Fr. Zachary Swantek, Princeton University's Catholic chaplain, has written the following on behalf of the University's Catholic community to the University's Jewish community and its chaplains, Rabbi Eitan Webb of Chabad and Rabbi Gil Steinlauf of the Center for Jewish Life: Dear Jewish Friends: On behalf of the Catholic community at Princeton, I write to express to you, our beloved brothers and sisters of the Jewish faith, our deepest condolences as you mourn those who were heinously murdered during a Hanukkah observance at Bondi Beach in Australia. Please know that we stand in solidarity with you against antisemitic hatred and violence by anyone, anywhere, at any time.  We, your Catholic friends, this year celebrate the 60th anniversary of the great document Nostra Aetate of the Second Vatican Council. Bearing in mind the history of antisemitic persecution, including by Christians, and indeed, sometimes even by those speaking and acting in the name of the Church, the fathers of the Council stated that: “The Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel's spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, and displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone.” That categorical and unequivocal teaching is much in our minds and hearts today as we extend to you our sympathy, our support, and our prayers. It is also much in our hearts and minds that what happened at Bondi Beach is not an isolated incident. It follows the horrific murders, rapes, and kidnappings of October 7, 2023 in Israel, when vicious terrorists attacked innocent men, women, and children for no reason other than that they were, or were presumed to be, Jewish. And it comes at a time of rising antisemitism throughout the world, including here in the United States. It is entirely understandable that many in the Jewish community at this frightening moment are wondering who their friends are. You may be asking: Who will stand with us? Who will refuse to be complicit in antisemitism or to go silent in the face of it? We members of the Catholic community of Princeton stand with you. We pledge to resist antisemitism and speak out forcefully against it. Please know that I spoke about this at the Sunday Masses on campus this weekend, and that our community prayed for the victims, for their families, and for the Jewish community here in Princeton and throughout the world. In prayer, Father Zack Fr. Zachary Swantek Doctor of Sacred Theology Chaplain  Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University