As Bondi’s Jewish community celebrates Passover, freedom and fear are front of mind

For many bereaved families the holiday – which commemorates their ancestors’ liberation from slavery 3,000 years ago – is going to be ‘very, very confronting’ Rabbi Mendy Ulman’s family is one of a dozen who will be sitting down for the Jewish holiday of Passover for the first time since the massacre at Bondi beach without the loved ones they lost that day . When Ulman remembers his brother-in-law at previous celebrations – known as Pesach in Hebrew – he says simply: “He was life.” Rabbi Eli Schlanger was always singing and initiating the traditional Jewish toast “l’chaim” (meaning “to life!”): “He’d make sure everyone’s spirits were high.” Continue reading...

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