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Israeli court rejects appeal from Melbourne teacher accused of sex crimes
Jerusalem: A former Melbourne school principal accused of sexually assaulting female students has lost a bid in an Israeli court to stop a further psychiatric examination to assess if she is mentally fit for extradition. The Jerusalem Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by Malka Leifer’s lawyers against a District Court decision handed down…
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Iran admits it shot and killed ‘rioters’, but won’t say how many
Washington: Iranian state television acknowledged for the first time on Tuesday that security forces shot and killed what it described as “rioters” in last month’s anti-government demonstrations – the deadliest political unrest in Iran since the 1979 revolution and the subsequent founding of the Islamic republic. The report, however, did not provide any details about the…
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#BeAMensch: A New Campaign For Kindness To Launch By Sydney Jewish Museum.
On Human Rights Day, Tuesday 10 December, Darlinghurst’s Sydney Jewish Museum will launch a new campaign that, together with Holocaust survivors and high-profile community leaders across Sydney, urges people to practise small acts of kindness on an everyday basis to make the world a more accepting and welcoming place. The campaign aims to inspire those…
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UK Election: Chief Rabbi’s Attack on Anti-Semitism Keys Reckoning Over Faith
Religion and politics don’t usually mix in the United Kingdom, with the British averse to faith leaders endorsing or opposing specific politicians at election time. But a 12th December national election, ostensibly called to settle divisions over Brexit, has brought denunciations from the country’s top religious figures aimed at expunging discrimination based on faith, particularly…
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Netanyahu to meet Pompeo in Lisbon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week in Lisbon. The US State Department said on Tuesday Pompeo, who is accompanying President Donald Trump at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in London, will be in Lisbon on Wednesday and Thursday. Pompeo will meet with Portuguese Prime…
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Worrigee graves sites consecrated for future Jewish burials
David Knoll AM past president of NSW Jewish Board of Deputies officiated on behalf of the Board of Deputies and conveyed the warm wishes and support of the Sydney Chevra Kadisha, which is a charitable organisation established to facilitate Jewish burials. Also attending were 33 other people, from J.O.S.H. (Jews of The Shoalhaven), the Jewish…
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Wooden relic, believed to be part of the holy manger that Jesus lay in, returned to Bethlehem after 1400 years in Rome
A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’ manger has been returned to the biblical city of Bethlehem 1,400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to the pope. Cheerful crowds greeted the ornately encased relic with much fanfare before it entered the Franciscan Church of St.…
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1400 years on, relic believed to be from Jesus manger arrives in Bethlehem
A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus’s manger has arrived in its permanent home in the biblical city of Bethlehem 1400 years after it was sent to Rome as a gift to a pope. Cheering crowds greeted the ornately encased relic with much fanfare before it entered the Franciscan…
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Corbyn denies posing threat to UK Jews
British Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he poses “no threat” to “any community whatsoever” despite a poll suggesting 84 per cent of people believe he is a threat to British Jews. The Labour leader, who has faced heavy criticism over his handling of anti-Semitism within his party’s ranks, said he wished the issue had…
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Jeremy Corbyn a ‘nightmare scenario’ for Britain’s relationship with Washington
If Jeremy Corbyn finds himself in Downing Street in two weeks, friends in Washington will be hard to come by. Concerns about his perceived anti-Americanism, anti-Israeli sentiment, anti-Semitism and tendency to sympathise with some of America’s most implacable enemies — from Hezbollah and Hamas to the Maduro regime in Venezuela — are causing deep anxiety…