Rabbi’s interfaith mission to broaden ‘insular mindsets’ of students

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Published: 3 August 2017

Last updated: 5 March 2024

Through his outreach organisation, Sydney Rabbi Zalman Kastel has encouraged more than 100,000 Australian students to question their religious prejudices.

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Samantha Selinger-Morris

Samantha Selinger-Morris is a freelance writer and former Fairfax journalist who specialises in features about society and popular culture

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