Australia

Chief Rabbi Sacks dedicates Torahs in Melbourne

Two Torah scrolls were dedicated in Victoria’s state parliament before being led through the streets by the commonwealth’s chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, to Melbourne’s oldest functioning synagogue.

Sacks on last official visit to Australia

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks arrived in Australia on his last official visit as chief rabbi of the commonwealth before stepping down after two decades in his post.

Family’s Holocaust past drives Aussie lawyer in efforts for indigenous peoples

The co-chair of a panel aimed to “end the exclusion” of Australia’s indigenous peoples from the nation’s constitution cited the effects of the Holocaust on his family as a driving force in his work.

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