A St. Paul rabbi is asking Jewish Minnesotans to attend public menorah lightings across Minnesota to show “Jewish pride” in the face of an antisemitism attack that killed 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.

On Sunday morning, two gunmen opened fire on Bondi Beach during a celebration marking the first day of Hanukkah. Many world leaders, including the British and Indian prime ministers, condemned the attack.

Rabbi Tzemach Feller, co-director of Chabad of Macalester-Groveland, says the news of targeted shooting is “heartbreaking.”

“The terror attack brings shock, hurt and grief to our community,” Feller said. “Nevertheless, we know that the only way that we can respond, and we must respond, is by increasing in light and in Jewish pride because people who target Jews exp

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