{"id":192270,"date":"2025-12-19T02:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/192270\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T02:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:10:14","slug":"in-pictures-thousands-honour-bondi-victims-in-emotional-paddle-out-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/192270\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Thousands honour Bondi victims in emotional paddle-out tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the sun rose over Bondi Beach, thousands gathered to pay their respects to the victims of the terror attack that claimed 15 lives on Sunday, December 14.<\/p>\n

Photojournalists Mary Lloyd<\/a>, Che Chorley<\/a> and Teresa Tan<\/a> captured the moment.<\/p>\n

On Friday morning, just 150 metres from the scene of the shootings, surfers, paddle boarders and others united on and off the shores of Bondi in a show of solidarity.<\/p>\n

\"Sun A minute’s silence was held for the 15 victims of the terror attack.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"A A surfer reflects on the attack that occurred on Sunday, December 14.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Surfers Surfers wait before dawn to take part in the paddle-out.(ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n

The event’s goal was to “spread light, love, compassion and unity” and to honour the “lives lost, pray for those on the journey to recovery and express gratitude to our brave first responders”.<\/p>\n

And the paddle-out did exactly that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"People One participant spray-painted “solidarity” on his board.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Two There were emotional scenes at North Bondi during the paddle-out.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Hundreds Thousands gathered for the paddle-out tribute as the sun rose over world-famous Bondi Beach.(ABC News: Che Chorley)Bondi community unites in water<\/p>\n

David Solsky, one of the organisers, said it all came together in the “last 36 hours or so”.<\/p>\n

“It’s very much the start of the healing process for the community here,” he said.\"Swimmers Swimmers and board paddlers enter the ocean together at Bondi.(ABC News: Mary Lloyd)\"People Thousands of locals took part in the paddle-out.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"People Thousands returned to Bondi’s waters to pay tribute.(ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n

Rabbi Yosef Eichenblatt, from the Central Synagogue, said the paddle-out was “extremely heartwarming”.<\/p>\n

“It’s been so heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support,” he told ABC News Breakfast.<\/p>\n

“If we can use this event as a catalyst to create positive change, that is the greatest victory over hate and evil and darkness, and they lose and we win.”Loading…\"People Hundreds of people watched the paddleboarders from on shore.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Four The paddle-out marked the start of healing for the Bondi community.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Swimmers The paddle-out was a “heart warming” scene.(ABC News: Mary Lloyd)A minute’s silence at sea<\/p>\n

Once out on the water, the paddlers created a giant circle and observed a minute’s silence.<\/p>\n

Other participants could be heard cheering from shore.<\/p>\n

\"a Paddlers form a circle at North Bondi.\u00a0(ABC News: Mary Lloyd)\"A The paddle-out was one of Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s final initiatives.(ABC News: Teresa Tan)<\/p>\n

The event organisers, including members of Sydney’s Jewish community and local beach groups, said the paddle-out was one of Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s final initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Project Noah was inspired by the universal values of the Seven Noahide Laws, which seek to unite people of all backgrounds around kindness, responsibility, and basic human decency, organisers said.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a Bondi resident for more than 20 years, was killed during Sunday’s attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He has been described as a man who consistently “chose light over darkness, compassion over hate, and unity over division”.<\/p>\n

“His life’s work was about bringing people together and reminding us of our shared humanity,” organisers said.\"A Emotional scenes unfolded at Bondi Beach for the paddle-out.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"People Thousands gathered in solidarity with the attack victims and survivors.(ABC News: Che Chorley)\"Five After the minute’s silence, those who participated surfed back in to shore.(ABC News: Che Chorley)<\/p>\n

Local community members have organised multiple water tributes this week to honour those impacted by the attack.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, 200 members of local swimming clubs came together for a memorial swim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the sun rose over Bondi Beach, thousands gathered to pay their respects to the victims of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[29063,29064,109962,108738,109963,108716,114,268,85,46,266,267],"class_list":{"0":"post-192270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-bondi","9":"tag-bondi-beach","10":"tag-bondi-beach-paddle-out","11":"tag-bondi-beach-shooting","12":"tag-bondi-memorial-service","13":"tag-bondi-terror-attack","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-finance","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-personal-finance","19":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}