Surviving the Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Meaningful People
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4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A Chanukah celebration at Bondi Beach turned into a scene of terror.
In this episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, we sit with a father and community leader who survived the Bondi Beach terror attack. His children were nearby. What he first thought were fireworks quickly became gunshots. Within moments, people were running, hiding, and falling.
He shares, in real time, what it was like to be there:
– realizing the danger
– hiding with his daughter
– searching desperately for his son
– trying to help the wounded while protecting his child
This conversation was recorded shortly after the attack, while the pain was still raw. It is honest, emotional, and unfiltered.
We also speak about what came next. Lighting the menorah that night. Explaining fear to children. Holding onto faith and responsibility when everything feels shaken.
This episode is not about headlines or politics.
It's about survival, parenthood, community, and choosing light in the aftermath of terror.
Our hearts are with all those affected by this attack, including the family of Rabbi Elie Schlinger, a beloved husband, father, and community leader who was killed. A link to support the Schlinger family is included below, as mentioned in the episode.
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Support the Schlinger family:
https://www.charidy.com/elischlanger/613Help?utm_source=15mp
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I just recorded this episode minutes ago. Obviously, this attack is still very fresh in all our minds. |
| 0:05.0 | And I commend Rabbi Sruvi for talking about this as he was there and he experienced this. |
| 0:11.0 | And you'll see that he was very much going through the feelings as he was telling over what happened to him and his family. |
| 0:18.0 | Our prayers, our feel us are with everyone who's affected by this awful |
| 0:21.4 | tragedy. I want to implore all of you to go ahead and hit the link down below in the show notes |
| 0:26.4 | and donate to the page of Rabbi Eli Schlinger, who leaves behind a heartbroken wife and kids |
| 0:33.6 | who are going to need our support and our help in this awful, awful moment. |
| 0:39.8 | So let's do what we do best in moments like this. |
| 0:41.6 | Let's step up and show the light. |
| 0:45.1 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:47.1 | And I hope you can gain from this conversation. |
| 0:50.2 | Okay, so, Survee, that's your name, correct? |
| 0:56.5 | Yes. I'm just, take me through. Okay, so, Survi, that's your name, correct? Yes, it's all ruling. |
| 1:04.7 | I guess take me through December 14th, you know, how your day began and what happened through your eyes? |
| 1:16.6 | Hanukkah event at the beach is always one of the first in Sydney. It depends on the year, but it's always on a Sunday. |
| 1:20.6 | Over the years I've been involved in different ways. |
| 1:23.6 | I've done the food there a couple times. |
| 1:28.3 | And the Rabbi Elish Lange was my cousin. |
| 1:32.3 | My kids are friends and we always go. |
| 1:37.3 | This year I was going to be helping out with some food, you know, making hot chips on site. |
| 1:49.6 | And I just started a built-on business and opening up a cafe. |
| 1:56.4 | So I was going to do hot chips and have a bultong stand and a couple other, you know, snacks. |
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