"When I lit the first candles for Hanukah, I felt connected with Jews around the globe in mourning and fear after the Bondi beach attack that killed 16 people in Australia. Like many others, I wondered how I could celebrate when there had just been a massacre. And then I thought about the latest hero for our people: Ahmed el Ahmed, Syrian immigrant."
"Does it matter that Ahmed el Ahmed is a Muslim immigrant? Yes, because Muslims are the new wandering Jews. From Uigurs being forced to give up their traditions in China, to Myanmar's mistreatment of Muslims living there, to Christian white majority fearmongering about people fleeing the horrors of war, Muslims have joined Jews among the most scapegoated people on Earth. Forced conversion, expulsion, and being blamed for one's own displacement is pretty much the experience of Jews for hundreds of years."
A Hanukah menorah was lit amid mourning after the Bondi Beach attack that killed 16 people. The shooter was disarmed by Ahmed el Ahmed, a Syrian Muslim immigrant who intervened without weapons. The incident joins a list of recent massacres affecting Jewish communities worldwide. The author links Ahmed's actions to broader patterns of scapegoating and persecution faced by Muslims, comparing those experiences to historical Jewish suffering. Ahmed's identity as a middle-aged father is noted as meaningful, and the need for more parents and citizens to act against global hate and massacres is emphasized.
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