Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.

As the eight-day Hanukkah holiday continues, security has been reexamined and even strengthened at some local synagogues and public events.

There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

The Sydney and Brown University attacks have one other thing in common: Both quickly become dragged into the politics of a bitter, divided time, as partisans saw each through the prism of their own ideology and bitter disputes.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel, WZO chair Yaakov Hagoel respond to the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney Australia.