Jews around the world are still processing the attack on their community in Australia. One of the victims had ties to the Pittsburgh area, with family still living here.
Rabbi Eli Schlanger was one of the 15 victims in the mass shooting on Bondi Beach. The victim’s family says that while this is a great pain, and they are suffering a great loss, like the menorah with Hanukkah, the light must always drive out the darkness.
Investigators say two men shot at a crowd of people at a Hanukkah celebration. Schlanger’s cousin, Rabbi Moishe Vogel in Squirrel Hill, mourns from the other side of the world.
“The Jewish people, we’ve persevered. We’re resilient. We’ve got to be resilient, and we don’t fall apart,” Rabbi Vogel said…