Some ultra-Orthodox Jewish worshippers have been gathering since March last year during repeated lockdowns, to the frustration of police, Victoria’s Department of Health and the wider Jewish community. lockdown covid19
A Health Department spokesperson said the department had made numerous attempts through intermediaries in other orthodox communities to engage with the group concerned.The Glen Eira Road building that hosted the event bears a sign in Hebrew announcing it is a study house dedicated to the memory of Abraham Zvi BeckThe ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel Synagogue, headquartered around the corner on Glen Eira Avenue, issued a statement distancing itself from the event.
Filmmaker and academic Danny Ben-Moshe, who spent a year filming Melbourne’s Adass community for his documentary, said the Adass community was formed by post-war migrants as an umbrella for a range of ultra-Orthodox sects. “What’s happened over recent years is by definition they have large families and so they have grown… over the last maybe three to five years. Some groups ... have grown to such an extent that they can branch out on their own.”
Jewish historian and academic Mark Baker said groups refusing to abide by lockdown rules were outliers in the broader Jewish community. Both men expressed concern that the highly publicised gathering would lead to anti-Semitic abuse and sentiment against the Jewish community.of the Jewish community in Australia.
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