New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said the attack "was designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah."

Following the attack of Jewish community members who were celebrating Hanukkah at a beach in Australia, New York State is taking precautions. The Anti-Defamation

Rivkah Rothschild was on her way to a public menorah lighting in New York City on Sunday evening when she decided to recite a specific Jewish prayer to herself. “I actually said Shema Yisrael, which is the prayer that we say before passing away,

That attack in Sydney is exactly what it means to globalize intifada. We saw the actual application of the globalization of intifada in Sydney,” Adams said.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Executive Director of Chabad Lubavitch of Central New York Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport released a statement following the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia on Sunday.

The authorities said they released a person of interest after officials could not connect him to the shooting. They have not named any other suspects.