"Schlanger was born in the United Kingdom but lived in Bondi near the scene of the shooting. He had recently become a father for the fifth time. "Nothing was too big for him," said his friend Alex Ryvchin, the Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry addressing the media on Monday. "He was the sort of person who illuminated our lives with kindness, his grace and generosity.""
"Marika Pogany, originally from southern Slovakia, is being remembered for her charity work and as a long-term volunteer who delivered kosher meals on wheels. The former Slovakian president Zuzana Caputova called 82-year-old Pogany a close friend. The Australian city of Sydney was "a refuge" for the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, "far from the horrors of fascism and communism," Caputova wrote on Facebook. "Apart from her mother and uncle, who returned from Auschwitz, all other members of this family did not survive the Holocaust.""
Two gunmen opened fire at the Chanukah by the Sea event at Bondi Beach, targeting attendees celebrating Hanukkah. Most identified victims so far were Jewish, with one non-Jewish victim reported. Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, served as assistant rabbi at Chabad Bondi, lived near the scene, and had recently become a father for the fifth time; colleagues remembered him for kindness, grace and generosity. Marika Pogany, 82, originally from southern Slovakia, volunteered delivering kosher meals and was a daughter of a Holocaust survivor; Slovak leaders described Sydney as her refuge. Additional victim identities have emerged through social media, news reports and community websites.
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