Link to original article: https://www.jewishpress.com/sections/travel/finding-jews-in-australias-outback-an-interview-with-rabbi-yossi-rodal-head-of-chabad-of-rara/2019/04/14/
When people think of Australia, cities like Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth come to mind – all three of which are located on the coast. Not all of Australia’s 25 million citizens, however, live near the beach. Roughly 700,000 of them – or 3 percent of the population – live in the country’s vast interior, known as “the Outback.”
Serving many of the Jews in this area is Rabbi Yossi Rodal, a young rabbi originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He heads Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia), which… Read More »