fear. Hatred like this must be confronted before more lives are put at risk.
Hundreds upon hundreds of people gathered at the Bondi Beach Pavilion on the second night of Hanukkah to light the next candle and stand together in grief, solidarity, and defiance of terror.
What was meant to be a night of celebration became a vigil and memorial for the 15 lives stolen in the Bondi Beach massacre. Both Jews and non-Jews showed up to show their solidarity with the community and against terror. This community was targeted by the same genocidal hatred that plagues Jews globally.
From Sydney to Tel Aviv to New York, Jewish communities are not alone, and they will not be silent.
🕯️ May the memories of the victims be a blessing.
Hundreds of people across Sydney lined up to donate blood in the aftermath of the Hanukkah terror attack, answering hatred with humanity and violence with life.
In the face of terror meant to divide and destroy, Australians chose action. They chose compassion, and to show up for the victims and their families in the most tangible way possible.
This is what real solidarity looks like. Not violence-inciting slogans, but life-saving action.
Terror thrives on fear and isolation. Blood donations send the opposite message: we stand together, and we will not be broken.
