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News Briefs / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Jerusalem Zoo Sends Aid to Help Animals Injured in Australia Fires

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Many are concerned that several species that only exist in Australia may become extinct because of the fires.

Israel / Police and Crime / The Courts / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Panel Finds Alleged Sex Offender Malka Leifer Mentally Fit to Stand Trial

By Arye Green / TPS

In the coming days, the Jerusalem District Court will determine whether to extradite her back to her country, where she is wanted for sex offenses.

Police and Crime / On Campus / Education

Jerusalem Court Says ‘no’ to Bail For Australian Sex Fugitive

By Jewish Press News Desk

Leifer is wanted in Australia on 74 counts of sexual abuse dating to her time as headmistress of the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel school from 2001-2008.

Police and Crime / The Courts

New Delay In Leifer Extradition Process; Victims: Frustrating, but Making Progress

By Andrew Friedman / TPS

Leifer is wanted for 74 counts of sexual abuse during her time as the principal of the Adass Israel girls high school in Australia.

Headline / Government / Diaspora / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Australia, New Zealand Premiers to Visit Israel in Late October

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Jerusalem recalled its ambassador to Wellington after New Zealand sponsored Security Resolution 2334; full ties were resumed in June.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / US / Global / History / News Briefs / Media / Chabad

How 1970s Hassidic Hackers Created Worldwide Broadcast Network

By Chabad.org

This is the story of how a handful of young Hassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania / Holocaust

Australian School Apologizes for Student Who Greeted Jewish Visitors Dressed As Hitler

By JNi.Media

"In a busy school, this student did go to a respected staff member said 'is this OK?' and the staff member said 'yes,'" the principal explained.

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Media / On Campus / Education / Chabad / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Australian Jewish College Director Suing over Claims She Pressured Abuse Victims Not to Complain

By JNi.Media

Back on February 11, 2015, the Australian ABC network reported on Nechama Bendet's testimony to the Royal Commission that day, admitting it was a mistake that Yeshivah College had never apologized directly to Manny Waks, a student who had been sexually abused by a guard.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Rabbi Lila Kagedan, First Female Rabbi at Orthodox Shul in Melbourne

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Shira Hadasha congregation has appointed an Orthodox female rabbi-in-residence for this May.

News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

South Africa one of Leading Kosher Markets

By Kosher Today

It is certainly not Jerusalem and New York but according to a recent article in the SA Jewish Report, the two major South African cities can take their place among some of the world’s vibrant kosher centers. There are approximately 70,000 Jews in South Africa, and the paper reported, "Its members are fortunate to choose […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation of Australian Jewish School

By JTA

If “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Diaspora Jews are in big trouble.

Jewish / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Media

Charges Dropped against Australian Rabbi in Abuse Case

By JTA

A senior Chabad rabbi in Australia who was accused of raping a student inside a synagogue in the 1970s will not be charged. Detectives in Melbourne confirmed Friday that they have closed an investigation into Rabbi Avrohom Glick, who was then deputy principal of Yeshivah College in Melbourne. Rabbi Glick, 67, vehemently denied allegations that […]

Jewish / Global / News Briefs

Former Australian Chabad School Guard Appeals Sex Crimes Conviction

By JTA

A convicted pedophile who sexually molested students at a Chabad-Lubavitch school for boys in Melbourne launched an appeal. David Cyprys, a karate teacher and security guard at the college, was sentenced to jail for eight years in December for sexually assaulting nine boys at Yeshivah College in the 1980s and 1990s. He must serve five-and-a-half […]

Serials

Getzlight - Chapter I

By Ruchama Feuerman

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