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The bar mitzvah next door to the Bondi Beach shooting

JL;DR SUMMARY A bar mitzvah celebration in Bondi Beach, Sydney, became the backdrop for a traumatic experience when a nearby shooting disrupted the event. 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 IdentityAustraliaBar MitzvahZionistSolidarityShootingBondi BeachKeren Kayemeth Jewish National Fund

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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
"Last night, we were celebrating the occasion of our second sons bar mitzvah at an event hall on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia..."
Israel
"Australia, proud to promote and strengthen the connection between Diaspora Jewry and the State of Israel and proud to work for a Zionist organization in a foreign country."

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