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Mixed Marriage in India

June 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Country Profiles

Hungary: 1. What is the residency/citizenship status of Jews upon arrival following migration to Israel? What are the military service obligations for new Jewish migrants to Israel? 2. Does military service for a male migrant to Israel in his mid-30s indicate citizenship or permanent residency? 3. Would desertion from the Israeli Army lead to a loss of citizenship or permanent residency? 4. Deleted.

18 May 2012 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Israel: 1. Are Jews living in Jerusalem subject to violence - assaults, threats, other harm - from Arab residents in Jerusalem? 2. If so, what is the response of the authorities?

25 November 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russia: Please provide current information as to the treatment of Jewish people in the Russian Federation, and particularly in St Petersburg

28 August 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: Please provide current information as to the treatment of Jewish people in the Russian Federation, and particularly in St Petersburg.

28 August 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

South Africa: 1. Is there any evidence that white South Africans or Jewish South Africans are discriminated against in relation to matters such as employment? 2. Are there any laws to protect against such discrimination? 3. To what extent do the authorities provide protection against violent crime? 4. Is there any evidence that white South Africans or Jewish South Africans are denied the protection of the authorities?

21 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Krasnodar (or Kraznodar?) in the period 1977- June 1996; and February 1998-February 2004. 2. Please advise as to how many synagogues there were in Ryazan from June 1996-February 1998. 3. Please advise as to whether Jews in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar and Ryazan, have become disconnected with their religion during Communist rule and then after the break up of the Soviet Union. 4. Are Jews in USSR/Russia considered to be an ethnic group rather than a religion? 5. Please advise the meaning of the following Jewish terms/objects, and whether they have a different word to describe them in Russia, particularly in Krasnodar: * Menorah (7-pronged candlestick); * Torah (book of the teaching and judgments of early Jewish priests); * there is also another book, the Talmud. Please provide the definition of that as well. * Yumulkah (skull cap; it may be Tubiteyka in Russian); * Ashkenazi (the group of Jews who emanate from Europe; compare Sephardi); * Bar mitzvah (ceremony for a boy at age 13 when he acquires religious obligations); * Moile (man who performs the ritual circumcision; this may be the Yiddish word and the Russian word may be Reznick or Reznik). 6. When is ritual circumcision to take place? (Within 7 days of the birth of the male child?)

8 May 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. What is the attitude to Jews by the state and people (including Cossacks and skinheads) in Russia? 2. What action do the police take to protect Jews? 3. What rights does a Jewish person have to settle in Israel if they have they changed their religion?

31 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please provide an update with regard to the law which came into effect in January 2004 which relates to alternative service for new military recruits (conscripts)? 2. Are Christian conscientious objectors generally being allowed to do alternative service? 3. What are the typical alternatives available? 4. What are the views of the main human rights groups about the implementation of the new law? 5. Please provide evidence as to the possible treatment by fellow soldiers of conscripts who are Orthodox Christian, have a Jewish background or have lived abroad and have poor Russian language ability. Is it any worse than that of other conscripts?

20 October 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Russian Federation: 1. Please provide details of any discrimination against Jews in Russia, particularly in the Kazan area. 2. Please provide details of any mafia type activity in the area, particularly against pensioners, including attempts to evict them. 3. Please advise regarding role of the Government in increasing fees for pensioners occupying public facilities and the role of the Department of Internal Affairs in the Vakhitovsky region. 4. Does the government provide any assistance against the mafia in this area/city/province? 5. Can a Jewish woman move anywhere else where she would receive more protection from the government? 6. Please advise on a Jewish person's rights to reside in Israel, if any

21 September 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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