Life’s like snowboarding: it’s a lot more fun when you know what you’re doing.
Join the action at Aish Australia. Connect with other young Jews in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Learn Jewish wisdom to help you get more pleasure out of life and get yourself closer to reaching your potential. And have a lot of fun along the way.
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Whether it’s a party, a huge Friday night dinner, a seminar in our Library or a trip away, there’s always something going on at Aish.
Meet our students
Meet the team
Rabbi Andrew Saffer
Executive Director
Rabbi Andrew Saffer went to Scopus and Monash, anticipating a career in internet law at the same commercial law firm as his many cousins. A six-week Jerusalem Fellowship summer trip to Israel changed that. Andrew stayed on after the program ended, and after six years at Aish Jerusalem (while moonlighting as a graphic designer and events photographer — he shot Dame Margaret Thatcher!), Andrew became a rabbi. He met his wife, Rachelle (also from Melbourne) in Jerusalem the very next day. They married, moved back to Australia and now share five very cute children. Andrew spends his spare time listening to the same music your parents did and making ‘dad’ jokes. Contact Rabbi Saffer
Rabbi Jon Neumann
Educational Director
Rabbi Jon Neumann grew up in Melbourne, went to school and university for a bit before deciding that working in Consulting and IT were more fun. After maxing out his corporate life, Jon moved to Israel, and spent 7 years learning at Aish HaTorah Jerusalem and working to expand Aish’s international outreach efforts. In 2006, Jon moved back to Melbourne to join Aish Australia and help teach and share the wisdom of Torah with the local community. Jon is married to Rivka and they have four amazing children who specialise in coming up with new schemes to ensure their parents don’t have too much free time on their hands. Contact Rabbi Neumann
Rachelle Saffer
Events Director
Rachelle Saffer went to Beth Rivkah Ladies College and Lauriston Girls School, planning to study psychology. After Year 12, she also went on a Jerusalem Fellowship program to Israel – and stayed… While at Neve Yerushalayim Seminary, where she studied in the Moreshet teacher training program and the Maalot University program, she met Andrew. They were married soon after. Rachelle now divides her time between preparing exquisite salads and explaining her husband’s bad jokes to people who don’t catch his obscure cultural references. Contact Rachelle
Aish International
Aish Australia is part of a global network of dozens of branches and programs, with headquarters directly across from the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Our goal is to revitalise the Jewish people, and we’re regarded as a world leader in creative Jewish educational programs and leadership training. Find out more at the world’s most popular Jewish content website, aish.com.
Browse our library
Aish Australia has one of Australia’s largest public collection of books on Jewish thought. Our library has opening hours every day, so drop in during the week or on a Sunday to browse our collection.
