Forthcoming book features conversations with Rabbi Eli Schlanger
'I knew that Eli's legacy, his mission to bring light and love to the world, would not die with him,' author Nikki Goldstein says
HarperCollins Australia will publish Conversations with My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured World, based on conversations between Rabbi Eli Schlanger and author Nikki Goldstein recorded before Schlanger was killed in the Bondi Beach terror attack.
The book will be published simultaneously on May 26 in the US, UK and Australia.
Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi for 18 years, was killed on December 14, 2025 along with 14 others as terrorists attacked the annual Chanukah by the Sea celebration at Bondi Beach.
Goldstein first met Schlanger in September 2022 when she was gravely ill with pneumonia in a Sydney ICU. Her daughter spotted Schlanger in the hallway and asked him to come pray for her.
“Standing beside her bed, he blew the shofar and whispered ancient prayers over Nikki’s comatose body,” the publisher said. “One day later, Nikki began recovering from the life-threatening infection. The doctors called it a miracle.”
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