Aussie in the News

Rabbis Pinny Raitman and Baruch Davidson in Belfast yesterday
(Picture: Hugh Russell)

The Irish Times (as reported on CrownHeights.info) has an article about Rabbis Pinny Raitman and Baruch Davidson on Merkos Shlichus in Ireland. Pinny is from Melbourne.

According to the Merkos Shlichus website there are a number of other Aussies on Shlichus around the world. Some that I noticed are:

• Shimon Ash - Beijing, China
• Moshe Loebenstein - Bahia, Brasil
• Dovid Blecher - Markham, Ontario
• Dovid New - Taiwan & Phillipines
• Yisroel Lebenholc - New Jersey
• Boruch Werdiger - California
• Laima Barber - S. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean

If you know of any others I am happy to publicise them.
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YG Shluchim in Fiji

Sholom Cunin, Berel Lerman and Fiji resident Peter Bott
at the island’s first Tanya printing

Shluchim from Yeshivah Gedolah again went on Merkos Shlichus to Fiji. The report on Chabad.org talks about how they printed the Tanya there.

A pair of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students printed what is suspected to be the first Hebrew book to ever be published in the republic of Fiji.

The two students came to the island nation to reach out to its tiny Jewish community as part of Chabad's summer peace corps-like program.

While there, they commissioned a printing of the Tanya, the foundational chassidic treatise penned by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Lubavitcher Rebbe. The printing represents the 5241st time the Tanya, the second-most printed book in the world has been published.

While most of the Jews there were surprised by the students' visit, says Berel Lerman, they "were always ushered in to their home or office with a smile."

Following the printing, the pair gathered together some of the local Jews and studied from the Fiji edition of Tanya.

"Community members were excited when they heard about the printing of the first Hebrew book on the Island," reported Sholom Cunin.

"It's an Adventure"

Yisrael Kugel & Shmuli Raitman

Thanks for "noo" for finding this article on Shturem which originally comes from The Leader-Post newspaper. Shmuli Raitman - from Melbourne - and Yisrael Kugel are going on Merkos Shlichus to Saskatchewan which is a province in the middle of Canada (I also had to look it up in Google).

I appreciate any news of Aussies from our community and especially if they are doing good things like these bochrim.
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