Our hearts are with Arcadia Abroad staff, students, and the community following the attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
According to the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "this is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah.” For further details from a reputable news source, please see these articles from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Reuters.
We have contacted our students who were studying in the Sydney area. Most of these students have already departed Australia as planned for their program completion. At this time, we have no reports of students being harmed. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and remain in direct contact with our students on the ground.