Perth, Australia – Chasidic Israeli Rabbi, Assistant Accosted By Youths While Visiting Australia

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    Danny Mayer (L) walks from the Morley Galleria entrance with the the Stropkover Rebbe from Jerusalem, Rabbi Avraham Shalom Halberstam, and his 21-year-old assistant. (Photo courtesy: The West Australian)Perth, Australia – A n Israeli Hasidic rabbi and his assistant who were traveling were the targets of anti-Semitic verbal  abuse and threats while visiting a mall in Australia.

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    The West Australian (http://yhoo.it/1kkYiX6) reports that the Stropkover Rebbe from Jerusalem, Rabbi Avraham Shalom Halberstam, and his 21-year-old assistant were approached and insulted by a group of six teenagers outside of the Morley Galleria Monday, Aug. 4.

    Danny Mayer was picking up the two at around 1:30 p.m. when he saw the teenagers confront the rabbi. When Mayer ushered the rabbi and assistant into his car, the teens starting banging on it.

    “They were telling us to ‘*** off’, that we were killers and they wanted to ‘fix us up,’” said Mayer.

    Mayer said when he took his camera out the group ran away. The incident was reported to police and the shopping center management.

    Morley MP Ian Britza said yesterday’s confrontation was “very sad” but was not surprising.

    “We’ve been saying for a long time that there is an element that wants to bring this (anti-Semitism) into our nation,” said Britza.

     Information taken from The West Australian.  JTA contributed to this Report.


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    9 years ago

    Those lovely, good natured, aussies!

    Right613
    Right613
    9 years ago

    I’m not sure if this is any kind of consolation to us Jews at this time but what our G-d has in store for those who torment us is indescribable. As opposed to the.incomplete victories of the IDF Hashem’s deliverance will be abasolutely complete.