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Fast Forward Does Australia Gaza War Cartoon ‘Vilify’ Jews?
The umbrella body of the Jewish community in Sydney threatened to take action against a major newspaper for publishing a cartoon about Gaza that it claims “racially vilifies” Jews. Yair Miller, president of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, wrote to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday claiming that the cartoon…
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Fast Forward Sydney Jewish Leader Resigns Government Post Over Gaza War
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney resigned from a high-profile government post amid a furor over the Gaza conflict. Vic Alhadeff, the chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, stood down on Sunday as the part-time chair of the NSW Community Relations Commission just two weeks after an email he sent…
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Fast Forward More Than 3,000 People Attend Pro-Israel Rallies in 3 Australian Cities
More than 3,000 people demonstrated in support of Israel at rallies in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. In Melbourne, a piercing siren shattered the silence Sunday as about 2,000 people joined a “Code Red” rally. Dr. Danny Lamm, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, told the crowd, “Israel faces a battle on three fronts —…
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Fast Forward Top Australian Jewish Leader Under Fire for Email Blaming Hamas for ‘War Crimes’
A senior Jewish leader in Sydney, who also holds a government post, is under fire for an email that accuses Hamas of “war crimes” but avoids reference to Palestinian deaths from Israel’s operation in Gaza. Vic Alhadeff, chief executive of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and chair of the Community Relations Commission,…
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Fast Forward Australian Beaten for Wearing IDF T-Shirt
A Melbourne, Australia man wearing an IDF t-shirt said two Arabic-speaking men assaulted him on the street. Zachary Gomo told JTA he was walking to a shop around 10 P.M. in a Jewish neighborhood on Thursday night wearing a T-shirt from his service in the Israel Defense Forces when he claims he was set upon…
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Fast Forward Israel Group Drops Suit Against Pro-Boycott Professor in Australia
An Israeli legal group abandoned its racial discrimination case against an academic in Sydney over his support for the boycott of Israel. Shurat HaDin-the Israel Law Center will withdraw its case against Jake Lynch, the director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney, according to The Australian newspaper. The…
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Fast Forward Australian Acquitted in Bondi Beach Anti-Semitic Attack
A Sydney man whom police accused of participating in a brutal anti-Semitic attack last year was acquitted for lack of evidence. Robert Clifford, 26, was charged last October with assault and possessing a knife. Police said he attacked five Orthodox Jews as they walked home from a Shabbat dinner near Bondi Beach. One of the…
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Fast Forward Austalian Chabad Child Abuser Denied Appeal — Faces 5 Years in Prison
An Orthodox Australian Jew jailed for child sexual abuse offenses had his application for appeal rejected. David Samuel Cyprys was jailed last December for eight years for multiple sex crimes against nine boys, including several counts of rape against one former student. Cyprys, who was employed as security guard at the Yeshivah Center in Melbourne,…
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