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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 Police Close In on Suspects in 1982 Hakoah Club Terror Bombing
Three decades after twin bombings rocked the Israeli Consulate and a Jewish social club in Sydney, Australian detectives believe they are closing in on the suspected perpetrators of the attacks that took place just two days before Christmas in 1982. No one was killed in the blasts at the consulate and the Hakoah Club, an…
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Fast Forward Melbourne Sex Abuse Probes Spread to Sydney Jewish Community
Allegations of child sex abuse, rampant in Melbourne’s Jewish community, have spread to Sydney, with police mounting investigations into two individuals. Police in New South Wales state said at least one of the alleged perpetrators under investigation is believed to be a former employee of a religious institution associated with Chabad-Lubavitch. Neither of the men…
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