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A 12-year-old Jewish boy from Tasmania will travel 10,700 miles to attend a best friend’s Bar Mitzvah in Nottingham following a successful fundraiser. With no Jewish day schools nearby, Sholom Gordon, 12, of Launceston, Tasmania, joined an online school where he met other Jewish pupils across the globe three years ago.
The fundraiser saw an outpouring of support as £5,000 was raised from 127 donations in three days, exceeding the goal by £660. Reflecting on the single-handed effort, Sholom said: “I thought I would get a little for the fundraiser; the next morning I woke up, I was 70 per cent towards my goal.“As I noticed I got the entire amount of money needed to go , I jumped for joy and am very happy.
She said: “Sholom really wanted to do the fundraiser, but I didn't feel comfortable making a public display over my son wanting to make a trip.” The 34-year-old is, however, now “pleased” with the benefits it has brought on her son amid a “miserable” year, which she said included the death of her father and several months of displacement.
Unlike most pupils, Sholom attends school from 6pm to 12am as it was run out of Israel . Donors were also seen leaving messages of support such as “hatzlacha”, the Hebrew equivalent of “good luck”, on the GoFundMe page.
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