AUSTRALIA
The Australian
KATE LEGGE From: The Australian May 18, 2013
TO outsiders, Zephaniah Waks blends in with other bearded orthodox Jewish men dressed in black on the footpaths of the East St Kilda neighbourhood where he has dwelt for almost three decades.
But to insiders who live, work, gossip and pray here, his presence reminds them of things theyd rather forget. He is a stone in their shoe: uncomfortable, irritating, difficult to extract. For the past two years he has been singled out for the kind of shunning that others not as stubborn or as flinty or as sure of their stand would sooner flee than endure.
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