{"id":36698,"date":"2025-12-21T20:11:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=36698"},"modified":"2025-12-21T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T09:11:03","slug":"one-mitzvah-for-bondi-nsw-faith-affairs-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/one-mitzvah-for-bondi-nsw-faith-affairs-council\/","title":{"rendered":"One Mitzvah for Bondi &#8211; NSW Faith Affairs Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bondi terrorist attack has had an immense impact on our community, especially our Jewish community. The following day the NSW Faith Affairs Council held an emergency session to bring together faith leaders and show our unambiguous support for our Jewish brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expanded Faith Affairs Council was joined by two Jewish leaders Rabbi Nochum Schapiro of Chabad House and Rabbi Benjamin Elton of the Great Synagogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what our faith communities could do to help the Jewish community Rabbi Nochum Schapiro responded with two requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One, to stand with our Jewish community and show unambiguous support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And two, do one mitzvah. An act of kindness or charity. To bring some light into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the Rabbi\u2019s response, the Faith Affairs Council with support from the Minns Government is launching the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/community-services\/one-mitzvah-for-bondi\">#OneMitzvahforBondi<\/a>&nbsp;campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asking all Australians to undertake one act of kindness, compassion or charity, and to share their good deed with the wider community. You can do this through:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Volunteering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Giving blood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calling someone you haven&#8217;t spoken to in a while<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Buying a neighbour a coffee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting those in need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please share your good deed, by using #OneMitzvahforBondi or visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/community-services\/one-mitzvah-for-bondi\">nsw.gov.au\/onemitzvah<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Mitzvah for Bondi is an initiative of the NSW Faith Affairs Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chair of the NSW Faith Affairs Council Right Rev Dr&nbsp;Michael Stead, of the Anglican Church of Australia said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the core of our faith communities is a commitment to love and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NSW Faith Affairs Council encourages everyone to take part in the One Mitzvah for Bondi campaign, to spread warmth and kindness to our fellow Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to sincerely thank our Jewish leaders for their grace and guidance during this unfathomable period of grief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>President of the Rabbinical Council of NSW Rabbi Shua Solomon said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis unspeakable horror has touched every Jew and every Australian. Our only response to this profound darkness can be with light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe ask every Australian to honour the memory of our lost not only with words but with action, unity and faith &#8211; by doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Multiculturalism Steve Kamper said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the face of this terrible atrocity our Jewish community have responded with remarkable kindness and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis call to action is the remedy our heartbroken city requires at this time. It can be something as small as calling in on a neighbour, or an act of service like helping out at a food kitchen or donating blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery single one of us has an obligation to build the world we want to live in. Now is a time for us to unite, first and foremost, as fellow Australians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bondi terrorist attack has had an immense impact on our community, especially our Jewish community. The following day the NSW Faith Affairs Council held an emergency session to bring together faith leaders and show our unambiguous support for our Jewish brothers and sisters. This expanded Faith Affairs Council was joined by two Jewish leaders &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/21\/one-mitzvah-for-bondi-nsw-faith-affairs-council\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Mitzvah for Bondi &#8211; NSW Faith Affairs Council&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36699,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36698\/revisions\/36699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}