PM Scott Morrison, praised the Australian Jewish community SBS Yiddish report with Alex Dafner

The Australian Jewish community was shocked and deeply saddened over the tragic loss of 45 Israelis in the stampede at Mt Meron in northern Israel, with PM Morrison sending Australia’s condolences and the Australian Mogen-Dovid Adom - Israel’s Ambulance service support organisation, brought forward its appeal campaign to raise funds for a mobile blood transfusion caravan for the Israeli service. PM Scott Morrison, whilst speaking at a UIA fundraisers function in Sydney, praised the Australian Jewish community for its outstanding, exemplary contribution to Australia and said that he has learnt much about Judaism and strengthened his own Christian faith thanks to the writings of the late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Z”l,. Sharp differences of opinion amongst Melbourne’s Jewish communal, Zionist and religious leaders have broken out over an invitation, as key speaker, by the Mizrachi organisation amongst others, of Jonathan Pollard, the Jewish American who spied for Israel and who spent 30 years in jail in the US, before being released and emigrating to Israel this year. Yosl Winkler, the stalwart community and Yiddish cultural activist, who also contributed to the Yiddish programs on SBS Radio over many years, passed away at the age of 94.

Source: AAP