Israel's ambassador to Australia has called for greater protection of Jewish people in Australia as dozens of people lined up on Tuesday at Sydney's Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the 15 victims and those wounded in the weekend's Hanukkah festival shootings.

As families celebrate the lights and joy of Hannukah, Jewish leaders are grappling with continued threats to practicing their faith safely. Tampa Bay’s Jewish leaders say they are outraged and saddened in the wake of the targeted shooting that killed 15 and injured dozens celebrating the holiday at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday.

An attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney has drawn attention to Australia’s distinctive Jewish community.

Investigators said they were also looking into a trip to the Philippines that the father-and-son attackers took last month.

Concern has been heightened for American Jews following this weekend's massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.

"Please say Psalms 20 & 21 for my son, Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff, who was shot in a terrorist attack at a Chanukah event he was running for Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, Australia," Yossi Lazaroff wrote Sunday. "The Chabad Rabbi he was working with Rabbi Eli Schlanger was killed. Praying for all the victims and their families."

After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.

More than 100 people gathered for prayers and lit the first candle of the menorah in Winnipeg during a ceremony overshadowed by a deadly shooting in Australia hours earlier during a similar Hanukkah celebration.