Sydney, Dec 17, 2025 (AFP) - Grief and fear as Sydney's Jewish community mourns 'Bondi rabbi'

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2025-12-17

Wails rang through a packed synagogue on Wednesday as Sydney's Jewish community laid to rest beloved local rabbi Eli Schlanger, gunned down on Bondi Beach in Australia's worst mass shooting in decades. Onlookers sobbed as the hearse carrying the 41-year-old -- known as the "Bondi rabbi" -- pulled up and his coffin, emblazoned with a black velvet cloth bearing the Star of David, was unloaded. As a steady stream of mourners filed in, two overcome y......

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