The Corona Virus pandemic affected the Jewish community further this week with the closures of Jewish schools in Melbourne and Sydney, synagogue closures and the postponement of important community celebrations and commemorations, some of which will be staged without the presence of the public and will be transmitted via the internet instead.

The NSW Anti-Terrorist Police squad arrested a 21 year old man in a town South of Sydney, who they claimed held neo-Nazi, antisemitic and racist views and charged him with planning a terrorist act and trying to buy weapons and bomb making materials via the internet.

The Federal Court of Australia ruled definitively in favour of the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, in a case that challenged his right to sit in parliament, because of a potential dual citizenship, which he might have inherited via his Holocaust survivor mother.

The Corona Virus pandemic affected the Jewish community further this week with the closures of Jewish schools in Melbourne and Sydney, synagogue closures and the postponement of important community celebrations and commemorations, some of which will be staged without the presence of the public and will be transmitted via the internet instead.

The NSW Anti-Terrorist Police squad arrested a 21 year old man in a town South of Sydney, who they claimed held neo-Nazi, antisemitic and racist views and charged him with planning a terrorist act and trying to buy weapons and bomb making materials via the internet.

The Federal Court of Australia ruled definitively in favour of the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, in a case that challenged his right to sit in parliament, because of a potential dual citizenship, which he might have inherited via his Holocaust survivor mother.

The Latest News in Hebrew, 15.3.2020 Coronavirus in Israel Australia and around the world

The Latest News in Hebrew, 15.3.2020 Coronavirus in Israel Australia and around the world

Peta Jones Pellach reports on the latest efforts to contain the Coronavirus. in Israel 15.3.2020

Peta Jones Pellach reports on the latest efforts to contain the Coronavirus. in Israel 15.3.2020

Boys Town Jerusalem is an Orthodox educational institution in Jerusalem. Founded in 1949, it houses over 1000 boys aged 12 to 20 and provides on-site religious, secular, and technological education. Yoni Strimber, the international development Executive from this school spoke to us about the school and its students.

Boys Town Jerusalem is an Orthodox educational institution in Jerusalem. Founded in 1949, it houses over 1000 boys aged 12 to 20 and provides on-site religious, secular, and technological education. Yoni Strimber, the international development Executive from this school spoke to us about the school and its students.

Shane Desiatnik: "Coronavirus affecting the Jewish community" 15.3.2020

The Corona Virus pandemic effected the Jewish community this week with the closure of the Yeshiva-Beth Rivka Colleges in Melbourne following the testing positive for the virus a teacher at the schools who recently returned from Los Angeles with his children, also students at the college.

A number of annual events held in the Jewish Communities in Australia, such as the In One Voice Festival in Melbourne, the March of the Living to Poland and Israel were cancelled and delegations due to visit Israel, including by the Premier on NSW Gladys Berejiklian, have been postponed because of the dangers of the Corona Virus pandemic...find out more...

Shane Desiatnik: "Coronavirus affecting the Jewish community" 15.3.2020

The Corona Virus pandemic effected the Jewish community this week with the closure of the Yeshiva-Beth Rivka Colleges in Melbourne following the testing positive for the virus a teacher at the schools who recently returned from Los Angeles with his children, also students at the college.

A number of annual events held in the Jewish Communities in Australia, such as the In One Voice Festival in Melbourne, the March of the Living to Poland and Israel were cancelled and delegations due to visit Israel, including by the Premier on NSW Gladys Berejiklian, have been postponed because of the dangers of the Corona Virus pandemic...find out more...