<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the victims of the horrific antisemitic mass shooting at Bondi has been identified as a rabbi who helped organise the Hanukkah event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, was named by both the official X account of Hasidic Jewish movement Chabad, and his cousin Zalman Lewis on Instagram, as one of the 16 people killed in the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Chabad.org account said Schlanger was an assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/5a9bbb14-ef81-45a3-985d-da6b4062460e" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sixteen people dead, including a child"><strong><span>Sixteen people dead, including a child</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was one of the organisers of the "Chanukah by the Sea" event, making the first day of Hanukkah yesterday that was targeted by two gunmen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The rabbi said in the face of darkness, the way forward is to 'be more Jewish, act more Jewish, and appear more Jewish'," the post read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lewis said his cousin was "truly an incredible guy".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-terror-attack-victims-named/8e866d73-4e45-4198-b28b-3661b4d8ad58" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alex Ryvchin, of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told 9News overnight he left behind a wife and young children.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One of my colleagues was there and he's wounded and he's in hospital at the moment. I've just heard that again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A friend has lost his 12 year old daughter, who succumbed to her wounds in hospital."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chabad is an international movement of ultra-Orthodox Judaism known for its public candle lightings in communities across the world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chabad.org also named two other victims: Reuven Morrison, a member of the Chabad community; and Alex Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE ON THE BONDI TERROR ATTACK</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-latest-news-headlines/5a9bbb14-ef81-45a3-985d-da6b4062460e" rel="" target="" title="Rabbi named among 11 victims of the horrific Bondi terror attack"><strong><span>Rabbi named among 11 victims of the horrific Bondi terror attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-prime-minister-anthony-albanese-evil-attack/e73a640e-045e-4189-a1ba-05063794b0af"><strong><span>Albanese says 'justice will be done' after 'evil' attack at Bondi Beach</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>IN PICTURES: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-police-sydney-incident/a09d7058-dfa5-40c5-9735-711a79493e03"><strong><span>Bomb squad responding to Bondi shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-who-are-the-bondi-shooters/b0fdd033-610d-4b47-98fd-25817e98e5df"><strong><span>What we know about the Bondi attackers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-heroic-man-disarms-gunman-turns-weapon-on-him/4d5e1253-c12c-4a84-9d42-b92fa175744b"><strong><span>Hero sneaks up on Bondi Beach gunman, wrestles weapon from him</span></strong></a></div></div>
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