A mass migration of Australian rabbis to England is expected here because almost every rabbi in every Australian Jewish community has suffered a drastic salary reduction as a result of the grave nation-wide economic distress.
The synagogue building of the local Hebrew congregation has been mortgaged in order to compensate Rabbi S. Mestel who is leaving Melbourne because of the financial depression among Australian Jewish communal and charitable institutions. This depression is so grave that many Jewish organizations have found it necessary to discharge many of their employes. Another local rabbi, Rabbi Hirsch, is leaving the city next week, while the rabbi of Brisbane is about to seek court action against his congregation for an enforced salary cut.
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