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Ovene New York Rabbi has remained “inefficient” Australia after the Hanukkah festival in Bondi Beach ended with a mass shooting that injured at least 15 people, including two famous rabbis.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky of the Chabad-Lugavitch State Headquarters in New York City, and this attack, carried out by father and son, showed the growing trend of antisemitism in Australia.
“And with Rabbi Eli Scclanger, we have now learned that Chabad Rabbi Yaakov Yaakov Evitan has succumbed to his wounds. May his memory be a blessing,” said Krinsky News Digital.
“Jewish people all over the world right now are not worried, but they are going astray,” he said. “The ever-increasing prevalence of antisemitic language tolerated has a direct, and now, lethal, and no longer worthy of submission.”
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A police cordon leaves the scene at Bondi Beach after a terrorist attack at a Hanukkah gathering in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025. (Maka PAKER / AP Photo)
“Australian authorities need to act with alacrity and remove both the actions and the rhetoric that undermines the company of antisemitism,” Krinsky said.
A painful weight loss in December. 14 It came when two gunmen opened fire at a “Chanukah party by the beach” near Campbell Parade on Bondi Beach.
The attack, which is reportedly being investigated as a terrorist incident by police, involved explosive devices found in the suspect’s car, as previously reported by FOX News Digital.
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A member of the Jewish community responds as he walks with police towards the scene of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. (David Gray / AFP via Getty Images)
An elderly man was killed at the scene and his son was arrested in critical condition.
Krinsky, who was in Melbourne in July when there was an arson attack on a synagogue east of Melbourne Synagogue, said he had seen the “unease” in Australia growing firsthand.
“I saw firsthand the discomfort and anxiety felt by many in the Australian Jewish community amid the rise in antisemitic confessions, and their sense that the response from the administration was inadequate, he said.
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Rabbi Doused Gutnick walks past the accident at the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne, Saturday, July 5, 2025, after an arsonist set fire to the door. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
“At the time, there was a sense that the Jewish community in Australia had been very concerned about what they felt was a lack of adequate response to these actions.”
Schlanger, 41, who was one of the first victims who died, helped the Rabbi at Chabad of Bongi and the organizer of the beach event.
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Emergency workers evacuate a person after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, December 14, 2025. (Maka PAKER / AP Photo)
“While each Chabad center operates independently, they operate under our global umbrella organization,” Krinsky said. “There are no words to express the grief and heartbreak caused by this reigning tragedy.”
“Rabbi Sclanger was among the victims of this massacre,” he added. “He had deep ties to the United States and studied here, he is family here and even though this attack happened far away, this hanukkah he feels closer than ever.”
“He was younger than me, and we went to the same schools, albeit at different times,” Krinsky said. “He dedicated his life to living in communities around the world, far from home, inspired by the Rebbe’s teachings and vision.
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Armed police at the scene after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Australian police said two people were reportedly holding dozens of volutes on December 14 at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach, urging the public to take shelter. (David Gray / AFP via Getty Images)
Sckang, who was born in the UK, married Chaya, the daughter of Australian Rabiya Ulman.
“After their marriages, about 18 years ago, they moved to Sydney to help grow the community and bring the beauty and spirit of Jewish culture to life for many in the Sydney community,” Krinsky said. “He would find some place to go to go about the work he wanted to dedicate his life to.”
As the world responds, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Alvunes condemned the attacks as “acts of pure evil,” according to the Associated Press.
“We were forced by families celebrating the Festival of Lights at Bondi Beach,” Krinsky said.
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A health worker moves a paramedic after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Australian police said two people were on the scene following reports of multiple gunshots on December 14 at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach, urging the public to take shelter. (Saeed Khan / AFP via Getty Images)
“But the entire Chaban community around the world is already doing what we do best: spreading more light, strengthening Jewish pride and observance, and increasing acts of kindness and kindness.”
“It’s possible that the looter wanted to dim the Hanukkah lights in Sydney – but they will burn out across Australia and around the world.”
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A statement issued by Chabad Lulavitch Candmina in New York said, “Let us be alarmed, this was an act of insidious terror – an attack on society, in beauty, and in violence where it is viewed.”
“We will glorify the lives taken by promoting Jewish practice, pride and visibility. May their Light rise from this sorrow, and their memory be a blessing to all of us,” said the statement.
