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Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. (Photo by William West/AFP via Getty Images via JNS)
July 6, 2025, 9:12 am
Man charged over synagogue arson in Melbourne
Netanyahu urged Australia to act, vowing Israel’s support for the Jewish community against hate crimes.
By JNS
An airplane circled Melbourne Sunday for locked-down Jews who could not conduct the pre-Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
October 1, 2020, 5:30 pm
Chickens on a plane: Yom Kippur ritual performed by air for Jews in Melbourne
Kapparot, practiced by some Orthodox Jews, involves swinging a live chicken over one’s head three times and reciting a prayer to transfer sins to the bird.
By Philissa Cramer
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