By Philip Klein
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Terrorists opened fire on over a thousand Jews marking
the opening night of Hanukkah on Australia’s Bondi Beach in Sydney, killing at
least eleven people.
Chabad of Bondi had organized a event called “Chanukah by
the Sea” that had been a tradition for decades. It had been going on for a
little over an hour when two gunmen opened fire, causing the crowd to scatter. According to the local Chabad, there was a long police
response time, so long that the terrorists had sufficient time to reload and
keep shooting. Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was assistant rabbi at the Chabad, was
among those killed.
There were two gunman, including one who was heroically
discharged by a bystander who was shown in a video sneaking up from behind him, jumping on
his back, and ripping a long gun out of his hands.
One suspect was eventually killed by police, and another
arrested.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared the event an act of terrorism and acknowledged it
was “a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first night of Hanukkah.”
Like many Jewish communities in the world, Australia has
been under constant threat, with synagogues being burnt and Jewish homes being
vandalized. The event itself was an act of defiance by Australian Jews, a
demonstration that they would not let fear deter them from practicing their
faith, which was a message of Rabbi Schlanger, who was among those killed.
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