Police and local media reports said the shooting began while some people were attending a Hanukkah party on the beach. At least 40 people were hospitalized.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi, was one of 15 people killed Sunday after two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia. On Tuesday night in Sykesville, his childhood friend Rabbi Sholly Cohen stood on a stage adorned with a larger-than-life menorah and talked to the crowd gathered on Oklahoma Avenue about the tragedy.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.

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.

LAPD will provide extra patrols at Jewish facilities, schools, synagogues and at Hanukkah events throughout the city.

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security at public events following the weekend's mass shooting attack on a Hanukkah celebration on a beach in Australia.

Hanukkah celebrations throughout Southern Nevada will have bolstered security in the wake of a mass shooting in Australia over the weekend that targeted a celebration of the Jewish holiday with hundreds in attendance.

Sen. Lindsey Graham blasts Australian PM Anthony Albanese as "pathetically weak" following deadly Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney that killed 15 victims.