Heart rendering. The twin sites of Buenos Aries suicide truck bombings by Hezbollah in 1990s: the 1992 Israeli Embassy bombing, killing 29, and the devastating 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center bombing, killing 85 and injuring over 300, making it the deadliest terror attack in Argentine history. Now I understand in my gut the obsession with security at South American Jewish institutions.
And all this on the Australian National day of Mourning commemorating the 15 victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack. The Prime Minister’s office has named the commemoration: Light will win – a gathering of unity and remembrance. There will be a nationwide minute of silence at 7:01 PM. Australia commemorates the terrible day of 14 December, the first night of Hanukkah, while knowing that antisemitism is not new and unlikely to go away. The recent burning of the oldest synagogue in Mississippi in Jackson is another reminder that hate against Jews grows beyond words to actions.
I wish all you need was love is enough to end these antisemitic horrors.
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