Court Orders Art Returned
JERUSALEM - A US district court ordered a German baroness to turn a painting over to the estate of a Holocaust survivor. US District Judge Mary…
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58 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
12 months on, still no suspects in Bellevue Hill murder
ONE year after the grisly murder of Bellevue Hill resident Katherine Schweitzer, police have made little progress towards finding her killer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police accused of cover up in anti-Semitic attack
USING documents obtained from the Office of Public Prosecutions, Menachem Vorchheimer, the victim of a 2006 anti-Semitic assault, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shmooze See You in Court, Seinfeld shmooze@juwishnews.net.au
LET'S say you’re a celebrity and someone decides to sue you and your wife for plagiarism. Do you act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Games we play POKER Glory for Gorr It is January in Australia, which means most of us aren't quite ready to go back to work just yet. We can be found on the tennis court, on the bay, playing cards for work or pleasure, or packing our bags for New Zealand for the forthcoming Junior Carnival. Meanwhile in Israel, they are learning a brand new game ahead of a landmark visit to Australia later this year
POKER player David Gorr collected a cool $34,000 when he finished second in the PotLimit Texas Hold’em event at the 2008 Aussie Millions on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canada’s High Court Upholds Nazi’s Extradition
OTTAWA - Canada’s highest court refused to hear the appeal of a former Nazi guard fighting extradition to Italy. Last week's ruling by the Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Chabad messianists: wrong, but still Jews Following another court ruling limiting access to Lubavitch headquarters by the messianic group and concerns expressed by an Israeli conversion authority, Shmuley Boteach comments on the messianic dilemma facing Chabad today
THE Lubavitcher Rebbe was the Jewish colossus of the 20th century and would rank on any serious list of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Ball boy holds court in Oz Open final Australian Open
TENNIS fan Jesse Glass had the best seat in the house for the men’s final of the Australian Open on Saturday night after being hand-picked to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The functions of a beth din Sichat Yosef There is both hysteria and misinformation about the role of the beth din, but solid reasons remain as to why the rabbinical court should be charged with hearing all Jewish matters of dispute
IN the context of matters involving the Sydney Beth Din during 2007, an AJN poll asked whether people supported the right of the beth din…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Le Pen Sentenced for Soft-pedaling Nazis
PARIS - A French court gave JeanMarie Le Pen a three-month suspended sentence for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Italian police shut down list of Jewish professors
ROME — Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato on Friday ordered the closure of an internet blog that listed the names of 162 Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →South Australian court to hear shul’s claim
THE District Court of South Australia will hear a civil action by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Arrest Jewish Agency Envoy
TEL AVIV - A Jewish Agency envoy who allowed 200 Venezuelans with false conversions to make aliyah was arrested. The agency's envoy to South…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mount Sinai College takes development battle to court
MOUNT Sinai College is facing an uphill battle in the Land and Environment Court after Randwick Council voted against its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →High Court endorses Katsav plea bargain JERUSALEM
The High Court of Justice on Tuesday endorsed the plea bargain…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Ball’s in Your Court
IT is so easy to blame Israel for the wrongs of others, as she aids with food, medicine and energy those who constantly attack her with rockets and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Toben case: court asked to consider criminal proceedings
A BARRISTER has asked the Federal Court to begin proceedings for criminal contempt against Holocaust denier Dr Fredrick Toben…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Police Announce Intelligence Unit
MELBOURNE - After months of community debate about whether the police take racehate crime seriously, Victoria Police has announced it will establish a special…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vorchheimer Misses Court Appointment
MELBOURNE - Anti-Semitic attack victim Menachem Vorchheimer said the reason he tailed to show up to a hearing last week was because no-one informed him it was on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The need for hate-crime units COUNTERPUNCH It would appear that the need for a race-hate crime unit in Victoria is obvious, but it is up to the Jewish community to convince Victoria Police that such a unit will serve as an effective remedy
THERE is a pervasive and disheartening recognition in the Jewish community that racially-motivated violence is…
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