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Rabbi attacked by a Muslim at Vienna menorah lighting
Rabbi Dov Gruzman (left) pictured with former Jewish US Ambassador Ronald Lauder in 2008.
A Chabad rabbi was attacked after presiding over a public Chanukah menorah lighting in Vienna.
The assailant who punched Rabbi Dov Gruzman and bit off part of the rabbi’s finger following the lighting Saturday night in Stephansplatz Square was Muslim, according to reports.
Gruzman, principal of the Lauder...
Australian parliament holds first Chanukah party
Chanukah was celebrated at the New South Wales Parliament House for the first time since the house was established in 1856.
Attendees at Tuesday’s historic event in Sydney, initiated and hosted by the New South Wales Chabad under the auspices of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, included Premier Nathan Rees, opposition leader Barry O’Farrell and more than 70 lawmakers, a dozen...