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Topic: Melbourne

April 27, 2013
6:03 am

Australian man charged with molesting Jewish girl in 1980s

Former bus driver for Orthodox schools charged with six counts of indecent assault last month

April 16, 2013
11:40 am

I was spat on, abused, Jewish soccer player in Australia says

From the web Member of mostly Jewish club tells The Age opposing players told him and others to go back to Germany; league head says probe into incident launched

March 31, 2013
7:58 pm

Manny Waks, pictured with his father, Zephaniah, has led the campaign to expose sexual abuse in Melbourne's ultra-Orthodox community. (Tony Fink via JTA)

Charges of sex abuse rock Australian Jewish community

Legal proceedings set to begin in cases involving Melbourne school; community leader calls Orthodox rabbinate ‘rotten to the core’

By Dan Goldberg

February 22, 2013
2:32 pm

Fired gay day school principal settles out of court

Jewish school in Australia issues letter saying no ‘misconduct’ by administrator who sued for millions

February 21, 2013
1:21 am

Ben Zygier's Australian passport (photo credit: screen capture Channel 10)

Zygier case raises concerns of dual loyalty for Aussies

Prisoner X prompts some to ask whether Jews are loyal to Israel at the expense of their home country

By Dan Goldberg

February 20, 2013
5:45 pm

Tombstone of Ben Zygier at Chevra Kadisha Jewish Cemetery in Melbourne, Australia (photo credit: AP/Andrew Brownbill)

Being away from his growing family ‘may have been factor in Zygier’s suicide’

Australian reporter who spoke several times with Mossad man says Zygier told him nothing that could have justified his arrest

By David Horovitz

February 18, 2013
10:34 am

Ben Zygier. (Screenshot ABC TV via Youtube)

Zygier revealed Mossad secrets to Australians — report

ABC TV says ‘Prisoner X’ was jailed after talking to ASIO intel agency about Israel’s spy methods and major upcoming operation

By Joshua Davidovich

February 15, 2013
5:00 pm

Prisoner X was from my shtetl

From the web Tablet: Melbourne’s Jewish community confronts the mysterious death of one of its own, Ben Zygier, in an Israeli prison

February 13, 2013
10:38 pm

Illustrative picture of Australian passport and Israeli passports (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Exposure of alleged agent could have ‘dramatic implications’ for Mossad

Channel 10: Iran and Syria will now be checking through their records, working out when Ben Zygier entered, who accompanied him, and who he met with

By Times of Israel staff

February 13, 2013
5:23 pm

Ben Zygier (photo credit: Screenshot ABC TV via YouTube)

‘Aussie authorities suspected Prisoner X was Israeli spy’

Before his death in prison, Ben Zygier reportedly visited Iran, Syria and Lebanon; was grilled over alleged connection to top Hamas operative’s killing

By Aaron Kalman

December 12, 2012
4:36 pm

Aboriginal elder’s kin reenact anti-Nazi demonstration

March to German consulate in Australia marks anniversary of failed protest

November 14, 2012
6:48 pm

Gay ex-principal sues Jewish school over dismissal

School’s president told parents there had been ‘no suggestion’ of misconduct by fired administrator

July 31, 2012
7:47 am

Illustrative photo of a Max Brenner store (photo credit: CC BY Wikipedia)

Two Australian BDS protesters found guilty of assault

Convictions stem from July 2011 incident at Melbourne branch of Max Brenner chocolate

July 29, 2012
10:05 am

Former Australian Chabad youth leader cleared of sex abuse charges

Aron ‘Ezzy’ Kestecher wrote on his Facebook page: ‘I never lost hope in God. It was Judaism that was the issue’

May 22, 2012
10:04 am

Day school security guard to face rape charges

Judge chastised school’s former principal, saying his claim that he was unaware of claims of molestation until the early 2000s was ‘unfathomable’

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