Author: Jmedia Manager

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A senior Israeli judge has declared accused pedophile Malka Leifer a flight risk as she overturned the granting of bail to the woman wanted on 74 counts of child sex abuse in Melbourne. Her alleged victims applauded the decision, saying it had restored their faith in Israel’s justice system and hope that Ms Leifer would…

Opinion: Synagogue shootings point to bigger issue

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in Other Print, Print

LAST Wednesday was Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. For 26 hours we fasted – with no food or water – immersed in prayer in synagogues, temples and small groups across Queensland and the world. It is the holiest day of the Jewish year and all Jews know that, but sadly so do anti-semites.…

Australia to send peacekeepers to Golan Heights

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in Print, The Australian

Australia and Fiji will deploy a peacekeeping mission to Golan Heights as soon as next week, as part of the countries’ long-running commitment to peace in the Middle East. The move comes just days after the US pulled out of the country’s north and Turkey launched a military offensive that is now into its third…

Malka Leifer to remain in Israel prison after court overturns decision to free her

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in Herald Sun, Print

An alleged abuse victim of former Melbourne teacher Malka Leifer has expressed relief after a decision to release the former Melbourne teacher from an Israeli prison was overturned. An alleged abuse victim of Malka Leifer literally woke up from a nightmare about her former school principal to discover that she had been kept behind bars…

Israeli court scraps Malka Leifer’s house arrest

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in Print, Sydney Morning Herald

Jerusalem: Israel’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order releasing a former Melbourne school principal accused of sexual abuse from prison to house arrest. Malka Leifer poses a flight risk and should remain behind bars until extradition proceedings conclude, Justice Anat Baron ruled on Thursday. The judge found in favour of prosecutors’ appeal against the…

Germany: Campaign Posters in “Luther Country” Raise Spectre of Anti-Semitism

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in Online, Other Communities

“Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise.” Martin Luther’s defiant declaration to Catholic Church leaders in 1521, as he set off the Protestant Reformation, is treasured in Germany as a motto of virtuous subversion. Now church officials and other political groups are taking a stand against attempts by the far right National Democratic Party, or NPD,…

Muslim Student gets Jewish Boy to kiss his foot: Is Anti-Semitism on the rise?

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in Herald Sun, Sky News, Television

First a Jewish boy was forced to kiss the foot of a Muslim bully. Then another Muslim student sent him threats and abuse. Is the National Imams Council right: that the media should not have mentioned that the bully was Muslim? From The Bolt Report.

Turkish forces push deeper into Syria as Kurds fight back

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in Print, The Age

Istanbul: Turkish forces advanced deeper into north-east Syria as part of a campaign to oust Kurdish fighters from the area, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said, expanding an offensive that has drawn a sharp rebuke from the international community. The operation, including air and ground forces, targeted villages along the border with Syria and “continued successfully” on Thursday,…

Quixotic Palestinian drama lost in translation

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in Print, The Age

Grey Rock premiered at La MaMa in New York earlier this year, and though the story achieves take-off in a literal sense, this whimsical, soapie-like work from Palestinian playwright and director Amir Nizar Zuabi does lose fuel performed in English rather than Arabic. Still mourning the death of his wife, retired TV repairman Yusuf (Khalifa Natour)…

Gunman ‘filmed anti-Semitic attack’ near German synagogue

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