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Fast Forward Convicted Australian Chabad Camp Molester Gets Suspended Sentence
A dual Australian-American citizen avoided prison time in the assault of a teenage boy at a Chabad-run camp in the 1980s. Daniel “Gug” Hayman, who lives in Los Angeles, was given a 19-month suspended sentence in Sydney on Tuesday. He had pleaded guilty in May to indecently assaulting the 14-year-old in the woods at Camp…
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Fast Forward Holocaust-Denying Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson Denied Australia Visa
Australia canceled the visa of a British Catholic bishop who has denied that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust. Richard Williamson was scheduled to speak in rural Australia this month but his visa was canceled this week, the Australian Jewish News reported. The Australian Jewish News said it had contacted the Department of Immigration…
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Fast Forward Aussie Chabad Camp Director Guilty of Child Abuse
A Jewish man living in America pleaded guilty to indecent assault on a child while he was volunteering at a Chabad-run camp in Australia in the 1980s. Daniel “Gug” Hayman, a former director of the Yeshiva Center, the headquarters of Chabad in Sydney, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of indecent assault. It was the…
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News A Trek to (Jewish) Tasmania
Koala bears, kangaroos, blockbuster beaches, food festivals, mouthwatering honey and exceptional wine: customary expectations on a visit to Tasmania — but Jews? On Australia’s largest island, a triangular land of exotic woods and quaint cities, I encountered a history of remarkable Jewish life and the two oldest synagogues in Australia, each dating from 1845. The…
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Fast Forward Lifesaving Stem Cell Donor ‘Brother’ Gets Place of Honor at Australian’s Wedding
An American Jew whose stem cells saved the life of an Australian Jew diagnosed with life-threatening leukemia was guest of honor at his wedding in Sydney. Michael Striegold, 38, from Houston, Texas, was in the front row to witness Michael Faust marry Jackie Antico under the chuppah overlooking Sydney Harbor last week, the Sydney Morning…
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Fast Forward Australian Ex-Minister’s ‘Unhealthy’ Israel Lobby Claims Draw Pushback From Jews
Australian Jewish leaders are rejecting allegations that the “hardline” pro-Israel lobby in Melbourne wielded “extraordinary influence” on Mideast policy during Julia Gillard’s tenure as prime minister. In his new book, “Diary of a Foreign Minister,” Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr accuses Gillard of “subcontracting our foreign policy to party donors” and the pro-Israel lobby…
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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi Accused of Child Sex Abuse Settles Defamation Suit
A defamation suit launched by a senior Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi has been settled following a public apology by the founder of a victims’ advocate group. Rabbi Abraham Glick was questioned by police in December 2013 regarding explosive claims he sexually abused a student in the 1970s when he was deputy principal of Yeshivah College in Melbourne….
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Fast Forward Australia Chabad Sex Abuse Suspect Aron Kestecher Kills Self
Aron “Ezzy” Kestecher, a former Chabad-Lubavitch youth leader in Melbourne who was accused of child sex crimes, died in a suspected suicide. Kestecher, 28, was found dead in his apartment Thursday. He was accused of multiple allegations of child sex abuse against minors and was due to face court in June, police confirmed Friday. Rabbi…
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