Sydney Hebe Synagogue Rejected as Threat to Local Populace

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Bondi synagogue ban over terrorism risk leaves Jewish community shocked and furious

Joe Hildebrand | News.com.au (Australia) | 3 August 2017

http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/bondi-synagogue-ban-over-terrorism-risk-leaves-jewish-community-shocked-and-furious/news-story/6ec6252d613583df7797c7cac2b25de4

Extract: The Land and Environment Court backed the decision by Waverley Council to prohibit the construction of the synagogue in Wellington St, Bondi — just a few hundred metres from Australia's most famous beach (Bondi Beach) — because it was too much of a security risk for users and local residents.

Rabbi Yehoram Ulman with local MP, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Source:News Limited

"The decision is unprecedented," Rabbi Yehoram Ulman told news.com.au.

"Its implications are enormous. It basically implies that no Jewish organisation should be allowed to exist. It stands to stifle Jewish existence and activity in Sydney and indeed, by creating a precedent, the whole of Australia, and by extension rewarding terrorism."

Rabbi Ulman said the decision "came as surprise and shock to the entire Jewish community" but was even more scathing about the council, warning "they have effectively placed in jeopardy the future of Jewish life in Australia."