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Chabad's 'Mitzvah Tank' Brings Hanukkah to Australian Outback Jews

 

Link to original article: https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2013-12-02/ty-article/mitzvah-tank-finds-outback-jews-in-oz/0000017f-e139-d9aa-afff-f979ef8e0000

There may be more deadly crocodiles than Jews in the Outback, but that's not stopping Chabad emissaries from reaching out to far-flung Jews.

Hanukkah Down Under is arguably the most public of Jewish festivals, an eight-day blitz of festivities across the continent.

Cherry pickers hoist rabbis high above the crowds to light giant Hanukkah menorahs in public spaces; inside the Westfield chain of shopping malls – founded by Holocaust survivor Frank Lowy – menorahs jostle alongside Christmas decorations; on the beaches and in the bays, in parks and even in parliament, Ha… Read More »

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