A BUBBE MAASE
“it’s my opinion, if you don’t like it then fuggedaboutit”
Wr it t e n by Men d el Gu r kov
Not A Bad Place to Be Stuck
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fter my wife and I got married in 2019, we decided to spend some time in Melbourne. We weren’t planning on staying long, we figured a few months, tops a year. Of course, G-d had other plans. One worldwide pandemic and baby girl later, we are now preparing to leave Melbourne and move to Long Island to open a new Chabad House. Before I moved to Melbourne, I heard many wonderful things about the Jewish Community. After living here for almost two years, I can
honestly say that the hype was pretty accurate. The community genuinely cares for one another, and tries to help in any way that they can. However, while these qualities are impressive, they can be found in many communities world wide. There’s something else that makes Melbourne’s community unique, even special. Something intangible that’s hard to describe. Anyone who’s been here knows what I’m talking about, Melbourne’s just different. Alas, they don’t pay me the big bucks to write vague love letters to the community. “Be descriptive,” my editor told me. So I took a break from writing for
