Rab­bi Eli Schlanger was the Assis­tant Rab­bi at Chabad Bon­di, a role he had held for eigh­teen years. He was also a Chap­lain for NSW Cor­rec­tions and a Chap­lain at St. Vin­cen­t’s Hos­pi­tal, Dar­linghurst, in Syd­ney. He was also the Rab­bi for Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment at Friends of Refugees of East­ern Europe for eigh­teen years. He was edu­cat­ed at the Cen­tral Yeshi­va Tom­chei Tmim­im and the Lubav­itch Yeshi­va, Brunoy, France. Rab­bi Schlanger over­saw the devel­op­ment and build­ing of the Bon­di Chabad and was an active and pas­sion­ate com­mu­ni­ty rab­bi. He was the Founder of Project Noah, an edu­ca­tion­al ini­tia­tive that brings the time­less val­ues of the 7 Noahide Laws to young peo­ple through engag­ing, inter­ac­tive pro­grams. He is sur­vived by his wife, Chaya, and their five children.