Bondi in focus as rabbis gather in New Jersey
Rabbi Eli Schlanger's son Nossen addressed thousands of Chabad emissaries, as Project Noah, the initiative his father founded, was expanded internationally
Nossen Schlanger, the son of Bondi terror attack victim Rabbi Eli Schlanger, addressed about 6500 Chabad emissaries at the closing gala of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries on Sunday.
He was joined on stage in New Jersey by his grandfather, Chabad of Bondi’s Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, who lost his son-in-law and longtime assistant rabbi in the December 14 attack. The hall stood as they embraced.
Before Nossen spoke, Rabbi Ulman addressed the gathering about the year since the attack and the loss of Rabbi Schlanger, who served the Bondi community for 18 years.
A film then showed Nossen continuing many of the routines he once shared with his father, and recalled Rabbi Schlanger’s insistence that antisemitism should never cause Jews to become less visible.
“When they attack us, be more Jewish, act more Jewish and appear more Jewish,” his father would say.
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