Hanukkah, one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays, begins Sunday, Dec. 14. Known as the festival of lights, Hanukkah is an eight-day holiday in the Jewish faith marked by the nightly lighting of candles.

Buffalo's Jewish community gathered for their annual public menorah lighting in Elmwood Village, marking the 2nd night of Hanukkah while honoring victims of a deadly anti-Semitic attack in Australia.

Rabbi Chaim Markovits is from Sydney, and says his family typically goes to the Hanukkah celebration that left 15 people dead. He says they are safe, but shaken.

In the South Bay, members of the Jewish community say they are in disbelief over what happened in Australia. Still, they say they are not going to let fear keep them from gathering to celebrate Hanukkah.

A Jewish family in California claims they were targeted by a group of individuals who fired at their home and shouted anti-semitic and racist slurs after seeing Hanukkah decorations.