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Outback Rabbis is a 2017 Australian documentary film on the Chabad Hasidic rabbis who seek out Jewish people living in regional and rural Australia. The documentary was directed by filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe and aired on the SBS Australian television channel as part of its "Untold Australia" series in 2018. [1] [2]

The format of the film follows two rabbis and their wives who explain their mission and activities.

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References

  1. "Outback Rabbis: Untold Australia". November 2020.
  2. "Outback Rabbis (2017) - the Screen Guide - Screen Australia".