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Son of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele arrested after couple found dead in LA home

Nick Reiner, 32, is reportedly being held in jail following the apparent homicide of parents Rob and Michele Reiner on Sunday

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December 15, 2025 12:27

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner attend the Human Rights Campaign 2019 Los Angeles Dinner at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on March 30, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

Sydney terror attack

Bondi victim Rabbi Yaakov Levitan remembered as ‘profoundly beloved’ member of Sydney Jewish community

Messages of condolence have flooded in, as Chabad launch a crowdfunder to support his family

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December 15, 2025 14:58

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‘Much loved’ Bondi victim Peter Meagher was an ‘absolute legend’ rugby club says of volunteer referee

The retired NSW police officer was at Bondi Beach taking photos when the attackers opened fire

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December 15, 2025 16:18

Peter Meagher has been named as one of those fatally shot during the Sydney terror attack (Photo: Randwick Rugby)

My fellow Muslims must stand up to antisemitism

Even at a candle-lighting vigil commemorating those murdered in Sydney, British Jews faced abuse. The scale and intensity of what I saw shocked me

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December 15, 2025 16:45

Sydney terror attack

Great-grandfather Tibor Weitzen was ‘the sweetest, kindest guy’ who gave out lollipops to children in shul

Tibor Weitzen was shot while he shielded a family friend from the bullets

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December 15, 2025 17:00

Tibor Weitzen, 78, was affectionately known as "the lollipop man" because he regularly gave out sweets to children in synagogue (Photo: Chabad)

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Hero of Bondi Beach who disarmed gunman single-handedly is Muslim shopkeeper from Syria

Ahmed al-Ahmed hailed for astonishing bravery as he recovers in hospital from injuries suffered after intervening to stop atack

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December 15, 2025 17:29

Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al-Ahmed (right) is visited in hospital by NSW premier Chris Minns (Chris Minns/X)

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Bondi terror victim Marika Pogany was ‘mensch’ award-winner for delivering 12,000 kosher meals

The 82-year-old Holocaust survivor was an avid volunteer

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December 15, 2025 17:22

Marika Pogany is pictured accepting a charity's Mensch Award for delivering more than 12,000 kosher meals over a period of 23 years (Picture: Facebook/ JCA)

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Sacha Baron Cohen and Gal Gadot lead celebrity tributes to Bondi victims

Baron Cohen, whose children are half-Australian, previously lived in Sydney

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December 15, 2025 15:45

Sacha Baron Cohen has expressed his sorrow over the Chanukah massacre (Photo: Getty)

Sydney terror attack

Bondi Beach terrorist was investigated for extremism links but judged to be no threat

Naveed Akram was known to authorities six years before he carried out massacre with his father

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December 15, 2025 09:23

Mourner with Israeli flag lays flowers at Bondi Beach on Monday, the day after the attack (Photo by Izhar Khan/Getty Images)

Chanukah, freedom and the hysteria of a movement that sanctifies murder

We stagger on, unbowed. This is the message of this chag: light defeats darkness

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December 15, 2025 18:21

People light chanukiah candles at the Bondi Pavillion in memory of the victims of the terror attack at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Sydney terror attack

Bondi Beach death toll rises to 15, with 10-year-old girl among the victims

New South Wales Police said the youngest victim was just 10, while the oldest was 87

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December 14, 2025 19:57

Armed police at the scene of the Bondi Beach terror attack (Photo: Getty Images)

Sydney terror attack

How to talk to your children about the Sydney terror attack, according to mental health experts

A psychologist, family therapist and a rabbi give their tips on supporting your children in the wake of the attack and how to celebrate Chanukah this year

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December 15, 2025 20:39

Mourners lay down floral tributes to the victims of the antisemitic mass shooting terror attack at Bondi Beach (Photo: Getty)

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Youngest victim of Bondi terror attack was ‘just a happy kid’, while British rabbi and two Holocaust survivors also killed

‘Matilda was very friendly, she loves school, and has a lot of friends’, her aunt said

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December 15, 2025 21:00

Ten-year-old Matilda has been identified as the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach terror attack (Photo: Family handout)

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Now ban ‘globalise the intifada’ chant after Sydney attack, MPs from across parties demand

Former home secretary Suella Braverman has criticised the ‘permissive attitude’ of police as she joins call for action

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December 15, 2025 19:09

Conservative MP and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Sydney terror attack

Bondi terror victim Eli Shlanger was ‘devoted’ London-born rabbi with newborn baby

The British rabbi was fatally shot during the ‘Chanukkah by the Sea’ event in Sydney

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December 15, 2025 12:08

Rabbi Shlanger (centre) was fatally shot when terrorists opened fire in Sydney (Photo: Chabad)

Sydney terror attack

Thousands join Chabad to light ‘beacons of hope’ on Chanukah after Sydney terrorist attack

Many decided to attend after they heard the devastating news

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December 15, 2025 16:09

Rabbi Pinny Weinman lighting the menorah at the Edinburgh Chabad event (Photo: Toby Long)

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