Aussie cops surround synagogue, fine Rosh Hashanah worshipers in lockdown breach

Times Of Israel ^ | 9/7/2021 | TOI Staff

[Nextrush]

Group of Orthodox Jews hit with steep penalties after celebrating Jewish New Year in violation of local COVID ordinances and refusing police orders to leave house of worship

Australian police on Tuesday issued fines to worshipers at a synagogue in Melbourne where a group of Orthodox Jews held Rosh Hashanah services in apparent violation of pandemic lockdown ordinances.

According to local reports, some 100 worshipers gathered inside the synagogue at around 5 a.m. and refused to leave until nightfall.

Police surrounded the synagogue after receiving calls of a suspected mass gathering held in breach of COVID-19 restrictions. A police source told The Age newspaper that officers were not going to force their way into the synagogue and waited for worshipers to come out.

Each attendee received a fine of $5,452 Australian dollars ($4,026 USD) upon leaving the synagogue, the report said...

[Nextrush]

What will the Victoria Police being doing eight days from now on Yom Kippur?

[PghBaldy]

Australia has been a good ally of the US for decades, but they have lost their way. This is insane overreach.

[Leep]

Wouldn’t pay the fine.
Arrest me?

[ClearCase_guy]

Probably not atoning for this travesty.

[Seruzawa]

Police surrounded the synagogue after receiving calls of a suspected mass gathering held in breach of COVID-19 restrictions.

The mealy little fascist neighbors at work. Sieg heil.

[HighSierra5]

Those that honor Israel will be blessed. Those that don’t will be cursed.

[Nextrush]

Pathetic truly pathetic and all those who want us to have Australia as our “ally” that’s BS to me.

Australia officials and organizations like the Victoria Police should be sanctioned as if they were Iranian or Chinese or Russian officials.

Travel bans, bank accounts, whatever can be done.

[glennaro]

A visit to the rat-neighbors appears to be in order ... and you must even wear a mask to hide your identity and cause you to act inhumanely ... how convenient.

[Nextrush]

Those people need to be identified for punishment by a future Trump Administration.

Travel bans and sanctions on them too like Iranians or Chinese or Russians.

[Angelino97]

Australia has been a good ally of the US for decades, but they have lost their way.

Are we any better? Most Western nations have Covid Nazis on the march.

[Scrambler Bob]

So can I make a call about the Mosque?

[Pajamajan]

How can “police” do this? They did nazi this coming?

[Seruzawa]

Sure. But don’t expect any response. It’s a lot safer surrounding and harassing a bunch of Orthodox Jews than a bunch of Orthodox Muslims. Aussie polizei will do nothing against Muslims. They are like the worthless Brit polizei now.

[Nextrush]

You can and you probably will get arrested afterwards for a “hate crime”.

[Osage Orange]

Ummmmm...yes!

We have not locked down the entire country.

Newb..!!

[frank ballenger]

So can I make a call about the Mosque? No way. You don't want to be labeled a bigot.

[SaveFerris]

Yep

[Wilderness Conservative]

Dont they know it’s only ok to oppress Christians

[Joe Boucher]

My son went there for a year to work for the nations largest bank.
He is home now and says about 15 years ago it went socialist and is currently a GOD less place
He says Sydney is full of Chinese who generally are nasty.

[max americana]

They did the same to the church in Alberta canada and many more. I cant go back to Vancouver for work because these clowns do the same thing there. I work with LAPD thousands of times and they dont give a sh*t if Im maskless and they have their priorities straight but I to Vancouver, they have this gestapo mentality.