Vowing not to be cowed by attack, rabbi says candle-lighting to be held at Bondi Beach on last night of Hanukkah

17 December 2025, 3:05 am

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Mourners gather at a synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach mass terror shooting, in Bondi on December 17, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)

Continuing his eulogy, the father-in-law of Rabbi Eli Schlanger urges Jews not to be afraid to publicly celebrate their faith in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack.

“That’s not the answer,” says Chabad Rabbi Yehoram Ulman. “We can never, ever allow them” to succeed in scaring us, he urges. “Every time they try something, we become greater and stronger.”

In that light, Ulman says that “on the final night of Hanukkah… we’re going to gather at Bondi Beach and we’re going to show the world that the Jewish people are unbeatable.”