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.

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

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.

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

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

The Chabad of Anne Arundel County’s parade of lights and Menorah lighting took on a more somber and defiant tone this year.

Authorities said two gunmen killed 15 people and wounded many more during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach.

Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.