Rabbi Eli Schlanger, with Chabad of Bondi and a key organizer of the event where Sunday’s shooting happened, was among the dead, according to Chabad, an international movement of Orthodox Judaism known for its public candle lightings in communities across the world. In Hebrew, Hanukkah means “dedication,” and the holiday marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century B.C. In 2008, nine people were killed in an attack against a Chabad house in Mumbai, India, and one person was killed and three injured in a 2019 shooting at a Chabad synagogue outside of San Diego.
Author: Melanie Lidman, Associated Press
Published at: 2025-12-14 21:01:04
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