Campaign boosts regional outreach
The campaign has so far raised $260,000 for its outreach work for isolated Jewish families and individuals across Australia, and remains open for additional donations.
Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) has expressed thanks to the almost 700 people that donated to its 2023 annual giving campaign earlier this month.
The campaign has so far raised $260,000 for its outreach work for isolated Jewish families and individuals across Australia, and remains open for additional donations.
Rabbis Menachem Amar and Mani Holzman from New York completed the latest RARA road trip earlier this month across the NSW coast, starting with spending time with Jewish families in Wollongong, before driving hundreds of kilometres up the Pacific Highway to help families in Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour celebrate Purim.
Rabbi Holzman described the road trip as being about “something greater than yourself … and encompassing our inner light – that Jewish spark”.
Chabad of RARA helped coordinate and run Purim celebrations in Toowoomba (Qld), Geelong and Emerald (Victoria), and Katoomba (NSW), and it has planned seders in more than a dozen locations, from Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania, to Mullumbimby in northern NSW, Alice Springs and Darwin in the Northern Territory, Rockhampton and Townsville in Qld, and in regional Victoria.
Items for Passover can also be ordered via its new online shop, from anywhere in Australia.
To make a donation to Chabad of RARA’s giving campaign, visit Charidy.com/rara. To find out more about its services and resources, visit chabadofrara.org
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