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(JTA) — Viral video circulating after the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack showed an unarmed man racing toward one of the shooters and tackling him from behind before wrestling the gun from his hands.

The man has been identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed, the operator of a fruit stand in a Sydney suburb who happened to be in the area. He was shot twice but expected to survive.</...

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(JTA) — At least 11 people were killed during a shooting attack on a Hanukkah event at a beach playground in Sydney on Sunday, where attendees were celebrating the first night of the Jewish holiday.

The event was being held by Chabad of Bondi and the dead included Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an emissary of the movement who has worked there for 18 years, according to C...

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For the Twelfth Zionist Congress held in Carlsbad (now in the Czech Republic) in 1921, 11 artists contributed works which were specially printed and distributed in a limited-edition portfolio to the delegates. Included in the collection was this piece by Joseph Budko called Leid und Hoffnung (Suffering and Hope).

Budko (1888-1940) was born in Poland, worked...

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For thousands of years, the trademark miracle of Hanukkah has been a single jug of oil, just enough for one day, burning for eight. In the 21st-century, the definition of a Hanukkah miracle has significantly broadened; well, at least in the realm of children’s books, where just about anything is declared a Hanukkah miracle. Still, Hanukkah books are meaningful ways to connect...

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Frank Gehry, the legendary architect who was responsible for some of the most notable buildings of the past 50 years, died in Los Angeles on Dec. 5. He was 96.

Gehry was born Frank Goldberg on Feb. 28, 1929, in Toronto to working-class parents. The family lived in Toronto except for a brief stint in Timmins, Ont., until 1947 when they moved to Los Angeles. Gehry was...

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