Australian Story

The Justice Principle (25x6)

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Dassi Erlich and her two sisters were brought up in Melbourne’s insular Jewish Adass community where they say they were sexually assaulted by their former headmistress Malka Leifer. When the allegations surfaced, the mother of eight went to Israel where she has fought extradition for more than five years. We join Dassi, Nicole and Elly as they return to Israel to investigate why the case has stalled after more than 60 hearings and whether a senior Israeli cabinet minister pressured psychiatrists to declare Malka Leifer unfit for extradition. The sisters are also trying to harness the influence of the global Jewish community to crack what they say is a pervasive culture of cover-up.