Bakersfield rabbi’s brother killed in Australia attack per social media post

A Bakersfield rabbi’s brother was killed in a deadly shooting in Australia on Sunday, according to a Facebook post from Chabad of Bakersfield.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger was identified as one of the victims in what the local Jewish organization called a “terror attack” that occurred on the first night of Chanukah as he prepared for a menorah lighting ceremony.

“Murdered in a terror attack on Sunday, the first night of Chanukah, as he prepared for the lighting of a large menorah celebrating the Chanukah holiday,” the Chabad of Bakersfield post stated…

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