No day at the beach

(JNS) — Call it was it was.

The attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, at the start of the eight-day holiday of Chanukah was not random. It was not a “disturbance.” It was not an isolated violent incident untethered from global events. It was not an unfortunate individual suffering from mental illness.

It was a terrorist attack, carried out against Jews, on a Jewish holiday, in a moment deliberately chosen for its symbolism.

Jews everywhere understood that immediately—because we always do.

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