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Category Archives: Australia
‘The Last Wave’ (1977)
I never got tribal stuff until I got into Orthodox Judaism. Living in the frum world, I understand what it means to belong to a counter-culture, to a group with an unpopular way of looking at important matters such as … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Personal
Tagged david burton, groot island, jewish angle, orthodox judaism, peter weir, peter weir film
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Aussie Synagogue Hosts Gay Wedding
From JTA: A same-sex commitment ceremony was held in a synagogue in Sydney, an Australian first. Scott Whitmont, 47, and Christopher Whitmont-Stein, 38, stood under a chupah at the Emanuel Synagogue Sunday in front of about 75 guests. The pair, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Homosexuality
Tagged chupah, emanuel synagogue, jewish marriage, poster boys, sydney star observer, whitmont
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Alleged Sex Abuse by Principal Roils Australia
Dan Goldberg writes for the Forward: Sydney, Australia — Australia’s tight-knit ultra-Orthodox community is being roiled by allegations that the principal of a girls’ high school molested a number of her former students. Malka Leifer, headmistress of Melbourne’s Adass Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Australia
Tagged belz, chaya, crown heights riots, former students, headmistress, israel girls, mdash, mikvah, native israel, orthodox community, rosenbaum, rsquo, s board, Satmar, school board members, sects, sex abuse, sexual misconduct, sydney australia, yankel
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Aussie Actor Heath Ledger Reminded Americans How To Be Strong
Brendan O’Neill writes for Jewcy: The tragic death of Heath Ledger — just determined to be an overdose — has robbed Hollywood of one of its Australian stand-ins for American machismo. Never mind the trade deficit, or even Barack Obama’s … Continue reading
And God said: let’s have some light, mate
From the Sydney Morning Herald, July 13, 2006: THERE was this sheila who came across a snake-in-the-grass with all the cunning of a con man. The snake asked her why she didn’t just grab lunch off the tree in her … Continue reading
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