Alon Meltzer is the associate rabbi of Bondi Mizrachi Synagogue and director of programs at Shalom Collective.
SYDNEY — Summer is meant to bring long days, sun-drenched afternoons at the beach, melting ice creams and the sound of children laughing. For Jews in the Southern Hemisphere, it is ushered in by the Festival of Light — Hanukkah — a season meant to be marked by joy.
