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Rabbi Menachem Dadon, the Rabbi of the Sydney Israeli community is hoping that the shofar will be blown on Bondi Beach this year. 

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Australians' online behaviour has changed dramatically, due to having lived through a lock-down period.

This means people can become more vulnerable to fraudsters.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ((ACCC)) warns scammers are cashing in and taking advantage of COVID-19

The ACCC estimates Australians have lost $91 million to scams in 2020.
People around the nation have seen lockdown as a perfect opportunity to find a new pet to help ease feelings of loneliness and isolation, but scammers have preyed on their vulnerabilities leaving victims thousands of dollars out of pocket. They each handed over thousands of dollars to who they thought were breeders, only to find out all they paid for was a digital image, which even ended up being a fake.

What are the preparations in the synagogues for the High Holidays? Is it safe this year to go to the synagogue? 

Find out the latest from Jerusalem in Hebrew with Prof Rafi Mann; Elections averted as Knesset votes to delay budget deadline...The fight against Coronavirus continues...

SBS News in Hebrew 30.8.2020

The Melbourne Jewish Care Victoria’s Hannah & Daryl Cohen Family Home for the elderly continued to suffer from the impact of Covid-19 infections in the state this week, with the death of a second  elderly resident, but the number of infected residents fell to 8 and 16 staff were also infected with the virus. Shane Desiatnik AJN talking to Nitza

The Melbourne Jewish Care Victoria’s Hannah & Daryl Cohen Family Home for the elderly continued to suffer from the impact of Covid-19 infections in the state this week, with the death of a second  elderly resident, but the number of infected residents fell to 8 and 16 staff were also infected with the virus.

The Australian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) filed an official complaint with the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney, after the university’s Students for Humanity club shared Instagram and Facebook stories calling Zionism inherently antisemitic and accusing Zionist mercenaries of planting bombs in Jewish buildings in Iraq and Egypt in the early 1950s in order to convince the local population to leave for Israel.

The Rabbinical Council of Victoria is holding talks with representatives of the Victorian Government to plan and prepare the Jewish Community of that state for the observations and worship over the High Holy Days, which begin on the 19th September 2020.

The global race to develop a vaccine for Coronavirus is intensifying, after Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a candidate vaccine. Who is in the race?

Just hours after the Kremlin's announcement, United States President Donald Trump claimed his government has purchased 100 million doses of a candidate vaccine with drug-maker Moderna. Find out the inside story and more interesting details...

SBS News in Hebrew 23.8.2020