Overview
- Two gunmen opened fire on the Chanukah by the Sea gathering at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people, including assistant rabbi Eli Schlanger.
- Police shot one attacker dead at the scene and the other remains in hospital with injuries.
- Schlanger, 41, was a key organiser of the event and served Chabad of Bondi, leaving his wife, Chaya, and five young children.
- Author Nikki Goldstein says they were one chapter from finishing 'Conversations with My Rabbi' and recalls his call to counter fear with love.
- Sydney Beth Din head Rabbi Yehoram Ulman urges unity and hope in a message to the grieving community.