DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — JEWISH COMEDIAN ALEX Edelman drew sustained applause Sunday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music after publicly thanking security staff who checked patrons and bags, in the wake of two deadly mass shootings abroad and on a U.S. campus.
The event came a day after 15 attendees were killed by two shooters at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, and after a masked gunman entered a Brown University classroom and opened fire, killing two and injuring others, according to JNS.
Edelman, 36, appeared onstage with a menorah, paused to confirm the order of the blessings with his father in the audience, and lit the first candle as much of the 2,096-seat crowd recited the blessings with him.
He later brought out singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who played several songs, including “Hava Nagila,” as the audience sang along.
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