manny waks Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/manny-waks/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:59:48 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 ‘Battle is over’: advocate’s relief as abuser sentenced https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/ https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:24:04 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178925 A convicted child abuser has walked away from court with a suspended prison sentence, leaving his victim pleased the case is finally over. The battle is over for prominent victim advocate Manny Waks after his abuser was sentenced for sexually exploiting him at a Jewish holy festival close to four decades ago. “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof” […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/feed/ 1 178925 Leifer accused of new incidents in prison https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-accused-of-new-incidents-in-prison/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-accused-of-new-incidents-in-prison/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:45:39 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171942 Former Adass principal and convicted sex offender Malka Leifer is accused of new offences against a young woman on camera inside Melbourne’s women’s maximum-security prison. Leifer was sentenced to 15 years of prison for repeated sexual abuse against young students at the Adass school. She fled to Israel, avoiding justice for 13 years, from 2008 […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-accused-of-new-incidents-in-prison/feed/ 1 171942 Manny Waks’s alleged abuser to fight charges at trial https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/ https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:38:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=161210 A man accused of molesting victim advocate Manny Waks more than three decades ago has been committed to stand trial on four child abuse offences. Zev “Velvel” Serebryanski, 60, pleaded not guilty after Magistrate Stephen Ballek found there was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial in the Victorian County Court. Serebryanski is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/feed/ 0 161210 Leifer: Who is saying what…and the timeline of a gruelling experience https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-who-is-saying-what-and-the-timeline-of-a-gruelling-experience/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-who-is-saying-what-and-the-timeline-of-a-gruelling-experience/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:47:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=150228 Sisters sexually molested by their ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer felt a wave of relief and validation as they learned their abuser would spend years behind bars. Leifer was jailed for 15 years on Thursday by Victorian County Court Judge Mark Gamble after a jury convicted her of 18 charges, including rape and sexual assault. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-who-is-saying-what-and-the-timeline-of-a-gruelling-experience/feed/ 0 150228 Manny Waks’ alleged abuser arrested in New York https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/ https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 05:47:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=146702 Long-time victims’ advocate Manny Waks says his alleged abuser is set to be extradited to Melbourne. Mr Waks alleges he was sexually assaulted by a former member of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox community, Velvel Serebryanski, when he was a child in the 1980s. The advocate, who has been a fixture in high-profile child sexual abuse cases, told […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/feed/ 0 146702 Leifer trial swansong for Manny Waks https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-trial-swansong-for-manny-waks/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-trial-swansong-for-manny-waks/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:18:17 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=141911 VoiCSA (voice against child sexual abuse) founder and CEO, Manny Waks, has announced that he plans to step down from his role as a public advocate in the context of child sexual abuse, including as CEO of VoiCSA. Waks said that he will officially resign after the Malka Leifer trial, which is due to commence […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-trial-swansong-for-manny-waks/feed/ 2 141911 L’Chaim – to Life: Podcast with Manny Waks https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/ https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 01:08:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=140328 Morry Frenkel speaks with Manny Waks, CEO of VoiCSA (Voice Against Child Sexual Abuse) about the work of this organisation in the areas of advocacy, awareness and enablement. Manny also assesses the outcomes of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, whose report was handed down almost five years ago. If you […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/feed/ 0 140328 Video: Manny Waks in town to cover the Malka Leifer hearing https://www.jwire.com.au/video-manny-waks-in-town-to-cover-the-malka-leifer-hearing/ https://www.jwire.com.au/video-manny-waks-in-town-to-cover-the-malka-leifer-hearing/#respond Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:50:49 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=129275 Manny Waks gets out of lockdown quarantine after flying from Israel to Melbourne to be present for Malka Leifer's court case.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/video-manny-waks-in-town-to-cover-the-malka-leifer-hearing/feed/ 0 129275 Leifer hearings go in reverse https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:51:36 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=109105 In the Jerusalem District Court Judge Chana Lomp has accepted the request by Malka Leifer's legal team to allow them to bring two of the psychiatrists that they previously brought in testify on Leifer's behalf in order to hear their views on the most recent psychiatric panel's decision.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/feed/ 1 109105 Leifer applies for bail https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-applies-for-bail/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-applies-for-bail/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:09:01 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=103266 The day after Rosh Hashana, the case to extradite Malka Leifer who is wanted in Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse, will be in a Jerusalem court again as her lawyers apply for bail.

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