AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
STEPHEN MCMAHON HERALD SUN MAY 26, 2014
IMPROVING sexual abuse and family violence reporting are top of the agenda for the nation’s new top rabbi.
Melbourne’s longtime Jewish leader Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant will today be elevated to the role of president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australia at its conference in Caulfield — making him the defacto leader of the Jewish community.
This will be the first time in six years a Victorian has held the position.
Rabbi Kluwgant said modernising the faith’s awareness around the dangers of sexual abuse and family violence were his top priorities.
This comes after a damaging police investigation into the handling of allegations of sexual abuse at Yeshiva College.
Numerous former college employees have been jailed for the abuse of dozens of students over several decades — but victims have accused the Executive Council of Australian Jewry of doing everything it could to downplay the scandal and abuse.
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