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The Opera House. The Harbor Bridge. Bondi Beach. Each one an icon, a totem, a postcard. More than just a place, they imbued the very idea of Australia: a land of optimism, freedom, egalitarianism.

“In every generation, the question is not whether the challenges are new, but whether we are prepared to respond with the same sense of obligation that the Alter Rebbe demanded of his followers.”

Ahmed had arrived in New York earlier in the week to pursue the next stage of what he described as his "treatment journey." During his stay, he had appeared on multiple US TV shows.

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Hosting Israeli leaders in Diaspora communities is neither new nor inherently problematic. Strong ties between Israel and world Jewry are vital and meaningful. But context matters.

The Chabad emissaries moved out and are looking for a new home, but the Rebbetzin wrote that it was difficult to leave the house where they had built their life's work.

We can let trauma define those spaces forever. Or we can redefine them with blessing, with building, with defiant acts of goodness. This is the Jewish way.

The Chabad said that the center's reinforced glass windows remained largely intact after the incident, and no one was inside at the time.

At the Light Over Darkness: Night of Unity commemoration, each candle was lit by a representative of those who brought light into the world at a dark time.

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal joined Australians living in Israel, visiting Australians, bereaved relatives, Chabad rabbis, and senior officials for a memorial ceremony in Jerusalem.