Alex Dafner: Hakoah Club in Sydney has submitted plans Yiddish Report 17.3.2019

There was outrage in Australia and in Israel when an expert witness from New York, Dr Brian Trappler, a psychiatrist and ultra-orthodox Jew, brought out by the defence in the hearings in Jerusalem 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, claimed her to be innocent and being pursued by a lynch mob, on the grounds that her accusers were not orthodox religious women. The Hakoah Club in Sydney has submitted plans to the Woollahra Council to build a Jewish community and sports complex at White City, with a worth of more than $40m. The Jewish LGBTIQ Dayanu group in Sydney, will host the 25th Jewish International LGBT+ Congress, running over five days, starting on the eve of the Purim festival on the 21st March 2019, at the Emanuel Synagogue, an event that will include speakers, presentations and entertainment from representatives from around the world and Australia, including Dr Kerryn Phelps MP, the first lesbian Jewish woman to be elected to the Australian Parliament. Anns: The Kadimah invites you to the “In One Voice Jewish Culture Festival”, today Sunday March 17th, 2019 in Selwyn St, Elsternwick, 11am-5pm Cost: free Raucous, joyous and infectious, the Yiddish exuberance of 22-piece band YID! will kick off this year’s festival concert at 12pm so don’t be late! Five hours of music including a surprise international guest, Jewish cookbook baroness Delia Barron ruling the Nosh Tent, a shouk of Jewish community group stalls, With One Brush art show, kids’ activities and lots of yummy food - In One Voice has something Jewish for everyone. See you there!

Yiddish Report Source: SBS