Chabad of RARA
Removal of undamaged torah scrolls, tallisim, and prayer books from the Adass Israel shule. Not all could be salvaged. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 10, 2024, 9:07 pm
Ruined Torah scrolls to be replaced
$250,000 government grant for firebombed synagogue
By Bruce Hill
Rabbi Yaakov Zarchi putting tefillin on Howard Rother in his cotton fields in Queensland's Darling Downs last week.
July 6, 2023, 12:09 pm
Rabbis cotton on to Darling Downs
Howard and Rosa started growing grain on their farm, but eventually made the decision to turn most of it into cottonfields – a decision which has proven wise.
By AJN STAFF
Lennox Head resident Henri Bader (left), 93, with Rabbi Menachem Aron on May 28.
June 8, 2023, 1:01 pm
Rabbi’s Lennox Head visit is full of heart
Not ready to retire when he was 70 and about to be made redundant by his employer, Henri decided to purchase farmland near the town, began studying agriculture, and planted 6000 macadamia trees.
By AJN STAFF
A Purim celebration in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, run by Chabad of RARA earlier this month.
March 30, 2023, 11:50 am
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.
By Shane Desiatnik
The stunning coastline near Esperance in Western Australia. Photo: Rabbi Yisroel Krasnjanski
October 19, 2022, 12:00 pm
9000 kilometres of spirit
Since forming 22 years ago, Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia's (RARA) roaming rabbis have been on scores of road trips in this vast continent, seeking to find isolated Jewish people to help them reconnect with their faith and heritage. But a trip to the most isolated state, Western Australia, is always 'next level', as proven this July and August.
By Shane Desiatnik
Rabbi Izzy Adelist and Rabbi Mendel Super from Chabad of RARA visited a family in Orbost, Victoria.
July 6, 2020, 4:05 pm
Celebrating 20 years of Chabad of RARA
While official celebrations for the 20-year anniversary have been postponed due to the pandemic, a celebratory dinner in Melbourne is on the cards for a couple of months’ time.
By Sophie Deutsch
The Rodals outside the Newcastle shule. Photo: Facebook
May 22, 2020, 1:38 pm
Newcastle’s first rabbi in 60 years
Rabbi Yossi Rodal is set to take the helm of Newcastle Hebrew Congregation with his wife Malki after six years working with Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia.
By Sophie Deutsch
Baking cookies for firies and victims at Our Big Kitchen
January 9, 2020, 10:11 am
Community rallies for victims and firefighters
Campaigns have been launched by Jewish communities across Australia.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Yossi Rodal prays in central Australia during a trip by Chabad of RARA which was filmed for a SBS documentary.
May 16, 2018, 9:47 am
Search for ‘lost’ Jews
From the outback to tropical Queensland, a new TV documentary follows two Chabad of RARA rabbis as they go off the beaten track in their mitzvah tank in search of 'lost' Jews.
From left: Rabbi Ari Rubin and Barnabas Sarnyai with his father Zoltan, brother Benjamin, mother Katie, and sister Anna.
January 12, 2018, 12:00 am
First bar mitzvah in Townsville
By Rebecca Davis
A Chabad of RARA Chanukah event held in Jindabyne last year.
December 23, 2016, 12:00 am
Chanukah goes rural
Chabad of RARA will spread Chanukah light and joy in Jewish communities around our vast continent, with an impressive 21 celebrations planned.
Chabad of RARA is hoping to raise $250,000 through a Charidy campaign.
August 19, 2016, 12:00 am
RARA aims big with Charidy
Chabad of RARA (Regional and Rural Australia) will enlist Charidy.com to carry out a 24-hour campaign (from 2pm on August 22) in which they are seeking to raise $250,000 to continue and improve their services.
By Phoebe Roth
Rabbi Ari Rubin, Rebbetzin Mushkie Rubin, and their daughter Devorah Leah.
March 29, 2016, 12:00 am
North Qld’s new shlichim
JEWISH residents and travellers in Northern Queensland will for the first time have a permanent Chabad presence in the area with the appointment of Rabbi Ari and Mushkie Rubin as shlichim.
By Phoebe Roth
November 18, 2013, 12:00 am
Abor-mitzvah at Uluru
A JEWISH-ABORIGINAL didgeridoo player was able to celebrate his bar mitzvah at Uluru recently thanks to the travelling rabbis of Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA).
October 24, 2013, 12:00 am
Bushfire victims house ‘became a big oven’
DAVID Lake lost his home and nearly all of his possessions when the bushfire that destroyed more than 200 homes engulfed his house in Winmalee in the Blue Mountains of NSW.
By Joshua Levi
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