Israel's ambassador to Australia has called for greater protection of Jewish people in Australia as dozens of people lined up on Tuesday at Sydney's Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in the weekend's Hanukkah festival shootings.

A crowdfunding campaign to support Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim fruit seller shot after disarming one of the men who was attacking a Hanukkah event in Sydney, generated $1.3 in its first day — with the largest donation coming from the American Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman.

A troubling rise in antisemitic attacks and incidents in recent years have left some feeling anger after the kind of deadly attack they felt was sure to happen.

The country endured its deadliest mass killing in nearly 30 years, with the massacre of 15 people this weekend during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.

Hundreds of Calgarians attended the 37th annual menorah lighting at city hall Monday night — a typically joyous event tinged with grief this year by the recent deadly shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney,

After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.

As the sun began to set Sunday, Arsen Ostrovsky sat with his wife, Tzeira Ostrovsky, and their two young daughters on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Arsen, a prominent civil rights lawyer and activist, stepped away to buy a hotdog. On his way, he heard what he thought were the sounds of balloons bursting, one by one.

Concern has been heightened for American Jews following this weekend's massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.