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Peta Jones Pelach reports from Israel

Such resolutions are consistently biased and single out Israel for condemnation far more than any other country. Alex Dafner Reports in the Yiddish Language

SBS News in Hebrew 21.6.2020

Find out from the expert, Dr Lynne Swarts from the University of Sydney, an educator and cultural historian. Lynne also published a book recently about the women in the work of Ephraim Moses Lilien, a German Jewish artist

Alex Dafner with the weekly Yiddish report

Jewish Care and other social welfare organisations in Australia expressed concerns over the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic in relation to domestic and family violence among the Jewish community, a trend that my begin to show up more once the isolation and restrictions are loosened and the victims feel freer to attend community functions and feel more confident to report it.

The Palestinian woman who drove a suicide bomber to the Sbarro Pizza restaurant in Jerusalem, where 15 young people including Australian and US citizen Malki Roth e”h were killed in 2001, may face extradition from Jordan, to be tried in the USA for the murder of Roth and another American citizen.

Jewish schools and youth organisations in Victoria are quickly organising winter camps and activities for children and young people over the June-July vacations, following the announcement by the government that such camps may again be held, with precautions, after the 22nd of June 2020.

“How my business survived during the Coronavirus"? 

Lee Orbach spoke to SBS about her catering business "Food Theatre" and although she has almost lost her catering business during the Coronavirus crisis, she is very optimistic...She is also sharing her secret recipe...English interview

Meet the expert Craig Levy, senior partner at Deloitte who heads the Digital business at this prestigious firm to discuss the new digital world during and post the Coronavirus lock down. Are you worried about hackers? Find out also, how you can secure your computer and data  (Hebrew)

Why did the PM receive a Menora? For the latest news from the Australian Jewish community with Shane Desiatnik...

Find out about the about the surge of family violence during the Coronavirus crisis.

A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians — until her past comes calling. This is the story of Esty, a 19-year-old Jewish woman, is living unhappily in an arranged marriage among an ultra-Orthodox community in Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York city. 

She runs away to Berlin, where her estranged mother lives, and tries to navigate a secular life, discovering life outside her community and rejecting all of the beliefs she grew up with. Her husband, who learns that she is pregnant, travels to Berlin with his cousin, by order of their Rabbi, to try to find her...Find out more about this miniseries that took the world by storm