Ride for Holocaust remembrance.
A GROUP of Jewish motorcyclists will head to the United States next month as participants in the Paperclip Ride to Remember, a fundraising ride in the name of Holocaust remembrance.
Members of Yidden on Wheels (YOW) will join Jewish motorcycle clubs from North America on the May 5 ride to a Holocaust memorial situated at the Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee.
The memorial, which consists of millions of paperclips representing lives lost in the Holocaust, was the subject of a documen-tary, Paperclips, in 2004.
YOW member Di Lederman, who is taking part in the ride along with David Halperin, Sam and Lisa Blumenstein, and Colin Winter, said that ride was a "personal tribute" to people who died in the Holocaust.
"My father is a Holocaust survivor. This [ride] is for him and all of my family that lost their lives," she told the AJN.
Members of YOW will join more than 250 bikies from the United States and Canada.
It's a way to form some bonds with Jewish motorcyclists from around the world," Lederman said.
For more information visit www.paperclipride.com
Jewish TV show on hiatus
After 20 months of continuous TV production, six seasons and 80 shows, Jewish TV program The Shtick will be taking a "long-deserved" sabbatical.
Producer Henry Greener said that the indefinite break will give the production team the chance to regroup, rejuvenate, make "high-tech adjustments" to their website, and "pursue sources of funding to take The Shtick to a more professional level".
The last episode of The Shtick will air on Tuesday, April 11, 6.30pm and at 12.30am on Thursday night. The Shtick is billed as "comedy and variety with a Jewish twist".
For more information visit www.theshtick.info.
Taking Pesach to the country
They don't sell charoset in local milk bars in Darwin and you'd be hard-pressed to find a haggadah in a Coffs Harbour newsagent.
Which is why Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RAJA) is bringing Pesach to remote and rural parts of Australia.
RARA, in conjunction with the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand, will run seders next week in Nowra, the Sunshine Coast. Townsville, Newcastle, Cairns, Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Darwin and Queenstown, New Zealand.
Rabbi Dov Oliver from RARA said: "The seders are made for local Jewish people living in these areas as well as for the many Israeli backpackers, specifically in the Queensland locations and Byron Bay."
Between 800-1000 people are expected to attend the seders, Rabbi Oliver said.
For more information visit ww.chabadofrara.org