Financial group Brookfield may not be able to swop debt for shares as Sol Kerzner retires for the 2nd time and Alan Liebman takes over. Kerzner took the helm again after tragic helicopter-crash killed son and heir Butch in 2006.

“We must not allow Judaism to degenerate into corrosive fundamentalism,” says Rabbi Stephen Fuchs (pictured), president of the WUPJ.
“The Jewish world must start questioning what Judaism really stands for in the 21st century.”

NY Rabbi addresses "terrible ... horrifying scenes of violence, of extremism... grown men, extremists, shouting, hitting, spitting at & chasing school girls. from a (very small) section of Ultra Orthodox community.

"Di Kats der Payats" (The Cat in the Hat in Yiddish) and other song and dance teaching techniques are all just part of Yiddish making a comeback as more and more North American colleges are adding the language to their subject choices.

FBI & US Attorney try to unravel where millions belonging to congregation of New York Rabbi & mystic - from King David’s lineage – have gone. Rabbi’s supporters say former aides pocketed the money. The aides deny the accusations.

Study by several Australian universities surveyed 12,512 countrywide & found 23.3% were negative towards Jews. Another study in Victoria says 68% of Jewish students have experience or witnessed anti-semitism (pic).

Arrest warrants issued, more to follow – meanwhile Tannenbaum’s live it up in Oz’s “Runaway Bay” [dinkum -ED] while awaiting extradition for their alleged involvement in the R12.5-bil Ponzi-type scheme.

Rivky & Yossi Shuchat will deliver a range of Yom Tov gifts down under for as little as R200, and they’re great gifts too.
There’s still time to do it, but you'll have to hurry.

Charter for Compassion in Sydney “I look forward to engaging more young Jewish leaders to help spread the messages of the Charter” says SA-born Jewish social activist and filmmaker, Danielle Lauren

An ex Jo’burger now living in the Perth community is painting up a storm. Marion Urfig’s paintings are mainly modern abstract. “Being born in SA has enabled me to have a flair for African-style art,” she says.
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