After hearing about the Bondi Beach terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration Sunday morning, Anni Katz, the spokesperson for the Jewish Federation of Lane County, reached out to her mom.
“How are we going to get through this? How do we celebrate the holiday tonight? How are we there for my kids, her grandchildren?” Katz had asked. The answer: “We have to be proud of who we are. We have to not shrink away when people say things. We have to correct them.”
That day, members of the Jewish community gathered at the Valley River Center to light the candle marking the first night of Hanukkah…