Victoria Police
Victim and advocate Manny Waks.
September 12, 2018, 12:01 am
Extradition request expected to be issued
VICTORIA Police are expected to issue a warrant for the arrest of alleged child sexual abuser Velvel Serebryanski, who is now living in New York.
From left: Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner, Menachem Vorchheimer, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 23, 2018, 12:01 am
A turning point for Yeshivah?
YESHIVAH publicly has finally apologised to child sexual abuse victims advocate Menachem Vorchheimer and in the same week has revealed that several letters alleging child sexual abuse, which were handed to police, were "simply frivolous and/or malicious".
Victoria Police have been investigating the circumstances behind Saturday night's stabbing in Caulfield North.
May 24, 2018, 12:01 am
Motive still not known
THE motive behind an attack on two Jews on Erev Shavuot is still unknown. Dozens of Community Security Group (CSG) volunteers were called in on Saturday night when a young Jewish woman was stabbed in the neck and face in Caulfield North.
May 11, 2017, 12:00 am
Principals shed light on teacher’s arrest
Victoria Police is working with Bialik College to identify students who may have been photographed by a former teacher who has been charged with making child pornography.
By Joshua Levi
Victim and advocate Manny Waks.
March 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Alleged abuser says sorry
Alleged child sexual abuser Velvel Serebryanski has apologised to one of his alleged victims.
By Joshua Levi
The victim shows his injuries following last week's attack. Photo: Peter Haskin
January 20, 2017, 12:00 am
Teenager left wounded after callous attack
A 16-year-old boy from the community is recovering after he and three friends were caught up in a frightening attack on Jasper Road in Bentleigh last Thursday night (January 12).
By Phoebe Roth
Part of the offensive poster distributed around the University of Melbourne campus.
December 8, 2016, 12:00 am
Neo-Nazi posters at Melbourne Uni
A racist, anti-Semitic poster has been circulated around the University of Melbourne campus, depicting Jews as introducing “hordes” of minorities.
By Peter Kohn
The car which was vandalised.
March 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Swastika daubed on car
A MOTHER of three whose 20-year-old son’s car was daubed with a swastika last week has been left rattled following the incident.
By Phoebe Roth
Yeshivah Centre.
November 13, 2015, 12:00 am
Armed guards at Yeshivah
YESHIVAH and Beth Rivkah Colleges have become the latest Jewish schools in Melbourne to employ armed guards.
By Joshua Levi
July 12, 2013, 12:00 am
‘Shocking abuse claim’
By adam kamien
Executive Council of Australian Jewry executive director Peter Wertheim.
October 5, 2012, 12:00 pm
Jews, Aborigines unite to fight racism
JEWISH and Aboriginal leaders have come together to protest against racism on Facebook.
By Joshua Levi
August 2, 2011, 9:30 am
Police get tough on hate crimes
IN recent years, a number of the state’s ethnic communities have complained that police do not take hate crimes seriously, but Victoria Police has hit back, with the force’s interim leadership team launching a three-year strategy to address the issue.
The Yeshivah Centre.
June 23, 2011, 4:27 pm
Police investigate abuse allegations at Jewish school
VICTORIA Police are investigating allegations of child sex abuse at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College.
April 18, 2011, 12:18 pm
Vic Police backtrack
VICTORIA Police has scrapped plans to dismantle the Multicultural Advisory Unit. As reported by The AJN last month, an internal review recommended getting rid of the division and redeploying police officers elsewhere in the force.
April 5, 2011, 9:33 am
Faith in the force
A KEY communal advisory body to Victoria Police has gained a rabbinical voice, with the appointment of Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant (pictured left) to the Victoria Police Multi-Faith Advisory Committee.
By Peter Kohn
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