Every single Friday, 100-year-old Ruth Phillips lights candles around her home while her phone rings with friends, family and rabbis wishing her a happy Shabbat.
Despite living by herself in the small northern NSW town of Gleniffer, the centenarian has found through constant communication, she is not alone.
However, every year she braves the cold and travels 1,300 kilometres from her home in Gleniffer to Melbourne to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover, or Pesach, with her family.
"It's nice, I enjoy it. If I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't come down here, because it's so cold," Ms Phillips said.
Ms Philips is one of around 10,000 practising Jewish people who live in regional Australia, according … Read More »