Officials said 15 people are dead after gunmen targeted the attendees of a Jewish community event on Sunday in Australia's Bondi Beach. Another 40 people were hospitalized with injuries, including a child and two officers,

The deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has resonated around the world, including in North Texas, where local leaders say the violence feels close to home.

Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting of candles.

The deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has resonated around the world, including in North Texas, where local leaders say the violence feels close to home. Dallas City Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn, who is Jewish, said the tragedy highlights the tight-knit global Jewish community.

An attack targeting a Jewish gathering at a famous Australian beach on Sunday has struck many in the Pittsburgh region as they begin to celebrate Hanukkah. As KDKA-TV's Barry Pintar reports, the attack did not stop the city's Jewish community from fully celebrating the sacred holiday.

Hundreds of people gathered at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square on Sunday evening to mark the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of the city’s public menorah, continuing a tradition that da

Dozens gathered outside the Betsy Ross House for a prayer service and religious celebration on the first night of Hanukkah, hours after a mass shooting in Australia at a Jewish party.

Chicagoans gathered Sunday with heavy hearts to light the menorah on the first day of Hanukkah. The shooting, that left at least 15 dead and 42 wounded, was Australia's deadliest in nearly 30 years.

Australian officials said the shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration had been carried out by a father and son. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.

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