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As we mark shloshim for Bondi Beach, we also ask: Can Australia’s multicultural project survive?

JL;DR SUMMARY Marked by collective mourning, the shloshim for the Bondi Beach massacre highlights the fragility of Australia’s once-celebrated multiculturalism, which faces severe strains from rising antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityHolocaust SurvivorsRacial TensionAustraliaTerror AttacksMulticulturalismBondi BeachAhmed Al AhmedMark Spigelman

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"SYDNEY As a Holocaust survivor, I want my Australia back!"
Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
"This was the impassioned plea that garnered rapturous applause from several thousand mourners who converged in the pouring rain at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening to mark shloshim the 30 days of mourning since the Hanukkah massacre that claimed 15 lives on Dec. 14."

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