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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1999

64 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

Police to guard Russian Jewish sites

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 January 1999 · page 11

MOSCOW: Since large numbers of Jews were absorbed into the Russian Empire 200 years ago, Russian Jews have struggled to avoid the scrutiny of authorities. Now they’re asking…

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Not all the Australian Open action is happening on court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 January 1999 · page 39

WITH the Australian Open tennis championships under way, all the attention will, understandably, be focused on the court. Rarely do we see what happens behind…

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Assault Claim

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 February 1999 · page 13

NEW YORK: The New York Police Department began hearing a case involving two officers accused of sexually assaulting a Chassidic woman in Brooklyn in 1994. The woman, then…

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More police patrols

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 February 1999 · page 3

THE police have instituted extra patrols in certain areas of Bondi in a bid to prevent a recurrence of the harassment of members of the…

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The Charedim versus the Supreme Court VIEWPOINT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 February 1999 · page 36

THE Charedi establishment has never been particularly happy with many of the Supreme Court’s decisions. From the famous series of “Who is a Jew”…

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Yeshiva assault: youth in court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 February 1999 · page 4

TWO juveniles appeared in the Bidura Children’s Court in Glebe last week and were remanded to appear again on…

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Yeshiva assault: training for police At the Board

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 February 1999 · page 11

WAVERLEY police officers are to participate in a training session which Rabbis Avraham Gutnick and Moshe Gutnick will be…

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Murder: Man held

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 March 1999 · page 6

AN 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Sam Borenstein in Melbourne, Homicide Squad detectives confirmed this week…

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“Massive assault” on Human Rights Commission decried Canberra File

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 March 1999 · page 12

ALL those interested in human rights and racial discrimination should be watching Federal Parliament over the next few weeks as it deals with legislation which will be…

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Israeli police investigate Sharon, major-general

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 March 1999 · page 13

JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon and Major-General Avigdor Ben-Gal are being investigated by police on suspicion that they collaborated to obstruct justice…

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Yeshiva assault: Two remanded

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 March 1999 · page 5

TWO juveniles charged with common assault after a fight that left Rabbi Avraham Gutnick hospitalised have been remanded to appear again in the Bidura Children’s…

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Extradition of teenager: Court asked to reassess

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 March 1999 · page 19

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Attorney-General has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to extradite an 18-year-old youth to the United States to face a murder charge…

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Leibler wants police to probe “conspiracy”

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 March 1999 · page 9

PROMINENT Jewish community leader Mark Leibler has called on the Australian Federal Police to investigate what he believes is a criminal conspiracy by a…

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US teenager faces murder charge in Israel

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 April 1999 · page 14

JERUSALEM: Israeli prosecutors have charged an American teenager with first-degree murder in a 1997 dismemberment killing…

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Millionaire denies “political bribery”: politicians call for police probe Gutnick at centre of Israeli political storm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 April 1999 · page 4

JERUSALEM: Australian mining magnate Joseph Gutnick’s activities in Israel have triggered a political storm in Israel, with…

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Australian charged in Germany over comments disputing the Holocaust

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 April 1999 · page 4

ADELAIDE Institute director Dr Fredrick Toben was arrested in Germany last week and charged with “defaming the memory of the dead” — victims of the Holocaust…

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international Britain's first war crimes trail ends with murder conviction

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 April 1999 · page 13

LONDON: British Jewish leaders are hailing the two life sentences which were handed down last week to a man convicted of murdering 18 Jews…

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Govendir murder: case at coroner

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 April 1999 · page 6

THE Denny Govendir murder investigation will come before the State Coroner’s Court on May 21. It will be the second time that the…

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Agent Charged

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 April 1999 · page 14

JERUSALEM: An Israeli court has charged a former informer for Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security service, with failing to prevent the assassination of Labour Prime Minister…

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Jerusalem rabbi charged with homosexual abuse

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 May 1999 · page 13

JERUSALEM: Rabbi Ze’ev Kopolevitch, the former head of Jerusalem’s Netiv Meir Yeshiva, was indicted last week on…

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