Shabbat Shalom to all of you!

a car in st kilda got firebombed overnight. it had a menorah on its roof. it’s right across the road from the Jewish school. I recognise the car and house from the photos because we know the family very well. merry xmas to this bloody antisemitic country.

I’m still not quite sure why the same political folk that absolutely adore the ‘Nazi Bar’ analogy are now so desperately trying to unlink the Harbour Bridge protest from the Bondi attack. What are you trying to hide or defend, exactly? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

It’s pretty obvious in the Jewish community that what the federal govt decided to focus on - gun control - isn’t the problem here. What’s next, stricter regulations on pipe bombs?

watching the lineup of volunteers and heroes who are lighting the final night do the menorah at bond beach. *this* is who we are.

tfw Australia now deploys snipers to a beach to protect the Jews there

Some people in Sydney are calling for the pedestrian bridge to torn down after the attack, meanwhile Chabad have already installed a Menorah on it.

One Mitzvah for Bondi: www.nsw.gov.au/community-se...

NSW Police apparently intercepted five people in Liverpool this afternoon who drove up from Melbourne and were on their way to Bondi to cause some kind of further undisclosed trouble. The risk has not diminished. It’s not yet over.

Stay safe out there y'all

I'm watching Matilda's funeral live and it is absolutely heart-wrenching.

I feel like there ought to be a bracha one says when watching the grace and majesty of an A380 landing.

tfw you have the last flight out of the night and it gets cancelled minutes before boarding

Today I buried a good friend. As did hundreds of others. 😭

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I flew in too late for Eli Schlanger’s funeral so im watching the live stream. I’m kind of glad I’m not in the room there or I’d be a sobbing mess.

VH-VWN is a silver Jetstar A321 with a single white panel on engine number 2 bearing a red Qantas logo. I suspect they ran out of spare parts and had to swap some.

File > New > Aircraft

I always find it funny going through the xray and metal detectors at airports - the ones that say SMITHS DETECTOR all over them. If you want to know if I’m a Smith or not, just check my drivers licence or passport!

Remember, it's two candles tonight, or 386 candles if you're still on last year's Hanukkah.

My latest: Contrary to popular perception, American antisemitism is not primarily a partisan problem—it is a generational one. "The research collectively suggests that America is becoming more anti-Semitic because its young people are becoming more anti-Semitic." Gift link:

Some fun context: eight years ago, Chabad of Bondi - the same group that organised the Chanukah event that got attacked yesterday - had the DA for their new synagogue denied over fears of a terrorist attack. 8 years in which govt can't keep us safe. www.timesofisrael.com/council-bloc...

Returning to the scene of an attack to go about your regular life is normal. The Israelis have done this for decades. Shutting down or staying away for weeks, like Westfield Bondi Junction after the stabbing, is weird and shouldn’t become normal. apple.news/AQa_BDgY2QQG...

lol, clearly they haven’t worked

setting 3 is "the jews deserved it because of israel" and i dont even know what to say about that except fuck you

antisemitism has two settings, "shut up jews you're overreacting" and "mass murder"

A somber scene of reflection and outrage outside the Bondi Pavilion where an impromptu vigil is taking place. Prayer, intense grief, amongst Sydney’s Jewish community.

NSW: blood donor centres are at capacity and supplies have been depleted. Lifeblood are looking for donations over many weeks so they replenish, and bookings so they can plan for it.

We've been through worse and we're still here. We'll be here after they're gone as well.

and a good friend

Yes. It is also why so many destructive monstrous conspiracy theories that don’t “start” out anti-Semitic quickly end up that way It’s just a bigotry that is so fundamental and pure in its evil that you will eventually or quickly get there if you choose to live that kind of life

Perfect response to someone asking how they can help

One of the traditions of major Jewish holidays is increasingly becoming that someone tries (and often succeeds) to massacre us. It is all too common now for a gunman to storm into a Jewish holiday celebration.

what do you even say when someone says “I hope your friends and family in Sydney are safe” and at least two of those friends are dead

a lot of people and organisations have cropped Dovy out of his bloodied tzitzis photo 🤔

The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach

Not the important thing about this but you can stop saying alleged in situations like this you really can.

Badly needed timeline cleanse

if for some reason you are still at bondi beach, get the heck away

just living in the miracle / candles on my vehicle / eight nights / gonna shine invincible #chanukah #misheardlyrics

I love that the new Pokémon DLC heavily features donuts just days before Chanukah.

Cloudflare is down... I use UptimeRobot to monitor sites. UptimeRobot is also hosted on Cloudflare. It is VERY BROKEN right now. DownDetector is another useful tool for checking site availability. Also hosted on Cloudflare. DownForEveryoneOrJustMe... yep, hosted on Cloudflare. GOLLY THIS IS FUN!

CloudFlare: bringing a new single point of failure to a data center near you

The bloody neighbours have gone out and left John Cage’s 4’33 on full blast again.

local Rabbi, giving over a sicha: kiryat arba alludes to the body, which is comprised of four parts Me, following along: of course, heads and shoulders, knees and toes

Shabbat Shalom!