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Fast Forward Russia Irate Over U.S. Judge’s Order On Disputed Jewish Texts
Russia has criticised a U.S. judge’s ruling in a longstanding dispute over a collection of Jewish writings, warning of potential retaliation in an irate statement that reflected strained ties with the United States. A judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered Russia to pay $50,000 a day in fines for failure to adhere to a 2010…
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Fast Forward Chabad Yeshiva in Mass. Needs $472K To Survive
A Chabad-affiliated yeshiva in Worcester, Mass., has launched a last-ditch effort to prevent its imminent closure. The Yeshiva Academy is hoping to raise $472,000 in donations before Friday, when the building in which it is housed will be auctioned off by the Internal Revenue Service. By Wednesday afternoon, the academy had raised $35,564 in online…
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Fast Forward Aussie Tycoon Comes to Rescue of Chabad
An Australian property tycoon has staved off a financial crisis that threatened the closure of the headquarters of Sydney’s Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Harry Triguboff, a longstanding benefactor of the ultra-Orthodox organization, purchased two Chabad buildings in Bondi Dec. 20 for a reported $6 million, enabling the beleaguered organization to pay off debts that threatened to cripple…
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Fast Forward Extradited Jewish Teacher Heckled in Aussie Court
A Jewish school teacher accused of child sex abuse was heckled in an Australian court by a victims advocate after being extradited from the U.S. David Kramer, 52, looked stunned when alleged child sexual abuse victim Manny Waks stood up and shouted at him. “Welcome back to Australia Rabbi Kramer,” Waks called out, according to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teacher Sent to Face Aussie Sex Charges
An American Jew was extradited to Australia and charged with multiple counts of indecent assault and indecent acts with a minor at an Orthodox Jewish school. David Kramer was surrendered by U.S. authorities on Nov. 29 and extradited to Melbourne, where he is accused of sexually abusing children at Yeshivah College between 1989 and 1992…
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News Devorah Krinsky, Lubavitcher Rebbitzin, Dies at 74
Devorah Krinsky, the wife of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, has died. Krinsky died at her home in Brooklyn on Nov. 23, after the Friday night Kiddush was recited at her bedside, surrounded by her family, at the age of 74, according to Chabad.org. Krinsky’s childhood home was…
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News New Child Sex Scandal Erupts in Australia
Another major Jewish organization in Australia is embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, adding to the trauma triggered by recent revelations of similar cases involving students at two schools in Melbourne, run by Chabad and Adass Israel, respectively. Because of a suppression order issued by an Australian court, the name of the organization, the…
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Fast Forward Australia Plans Wide Probe of ‘Vile’ Child Sex Abuse
The announcement by Australia’s Prime Minister of a royal commission into the “vile and evil” scourge of child sex abuse has reignited the controversial issue inside the Jewish community. Julia Gillard announced Monday that the inquiry would include children under the care of all religious organizations and that it would focus on the response of…
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