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I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.

JL;DR SUMMARY In a poignant reflection, Nomi Kaltmann explores the shifting landscape of Jewish safety and identity in Australia after a tragic shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. 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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IdentityJewish CommunityAustraliaSafetyHanukkahSydneyGun ViolenceBondi BeachNomi Kaltmann

Places mentioned

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Members of the public look at the scene at Bondi Beach after a mass shooting on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia."
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
"Rabbanit Nomi Kaltmann lives in Melbourne."
Ballarat, New South Wales, Australia
"Her family first arrived in Australia in the 1860s, part of the Ballarat goldrush."
New South Wales, Australia
"The protest outside the Sydney Opera House, where there were open chants of Wheres the Jews and F the Jews, at one of our countrys most iconic sites, with no arrests and no charges, felt like a breaking point."
Tasmania, Australia
"The country limited gun ownership after the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in 1996, when we made collective choices about who we wanted to be as a nation."

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