John Gandel (center right) and ADC chairman Dvir Abramovich (far right) The program is offered free of charge to schools due to this funding. Gandel also finances the Anti-Defamation Commission’s propaganda program for schools “ Click Against Hate” - an “early intervention” program for schoolchildren from Years 5 to 10. Gandel has made large donations to Jewish organizations closely linked to Leibler, such as Australia Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) and the United Israel Appeal. Sydney has fewer Jewish billionaires than Melbourne, although businessman Sir Frank Lowy and apartment mogul Harry Triguboff ranked in the top 10 of the of the 2018 rich list, and Jewish wealth in Sydney is growing rapidly due to “the business success of South African Jewish migrants, most of whom settled in Sydney and Perth from the 1970s to the 1990s.” A long-time pillar of Melbourne’s Jewish establishment and client of Leibler is Jewish shopping center magnate John Gandel who is Australia’s seventh richest person with a fortune estimated at $6.45 billion in 2018. Most of ABL’s wealthy Jewish clientele reside in the wealthy inner suburbs of Melbourne. The lawyers of these New York law firms, which refer many cases to ABL, are said to “feel comfortable dealing with ABL, a firm with origins in the Jewish community that still retains a significant Jewish client base.” ABL has close connections with several major New York firms - especially those established and run by Jews like Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Skaddan Arps. These clients help make the firm one of Australia’s most profitable. The man topping the rich list, Anthony Pratt, with an estimated fortune of $12.9 billion, is one of them. ![]() In 2018, thirty-five of Australia’s wealthiest individuals and families were clients of ABL and 19 of these were Jewish. Of the 200 richest people and families in Australia, around one-in-five are clients of ABL. ![]() Leibler has been a partner at the law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler (ABL) for almost fifty years. Lawyer to Australia’s Ethno-Plutocratic Elite
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