194: Bottling the Shock of Bondi as a Call for Action

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The world moves on fast.

The headline ticker keeps rolling, attention shifts, and even the most brutal moments are softened by the relentless pace of the news cycle.

But for those left to mourn — and for Jewish communities across the global diaspora — the shock of Bondi has not faded.

It’s hardened into fear.

Fear driven by the perceived lack of action by western leaders against creeping Islamist incursions into the West, attacks that target Jews and threaten the very foundations of open societies themselves.

This episode is an attempt to bottle that shock.

To take you back to the moment you first heard the news — whether you woke up to it, saw it break during your day, or learned of it whichever time zone you’re in.

To remind you how it felt as you lit your own Chanukah lights on day one.

You’ll hear from eyewitnesses there as it unfolded collected from Sky News Australia. From a doctor, speaking anonymously who treated the dead and injured.

From an Australian police officer on the scene.

From Rabbi Levi Wolff of Sydney’s Central Synagogue.

And from the highest levels of leadership in Israel — President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Plus as Chanukah drew to a close Premier of New South Wales Chris Minns, on the government’s response to the tragedy.

We’ve since seen an unimaginable terror plot foiled in the UK, by Britain’s secret services for what can best be described as a Bataclan style massacre on Manchester’s Jewish communities.

This is not about letting the Bondi moment pass. It’s about remembering it — clearly, honestly, however uncomfortably.

Action on this international persecution of Jews must start now.

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