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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 2001

63 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

18-month suspended sentence for sexual assault Mordechai avoids jail term in 2-1 decision

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 May 2001 · page 11

JERUSALEM — After being sentenced to 18 months’ suspended this week, former Centre Party leader, cabinet minister and IDF…

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New meaning to 'mass murder'

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 May 2001 · page 24

Title: Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in…

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Jailed... for stealing sand

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 June 2001 · page 12

AN Israeli has for the first time been given a three-year jail sentence for stealing sand, the Israeli daily Ma’ariv reported. A Netanya…

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Kalejs fights court uling

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 June 2001 · page 1

ACCUSED Nazi war criminal Konrad Kalejs has lodged an appeal against a ruling by the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court that he should be extradited to Latvia to face genocide and war…

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N international 23 dead in worst civilian disaster in Israel's history Police arrest nine over construction negligence

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 June 2001 · page 12

JERUSALEM — Jerusalem police have arrested nine people in connection with last Thursday night’s banquet hall disaster, which killed…

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Demjanjuk case in court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 June 2001 · page 12

WASHINGTON—The US government’s case against John Demjanjuk (pictured), accused of working as a guard at Nazi death…

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Supreme Court declines to hear biblical case

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 8 June 2001 · page 12

WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case testing whether a public display of the Ten…

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Zoloft proven to lift depression, murder charges

The Chaser · Monday 11 June 2001 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Pfizer, the manufacturer of anti-depressant Zoloft, will now market the drug to lawyers and murder defendants…

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Lebanese journo charged

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 2001 · page 12

A LEBANESE-American journalist has been indicted by a Lebanese military court for “dealing with the enemy” after she participated…

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Swiss Jews shocked by rabbi’s murder

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 June 2001 · page 15

ZURICH — Switzerland’s Jewish community reacted with shock and fear after a 71-year-old rabbi visiting from Israel was gunned…

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Rabbi’s murder mystery

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 June 2001 · page 12

ZURICH — Swiss police released a man held in connection with the recent murder in Zurich of an Israeli rabbi. Police said the man…

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Antisemitic leaflets case in court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 June 2001 · page 7

AN order forbidding Olga Scully to distribute antisemitic leaflets cannot be valid because “Jews are not Semites”, the Federal Court heard last week…

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People Dealing in Legal Tobacco Are Still Not Being Charged and Fined

The Chaser · Monday 25 June 2001 · page 4

Dealing in illegal tobacco is a crime. Since the government passed new laws numerous infringement notices have been given out against the sellers of illegal tobacco…

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Swiss Jews fearful after rabbi's murder

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 June 2001 · page 12

ZURICH — The release of a suspect in the recent slaying of a rabbi here comes as a Swiss Jewish leader is calling on observant…

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Court rules for Jews in Canadian eruv case

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 June 2001 · page 13

MONTREAL—A Canadian judge has ruled that residents of a Montreal suburb have a religious right to put up an eruv, a fence that allows…

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La police française dégage des prisons assiégées par les gardiens

Le Courrier Australien · Sunday 1 July 2001 · page 6

Lesgardiens de prison se sontmisen colère après plusieurs incidents notamment, la prise d'otage de deux d'entre eux à Fresnes, en région parisienne, le 28 mai après l'échec…

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Yeshiva U charged with prejudice

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 July 2001 · page 2

A FORMER administrator at Yeshiva University, New York, has filed a $US6 million lawsuit for discrimination, alleging that she was forced to resign as assistant to the dean of female students at the Syms School of Business…

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Marsden now to sue himself: "Court action sullied my reputation"

The Chaser · Monday 9 July 2001 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Sydney solicitor John Marsden is suing himself for defamation, claiming the recent libel case he brought…

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Polish man sentenced

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 July 2001 · page 12

WARSAW — A Polish court sentenced a 78-year-old Polish man to eight years in prison last Friday for helping Nazis kill Jews…

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Member takes Board to court

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 August 2001 · page 6

THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies has been taken to court by one of its members for alleged racial vilification…

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