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Worshippers to be fined for breaching Covid restrictions after tense stand-off at Ripponlea synagogue
Worshippers who attended a Ripponlea synagogue and defied police orders to leave, will cop hefty fines for breaching Covid restrictions. Police surrounded an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in Ripponlea and fenced off the front entrance on Tuesday night as up to 100 worshippers refused to leave the temple. Chanting supporters gathered around the Glen Eira Avenue synagogue…
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Police hand out fines after surrounding Melbourne synagogue over alleged COVID-19 lockdown breach
Victoria Police have issued multiple fines worth $5452 each after surrounding a synagogue in Melbourne’s inner southeast to confront a group of people allegedly in breach of COVID-19 lockdown rules. The group is believed to have gathered to mark Jewish New Year, entering the synagogue about 5am on Tuesday and refusing to leave until nightfall, The Age reports. Officers manned the…
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Police confront worshippers after stand-off at Melbourne synagogue
A stand-off at a Ripponlea synagogue has ended with police taking the details of worshippers who gathered to mark Jewish New Year, saying each will be fined for breaching public health orders. The Age was told members of the Orthodox Jewish congregation entered the synagogue about 5am on Tuesday and indicated they would refuse to leave…
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Assad and Biden join forces to end Beirut blackouts
The Assad regime and the US say that they are prepared to co-operate on a plan to rescue Lebanon’s electricity supply, in an indication of another shift in Middle East politics led by President Joe Biden. Syria was “ready to help” with the plan to import Egyptian gas via Jordan and Syria, a Damascus official…
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NSW Jewish community granted exemption to mark new year celebrations
Jews will be able to perform a sacred ritual of the Jewish new year festival after the NSW Health Minister granted believers an exemption to the state’s public health orders. Brad Hazzard has given permission for rabbis to blow the shofar – a ram’s horn – outdoors during the Rosh Hashanah celebrations on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rosh…
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Prisoners use hidden tunnel to escape from high-security jail in Israel
Tel Aviv: Israel has launched a massive manhunt in the country’s north and the occupied West Bank after six Palestinian prisoners tunnelled out of their cell and escaped from a high-security facility in the biggest prison break of its kind in decades. The escape on Monday, local time, marks an embarrassing security breach just ahead of…
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Calls to reclaim the Hindu Swastika
Well-intentioned reform by the Victorian Government against hateful symbols could be cause for concern for the state’s Hindu community. There is concern in the Hindu community in Australia at the recent announcement regarding strengthening Victoria’s anti-vilification laws. It’s a move rightfully intended to put a stop to extremism and propaganda, like Nazi symbols, but it…
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Twins conjoined at the head were separated after a rare 12-hour surgery, meaning they can see each other for the first time
A pair of one-year-old twins who were joined at the head have been separated. The operation, which took place in Israel last Thursday, over took 12 hours. The surgery was one of 20 ever done in the world, a hospital surgeon said. A pair of one-year-old Israeli twins girls, who were born conjoined at the…
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Humanity the essence of Holocaust survivor’s stories
Forgetting the past is hard. Remembering it can be even harder. Phillip Maisel understands this perhaps better than anyone in Australia. At 99, he has spent nearly a third of his life delving into one of the most horrific periods of recent history, hearing first-hand accounts of its most gruesome and devastating intricacies. During the…
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From Nazi war criminals to space pioneers: how Operation Paperclip used Nazi scientists for American ends
As World War 2 came to an end American military officials scoured Germany looking for scientists to take to the US, wanting to secure their knowledge and expertise. But many were high ranking Nazis who should have been facing war crimes trials for the inhumane experiments they conducted on Jewish and other prisoners. Annie Jacobsen’s…