Famed Australian rabbi Eli Schlanger, who just welcomed newborn son, among 11 killed in Bondi Beach terror attack

A popular rabbi who had recently welcomed a new son just two months ago has been named as one of the first victims in Sunday’s deadly terrorist attack in Sydney which targeted worshippers at a Hanukkah event.Rabbi Eli Schlanger had been one of the 2,000 in attendance at the event on Bondi Beach to mark the first night of Hanukkah when two terrorists opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 11 people and wounding 29 others.Schlanger, the assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi in Sydney, had shared news of his new son in an Oct.12 post on Facebook.Just weeks ago, he had written a letter to the Australian Prime Minister begging him to support Israel.“As a rabbi in Sydney, I beg you not to betray the Jewish people and not God himself,” Schlanger wrote to Anthony Albanese, a left-winger widely seen as critical of Israel, according to Australian outlet Channel 12.“Jews have been torn from their land again and again by leaders who are now remembered with contempt in the pages of history.

You have an opportunity to stand on the side of justice,” Schlanger wrote.“I congratulate you in advance for the courage to do what is right and stand firm against this act of heresy,” he wrote....