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In the Australian Outback, Girls Spread the Chanukah Light

Wednesday, December 28, 2016 - 9:00 AM

Link to original article: https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3541356/jewish/In-the-Australian-Outback-Girls-Spread-the-Chanukah-Light.htm

A group of three-dozen Australian high school girls have been touring the Outback, holding Chanukah celebrations on the eastern coast of New South Wales. The holiday coincides with the summer camp season.

With Chanukah coinciding with the summer-camp season, a group of three-dozen Australian high school girls have been touring the Outback, holding Chanukah celebrations on the eastern coast of New South Wales, from Narooma (population 2,400) to Wollongong (population 292,388).

The trip was arranged by the Melbourne-based network of Camp Gan Israel overnight camp. The… Read More »

Chanukah goes rural

Friday, December 23, 2016 - 9:00 AM

Link to original article: https://www.australianjewishnews.com/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.

A Chabad of RARA Chanukah event held in Jindabyne last year.

CHABAD of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia) will spread Chanukah light and joy in Jewish communities around our vast continent, with an impressive 21 festival celebrations planned, from Cairns in tropical north Queensland to Jindabyne in the Australian Alps.

Co-director Rabbi Yossi Rodal said these regional events are always very poignant.

“At one of these tiny gatherings last year, in Jind… Read More »