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Reuven Morrison and Rabbi Yaakov Levitan named as victims of Sydney massacre
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Emergency services workers gather at the scene after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
Two additional victims of the massacre at a Sydney Hanukkah event have been identified.
One is named as Reuven Morrison, who is identified by Chabad.org as “a member of the Chabad community who divided his time between Melbourne and Sydney.”
Another victim is named as Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, who served as secretary of the Sydney Beth Din and worked at the BINA Center, according to Chabad. According to a local Chabad news site, Levitan worked in distributing tefillin to those committed to performing the Jewish rite.
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