RARA in the Media - Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia

Our pick of free to air TV: Untold Australia Outback Rabbis

Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 9:00 AM

Link to original article: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/our-pick-of-free-to-air-tv-untold-australia-outback-rabbis-20180509-h0ztnr.html

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The self-contained Untold Stories series, back for a third season, is what SBS does best: observational films about diverse communities around Australia that many of us never hear about, told with warmth and, often, humour.

Outback Rabbis is a brilliant example – it follows two Chassidic rabbis, Rabbi Ari Rubin from Cairns and Rabbi Yossi Rodal from Melbourne, who feel it's their duty to find every Jew in Australia with the aim, purely, of ministering and spreading love.

With their families along for the (long) rides, the two set off on Jew-seeking missions in … Read More »

Search for ‘lost’ Jews

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 - 9:00 AM

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

Rabbi Yossi Rodal prays in central Australia during a trip by Chabad of RARA which was filmed for a SBS documentary.

EACH year rabbis from Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia) head off the beaten track searching for ‘lost’ Jews who have settled in isolated places ranging from Alice Springs in the outback to one-pub towns on Queensland’s tropical coast.

Sharing the duties are Cairns-based Rabbi Ari Rubin and his wife Mushkie, whose terr… Read More »