AUSTIN, Texas — In the wake of a deadly mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which claimed 15 lives during a Hanukkah celebration, voices within Texas’s Jewish community are speaking out against antisemitism.
Jackie Nirenberg of the Anti-Defamation League emphasized the importance of community involvement in combating antisemitism, stating, “A place that you know of is a community of warmth and welcoming and belonging, and we still believe it is. We just have to stand up to those few individuals.”
The attack in Australia is the deadliest in the country in 30 years, and it has sparked a renewed focus on antisemitism in Texas. Nirenberg highlighted the need to understand antisemitism to effectively combat it, saying, “I think part of the way we combat antisemitism is understanding what it is.”…