Malka Leifer, Australian day school principal convicted of child sex abuse, sentenced to 15 years
The sentencing marks a conclusion to a 15-year saga that at times strained relations between Australia and Israel
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Fast Forward Malka Leifer, facing 74 counts of child sexual abuse, fit to be extradited from Israel
A judge in an Israeli court has ruled that Malka Leifer, a former school principal who has been accused of sexual abuse by former students, is fit to be extradited from Israel to Australia, where the alleged abuses occurred, after six years of extradition hearings. Leifer, 53, is set to stand trial in Australia on…
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Fast Forward Australian Jews Are Furious With Bibi For Promoting An Alleged Pedophile’s Helper
(JTA) — Jewish groups in Australia have decried Israel’s appointment to health minister of a lawmaker who is accused of helping an alleged pedophile sheltering in Israel to avoid deportation. Yaakov Litzman, who heads the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party and serves as deputy health minister, was appointed to the top spot on Friday….
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Fast Forward Police Recommend Indicting Israeli Health Minister For Aiding Alleged Pedophile
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Police recommended indicting Israeli lawmaker Yaakov Litzman for bribery and aiding an alleged pedophile. Litzman, who heads the haredi Orthodox United Torah Judaism party and serves as deputy health minister, could be charged with fraud and breach of trust for helping alleged child sex abuser Malka Leifer including preventing her…
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Fast Forward Ex-Principal Of Jewish School Who Fled Sexual Abuse Charges Denied Bail
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Alleged sex offender Malka Leifer lost an appeal for release to house arrest during extradition proceedings, the same day that an Australian newspaper quoted an Israeli man as saying she molested his daughter. The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday denied bail to Leifer, 54, the former principal of a Jewish girls’ school…
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Community I Never Imagined Seeing My Religious Former Principal In Handcuffs
A version of this article originally appeared in +61J, an Australian Jewish publication. As a former teacher at the Adass Israel school in Melbourne, Australia, I never imagined that a day would come when I would be sitting in a Jerusalem courtroom a meter away from the principal of the school with handcuffs around her…
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Fast Forward Ex-Principal Of Jewish School Who Fled Sexual Abuse Charges Arrested In Israel
(JTA) — The former principal of a Jewish girls’ school in Melbourne who fled Australia for Israel amid allegations that she sexually abused students has been arrested in Israel following a police undercover operation to investigate her claim that she is mentally unfit to appear in court. Malka Leifer, who is wanted on 74 charges…
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Breaking News Australia Headmistress Accused of Molesting 70 Girls Walks Out of Israel Jail
A former Australian school principal, wanted in her home country on suspicion of sexually abusing at least 70 students, was freed from house arrest in Israel on Tuesday but ordered to undertake medical treatment after a court ruled her mentally unfit for extradition. Malka Leifer will receive mandatory drug treatment for six months before her…
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