The brainchild of Chabad of RARA began in 1977, when three young university students spent their summer holidays travelling around Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland in a rented motorhome.
During that trip some 48 years ago, the three young men encountered over 100 Jewish families living in rural and regional areas.
Every family they met welcomed them warmly, and was pleasantly surprised to have an ad-hoc Jewish meeting take place in their living room.
From that trip, the fact that people living in regional areas needed more support could no longer be ignored. And so, over the subsequent years, outreach efforts to these areas continued.
23 years later, in July of 2000, Chabad of RARA was formally incorporated, and our outreach efforts reached new heights, with the launch of our year-round support for people living further away.
In the 25 years since then, we have connected with thousands of families, and have ensured that living further away is no obstacle to staying connected.
