AUSTRALIA
The Age
August 18, 2014
Jewel Topsfield
Education Editor for The Age
The former head of an Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne will be extradited to Australia to face charges of sexually abusing her students.
Malka Leifer, a former principal of the Adass Israel School in Elsternwick, fled to Israel in 2008 after the school board sacked her following complaints of inappropriate conduct with students.
The Australian Attorney-General’s Department said Mrs Leifer had been arrested in Israel in response to an extradition request made by Australia.
“Ms Leifer is wanted to face prosecution in Victoria for alleged sexual assault offences,” a spokesperson said.
The Israeli news website Ynet reported overnight that a resident of Emmanuel, a settlement town in the West Bank, was arrested on Sunday.
It said the woman was suspected of sexually abusing three sisters at an Orthodox high school in Melbourne between 2004 and 2008.
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