Sydney writer Nikki Goldstein was in an unsurvivable coma when she was given “last rites” by Rabbi Eli Schlanger in 2022, who blew his shofar, an ancient ram’s horn sounded on special days to stir the soul.
Twenty-four hours later, Goldstein’s lungs began to repair, and within days, she was moved to a general ward in the hospital, where she recovered.
Three years later, it was Schlanger who would die, killed in the Bondi Beach massacre on the first night of Hanukkah on December 14, 2025.
Godlstein started writing a book based around conversations between a questioning Jew and a guiding one, Conversations with My Rabbi, which was launched on Tuesday at Chabad Bondi.
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