"Reuven Morrison, who was 62, and left the old Soviet Union as a child to escape anti-Semitism, was reportedly able to throw a few bricks at one of the shooters before he died. Tibor Weitzen was 78, and died as he tried to shield a friend from gunfire. Boris and Sofia Gurman confronted the shooters. Boris wrestled the gun from one of them."
""Looking at the heroes who banish the darkness with their righteous deeds," says Conover, "inspires us to do more." The couple, who were married for almost 35 years, died together, trying to save others. And Ahmed al-Ahmed, who came to Australia from Syria in 2006, a former policeman who now owns a fruit stand at Bondi Beach, tackled one of the gunmen and wrenched the rifle from him, even as he was wounded himself."
On the first night of Hanukkah, two gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney during Jewish Festival of Lights celebrations, killing fifteen people. Victims ranged from 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman to 10-year-old Matilda Britvan. Several people acted to confront the attackers: Reuven Morrison reportedly threw bricks; Tibor Weitzen shielded a friend; Boris and Sofia Gurman wrestled with a shooter and died together; Ahmed al-Ahmed, a former policeman and fruit-stand owner, tackled a gunman and disarmed him while wounded. Observers recalled Hanukkah themes of light and heroism and quoted a Stephen Spender poem honoring those who fought for life.
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