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SBS News in Hebrew 12.9.2021

SBS Jerusalem report in English: Peta Jones Pellach reports on the escape of 6 dangerous prisoners, 2 of whom are still at large. Find out the latest news from Israel, including the latest health report that the vast majority of serious Covid-19 cases in Israel are unvaccinated

SBS Yiddish report with Alex Dafner: 

The Jewish community in Melbourne was upset and embarrassed by the extensive media coverage and action of an illegal gathering of worshippers, at the ultra-orthodox Addass-Israel synagogue for Rosh Hashana, and some of the attendees’ assault against media people and confrontation with police, who fined each of some 100 attendees a $5,452 penalty for breaking the State’s Covid-19 restrictions.

Our guest today is Rabbi Menachem Dadon, Rabbi of Bet Yosef, Chabad for Israelis, Sydney. (Interview in English)

The Rabbi was one of the rabbis who received a special permission from the NSW Health Minister to blow the shofar during Rosh Hashana in public parks around Sydney.

We will talk to him about this exciting unique experience and we will find out the challenges of observing Yom Kippur under lockdown

SBS Australian Jewish update with Shane Desiatnik. Shane will be covering the latest in the Jewish community around Australia our big news of the week, Outrage, after members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group defied lockdown orders and gathered at a Melbourne synagogue on Rosh Hashana, to mark the start of the Jewish New Year.