Congregant: Rabbi, I have a big problem. It’s Kol Nidrei and the game is on. What should I do?
Rabbi: Haven’t you ever heard of a video recorder?
Congregant: Wow! I can tape Kol Nidrei?
I’m not sure what the editors at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald were thinking. Perhaps in response to the criticism of their coverage of the recent violence in Israel, they decided to publish an opinion piece written by an Israeli, and in their wisdom, they chose writer Assaf Gavon.
As we mark the seventieth year since the end of World War II and the liberation of concentration camps, the families of some Holocaust survivors, who are in the twilight of their lives, are experiencing an interesting phenomenon...writes David Werdiger.
Following the drama played out at The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Melbourne over the last two weeks, David Werdiger has penned the letter he would like to receive from Melbourne's Jewish leadership....
The Jewish law of ‘mesirah’ – the prohibition against handing a fellow Jew over to secular authorities – has been under the spotlight in the current Royal Commission hearing, with Rabbis being probed as to their own interpretations and practices.
The national outpouring of grief following the tragic death of cricketer Phil Hughes after being struck by a cricket ball on the field has been quite overwhelming.
Imagine this scenario: the emergence of a militant Jewish group. The New Sadducee State (NSS) rejects the Torah's Oral Tradition, and want to return the entire world to their rule under their literal and strict interpretation of the Written Law.
Melbourne's Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah Colleges have launched YBRCAPS, an innovative revamp to their fee structure that makes school fees both more affordable and more accessible.
