A long-awaited 2 part film on the history of Chabad in Australia has been released today; part 2 being newly released for the first time and part 1 being re-released with added footage.
The film documents the adventurous and altruistic life of Reb Moshe Zalman Feiglin Z”L, a devoted Lubavitcher Chossid who arrived in Australia in 1912 and has since steadfastly paved the way to the start of many of the Jewish educational initiatives in Australia.
The film documents Reb Moshe Zalman’s committed adherence to the directives of our Lubavitcher Rebbeim, and his resolute and valiant way of life that lead him in his youth to pioneer towns in northern Israel and later in life, to establish a self-sufficient Jewish agricultural community in Shepparton, a rural Australian town, which became the home to the very first Yeshiva on the Australian continent.
This film was produced by the Australian documentary film maker, Chaim Mehlman together with Reb Moshe Zalman’s grandson, Mottel Feiglin, and their team who uncovered a vast collection of treasured film reels, olden day audio tapes and photographs that until now have never been released to the public. Many of those date from as far back as the early 1900’s and those captured from the early 1930’s were taken by Reb Moshe Zalman’s youngest son, Reb Shmuel Feiglin Z”L who was an enthusiastic photographer and compiled a huge collection of movies from the early days.
The film relays vast historical and present-day interviews and many documentary sources as well as it encapsulates the book ‘Avrohom Avinu of Australia’ which was written by one of Reb Moshe Zalman’s oldest eynikels; Reb Uri Kaploun.
The title ‘Avrohom Avinu of Australia’ is the title that The Rebbe once gave to Reb Moshe Zalman.
This 2 part film is a magnificent compilation of treasured historical events and thus, it is an educational platform from which we can all be inspired.
VIDEO:
Part 1: The Beginnings of Chabad in Australia
Part 2: Chabad Spreads Across Australia
thanks
Thank you Mottel for showing the community the footsteps in which we walk, and the incredible legacy we have to live up to. Hopefully, we as a community ,and the heads of our mosdos, will remember the legacy and involvement of our Rebbeim, and through that it’ll shape the way our community runs. As a result of this inspiring documentary, it should be that we realize the mesiras nefesh our forebearers had in creating our institutions and how we cannot let them, at any cost, be overtaken and lose their founding ethos. And mainly, as seen in this video, that… Read more »
Reb Mottel
just watched part 2 of the video you produced. WOW. in my humble estimation one of the best comprehensive picture of the impact of chabad, and how it transcends generations, cultures, social economic lifestyles, geography etc. thanks. Remember G-d Loves you, The Rebbe Loves you and the Rabbi Loves you
Aron Lieberman
I really hope our kehilah enjoys watching these videos and is inspired by them, as much as Chaim and I and our team, enjoyed making them, over the last 2-3 years. Thank you to all of my mishpocha, the Anash community and all of our choshiver Yiddishe kehilos all over the world for constantly sending us material from the old days and from the present days, to enable these videos to be made.
Let us hope that we can all enjoy watching these videos in Yerushalayim ha’kodesh b’koreiv ma’mesh, NOW !
Amazing! so insightful and informative. Thank you for all the hard work to put this together so we can all enjoy.
An amazing film! thank you