People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Australia is vowing to enact tougher gun controls after a targeted Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach leaves 15 dead and many people injured.

WASHINGTON In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, condemned

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is now the director of Chabad Columbus. Marked among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the brother-in-law of one of Kaltmann's friends from when he studied at the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand.

President Donald Trump tells American Jews to "celebrate proudly" after deadly Bondi Beach attack on "Hanukkah by the Sea" event kills 11, injures dozens in Australia.

Australian authorities say two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration near Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people, including a child, and injuring dozens more in what officials are calling a targeted anti-Semitic terror attack.