The 'Community Security Group' (CSG) has recently signed a contract with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to act as a private security contractor in Afghanistan. This has caused outrage in the community simply because the CSG is failing to protect the Jews in Australia on a weekly basis.
The 'Council of Orthodox Synagogues in Victoria' (COSV) is sending a board member to Afghanistan with the CSG security contrators to make sure that they keep shabbat properly and daven in an orthodox synagogue while deployed overseas.
Due to the move by COSV, 'Kosher Australia' (KA) has announced that they intend to send a mashgiach to supervise the cooking and check the fruit and vegetables for insects. Unlike COSV, KA has refused to pay for their representative and claim that the CSG is indebted to them for the high standard of kashrut. In turn the CSG has approached another kashrut organisation 'Kosher v'Yosher' (KVY) to act as a mashgiach for their overseas security mission. KVY has welcomed this opportunity with open arms and stated that "their aim is to open kashrut for the masses, regardless of cost."
In recent days, there has been a falling out between these organisations. KA filed for bankruptcy. COSV has widened the definition of orthodoxy. The CSG is in Afghanistan and KVY is laughing.
The 'State Zionist Council' (SZC) released a statement in conjunction with the 'Zionist Federation of Australia' (ZFA) stating that they are disappointed in the CSG's decision to help the cause in Afghanistan. Rather, they would have like to have seen the CSG help out with Israel's delicate security situation. The ZFA is currently not communicating the SZC for publishing a letter without the approval of the ZFA. The ZFA argued that the statement "may or may not have represented their views. The 'Australian Zionist Youth Council' (AZYC) stated that the ZFA "should get over themselves and ultimately our communal Zionist ideals should prevail over petty differences." The 'Zionist Youth Council' (ZYC) felt that the AZYC was out of place in commenting on the relationship between the ZFA and SZC.
Mediation is now taking place between the ZFA, SCZ and AZYC. This is facilitated by the "Jewish Community Council of Victoria' (JCCV).
Next week: Jewish Education. JNF, UJEB, all the Mt Scopus campuses, Bnei: PPBBQ, MnM, LnE, BAWC and BASC just to mention a few.

Really?
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yeh, i read about it in the mx
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