Six months on, our strength endures

It’s almost hard to believe that six months have passed since the Bondi Beach massacre.

For many of us, the pain is still so raw. For families of the victims, the void left by their loved ones still so hollow. Many of us are still in disbelief. Others – perhaps whether they realise it or not – still have not properly processed their emotions.

Australia’s Jewish community has been left all the poorer by the absence of those cruelly felled.

A Holocaust survivor who found freedom on these shores and built a life and a family. An innocent child who brought light and joy. Husbands, fathers and grandfathers taken. Wives, mothers and grandmothers. Contributing members of the community.

People who brought light, taken while celebrating light.