As 2023 comes to an end, Chabad of RARA is very proud of Rabbi Menachem Aron, who was recently nominated as one of 36 individuals for the 2023 Jewish Changemaker Award.
Established in 2013, the B’nai B’rith and JNF Youth & Young Adult Changemaker Awards, is a platform that honours and celebrates our community’s young activists, leaders and entrepreneurs who make a difference in professional and volunteer capacities. These talented individuals are building a more just society, ensuring the health and wellness of global communities and creating community in innovative ways. The nomination reads as follows: Menachem is the director of Chabad of RARA, Rural and Regional Australia. On a daily basis, Menachem is directing teams, programs, services, lifecycle events and educational workshops or classes, for as many as 200 to as few as one small child. Menachem works tirelessly to make sure no Jew is missed or forgotten, from Uluru to Wollongong, from Bundanoon to Karratha and every small place across the land. Menachem and his many teams drive thousands of kilometres just to bring a bottle of grape juice and challah or some Shabbos candles to welcome the Shabbos Queen or so a little girl can light up her corner of Australia with some spiritual light! The RARA mobile, a specially fitted out campervan, covers tens of thousands of kilometres a year, with volunteers coming from the United States and Europe. The mobile home is equipped with everything one could need for a stint on the road, to ensure that the Jews who might not have easy access to everything Jewish, do. Chabad of RARA services approximately 20,000 Jews in rural and regional Australia. Mazal tov to Rabbi Menachem Aron, pictured here with a platter of Latkes that he made for the recent Chanuka gathering in Port Macquarie, NSW.
