Published: 9 November 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
I recently read an article in Forward magazine on the 17 biggest threats facing the Jewish people. It polled 17 rabbis from across American Jewish denominations
The one threat most agreed was apathy/indifference to Judaism and Israel. Two rabbis thought Jewish fundamentalism/Haredim was the biggest threat. Internal divisions and McCarthyist-like turning on one another also scored significantly.
But in Melbourne, Australia we have recently discovered a hidden threat to the Jewish community that none of us realised was so invidious and dangerous. The threat is a clear and present danger the likes of which could possibly unravel Orthodox Jewish life forever in this city of 50,000 Jews. What is this hazard to our way of life?
Jewish women who are wanting to connect to Torah. In September this year, a number of Orthodox Jewish women had organised themselves to conduct their own Simchat Torah service.
FULL STORY The biggest threat Melbourne’s Orthodox Jewry faces (Times of Israel)
