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Fast Forward Australia Shifts to Pro-Israel Stand at U.N.
Australia’s new government has shifted its voting pattern at the United Nations, refusing to support one-sided anti-Israel resolutions. Australia’s delegate at the U.N. abstained from two votes earlier this month at the General Assembly: one condemning the expansion of Jewish settlements and another calling for the Geneva Convention to apply in the West Bank and…
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Fast Forward Australian Sex Abuse Suspect Freed on $1M Bail
An Australian-born man accused of sexually molesting boys while associated with the Chabad headquarters in Sydney is free to return to his family in America after posting $1 million bail. Daniel (Gug) Hayman faced a local court in Sydney on Wednesday, but Magistrate Clare Farnan allowed him to return to Los Angeles after his father…
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Fast Forward 3 More Australia Abuse Victims Come Forward as Scandal Spreads
Three more people have alleged they were victims of child sexual abuse in Melbourne as the scandal that has embroiled the Jewish community since 2011 continues to deepen. The three Jews – who have not been named – claimed they were abused at children’s homes run by a Jewish welfare organization in the 1960s. Jewish…
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Fast Forward Australia Scandal Spreads as Man Charged With Abuse at Sydney Chabad Center
An Australian-born man who resides in the United States was charged with two counts of indecent assault against two children at a Sydney Chabad center in the 1980s. Daniel (Gug) Hayman, who now lives in Los Angeles, was back in Sydney for the funeral of his mother last week. The 49-year-old was arrested Monday for…
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Fast Forward Australian Professor Jake Lynch Sued Over Boycott Israel Stand
An Israel-based group launched legal action against an Australian academic who they claim breached racial vilification laws by boycotting Israeli academics. Shurat HaDin, the Israel Law Center, filed the legal suit in the Federal Court of Australia this week against Jake Lynch, the director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University…
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Fast Forward Australian Rabbi Chaim Herzog Stripped of Chabad Leadership Role
A controversial Chabad rabbi in Melbourne has been stripped of his official endorsement following a long-running turf war that involved police and threatened legal action. Rabbi Chaim Herzog, who has run the Chabad House of Melbourne CBD in the city’s downtown since 1998, was officially removed from his position last week by Rabbi Chaim Tzvi…
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Fast Forward 5 Australian Jews Hurt in ‘Anti-Semitic’ Brawl
Five people were hospitalized in Sydney on Saturday after a brawl was sparked by anti-Semitic insults, Australian media reported. According to The Australian newspaper, a group of about eight young men, some teenagers, began yelling “derogatory comments” shortly after midnight at the adults, who, according to ABC news, were on their way home from synagogue…
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Fast Forward Australian Jews Flee for Lives as Wildfires Rage
The wild bushfires ravaging Australia forced members of the Jewish community to evacuate their homes. David Lake, a traditional Sephardic Jew, lost his home in the blaze at the Blue Mountains, one hour’s drive west of Sydney. He fled his home on Monday. The fires began on Oct. 16, reportedly sparked by explosives training on…
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