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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore Community affairs reporter

‘We are all human beings first’: Jews and Muslims embrace at vigils for those killed in Bondi beach terror attack

Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins and Bilal Rauf, special adviser at the Australian Imams Council, embrace at a vigil in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Monday evening
Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins and Bilal Rauf, special adviser at the Australian National Imams Council, embrace at a vigil in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Monday evening. Australians have been holding vigils for the 15 people killed by terrorists at Bondi beach, with some bringing together people of different faiths and secular backgrounds. Photograph: Jewish Council

About 24 hours after terror was unleashed on Sydney’s Bondi beach, Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins stood in the city’s Hyde Park and delivered a message of unity.

“So many in our Jewish community have received messages of love from leaders in different faith communities, from Palestinian friends and friends around this country, and in so doing, we are now learning we are all just flesh and blood, and we are all also the light,” he said.

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