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A district court in Jerusalem held the 47th hearing into the mental health of Malka Leifer and her ability to be extradited to stand trial in Victoria, over 74 cases of sexual abuse and rape of female students at the ultra-orthodox Addass Israel Girls’ School in Melbourne, where she was principal, before running off to Israel when these accusations against her began emerging in 2008.

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria rejected a motion for a formal apology to the Jewish LGBTIQ support group Aleph Melbourne, which they refused affiliation in 1999, but they have agreed to meet with the group to work on an apology motion that will be more acceptable to the JCCV’s majority members. The past president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Jeremy Spinak e”h, who tragically passed away at the age of 36 in November 2018, was honoured posthumously at the NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner, for his tireless efforts in building bridges with diverse communities and for spearheading the keep NSW Safe campaign.

Find out the latest in the Australian Jewish community with Shane Desiatnik, senior journalist AJN and Nitza from SBS

Elections in Israel in less than a month...Don't miss the latest from Jerusalem, with SBS Correspondent Peta Jones Pellach

A special interview with Raya Klinbail about her book, Flight of the Swallows, a dramatic story sourced from the Raya’s past, and is set against defining events of the 20th century, wars and political upheavals… It is an incredible story of love, courage, survival. Raya, a Melbourne family doctor was born in Kazakhstan, to parents who fled Poland and the Holocaust.

Did you know that you can prevent the situation of "Chained Women"? ("Agunot" in Hebrew)
Find out how to do it,  from Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton, Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue in Sydney.

Rabbi Dr Elton talks about this problem and what is done by the Rabbis to assist Chained Women and also how to prevent this situation with Prenuptial agreement.

Did you know that you can prevent the situation of "Chained Women"? ("Agunot" in Hebrew)
Find out how to do it,  from Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton, Chief Rabbi of the Great Synagogue in Sydney.

Rabbi Dr Elton talks about this problem and what is done by the Rabbis to assist Chained Women and also how to prevent this situation with Prenuptial agreement.

Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal discussing the changing expectations of consumers, employees and regulators, that being best in the world is no longer enough. Businesses are now also expected to be best for the world: to be socially and environmentally responsible, sustainable and ethical.

Shai Israel is our Emissary, working together with the Jewish National Fund on Australia. His goal is to strengthen the Jewish and Zionist education and develop educational content that instills values, and raises a generation of tomorrow’s leaders, strengthening the connection between the People and the Land of Israel, and much more...

Eitan Drori in conversation with Rabbi Mauricio Balter, Director General of Masorti Olami, the roof body of the Conservative  Movement and the conservative arm of the World Zionist Organization. Rabbi Balter shares with Eitan the role of Masorti Olami, the organization's objectives and the connection to Australia. He describes the development of the conservative Jewish tradition in various countries and the organization's approach towards related issues to Jewish religion and the nation Israel.