A statement from Southern Sydney Synagogue
February 16, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Board of Southern Sydney synagogue has issued a statement distancing itself from views expressed at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse…its spiritual leader Rabbi Yosef Feldman was amongst those who gave evidence. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : repercussions
February 15, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi Abraham Glick has resigned from his teaching position at Melbourne’s Yeshivah College. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : “He is attacking Chabad”
February 15, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant, the current president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia was quizzed at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearing in Melbourne on Friday about a text he sent in which he wrote about Zephaniah Waks “He is attacking Chabad”. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse :
February 13, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria between 2009 and 2012 when the RCV was seeking to shape community responses to the issue of child sexual abuse. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Final Day – Rabbi Zvi Telsner
February 13, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The final day of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse saw Rabbi Zvi Telsner complete his evidence followed by appearances by Rabbi Glasman, Rabbi Kluwgant and Rabbi Smukler. Read more
Rabbi, I’m ashamed… you have lost me
February 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
An exchange of letters between Sydney’s Rabbi Levi Wolf and one of his congregants. Read more
A message from Sydney rabbis
February 13, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
Members of Sydney rabbinical community have recorded a message to victims of child sex abuse and their families. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Day 9
February 12, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Commission has extended its times of operation to accommodate all those scheduled to give evidence and the first to do so today was Melbourne’s Elwood Synagogue’s Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Day 8
February 12, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Day 8 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearing being held in Melbourne saw Nechama Bendet complete her evidence and former Chair Don Wolf give his. Read more
Feldman resigns
February 11, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
In light of recent statements and views expressed by Rabbi Yosef Feldman, The Yeshiva Centre has accepted his resignation as a Director on the Board of Management of The Yeshiva Centre, which includes his administrative responsibilities. Read more
MacPlan 2015 released
February 11, 2015 by Leanne Shelton
Presidents and representatives of Maccabi Clubs have met to discuss exciting plans in store for Maccabi NSW in 2015. Read more
First Limmud aimed at the Russian community
February 11, 2015 by Sarah Bendetsky
The international Jewish organisation Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) is planning its first festival in Australia next month. Read more
The meaning of light
February 11, 2015 by Agencies
2015 is the United Nations proclaimed ‘Year of Light’ and who better to explain the ‘meaning of light’ than a man who has played a key role in unravelling its mysteries, Technion Distinguished Professor Mordechai ‘Moti’ Segev. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Day 7
February 10, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Witness ABV returned to Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Abuse today. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : The Rabbinical Council of NSW
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Following the appearance of Rabbi Yossi Feldman at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, The Rabbinical Council of NSW has issued a statement. Read more
The one who got away
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire
As a barrister, Kinsgley Davis did not find receiving letters from Government House to be a special event. Read more
Reunited with the family after 73 years
February 10, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Photographs, documents, cutlery and sheet music secreted away by a chazan in an attic in wartime Czechoslovakia and discovered 72 years later have been reunited with his descendants in Sydney. Read more
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies says Yosef Feldman “unfit”
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies has said that Rabbi Yosef Feldman is unfit to hold any position of authority within the community. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire
The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia – their statement: Read more
Simchas in Double Bay – happy days are here again
February 10, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The Intercontinental Hotel recently opened in the plush Sydney suburb of Double Bay has launched its permanent Kosher kitchen. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Progressives have their say
February 10, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
The Progressive Rabbinic Council of Australia, Asia and New Zealand and the Union for Progressive Judaism have stated their position on statements made at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Read more
We visit the Knesset
February 10, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
At the invitation of the Government Press Office, members of the foreign press stationed in Israel were invited to participate in a tour of the Knesset and a briefing which amongst other topics covered democracy in action and the mechanics of the forthcoming elections. Read more
French Jews on the move
February 10, 2015 by Agencies
A record 8,000 people, mostly between the ages of 16 and 35, have visited Israel opportunity fairs held by The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption this week across France. Read more
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Day 6
February 9, 2015 by Roz Tarszisz
Rabbi Yossef Feldman completes his evidence…and another victim reads his statement. Read more
Feldman out on a limb
February 9, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry had distanced the community from Rabbi Yosef Feldman, the spiritual head of the Southern Sydney Synagogue who has completed giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse hearing in Melbourne. Read more
JNF’s Green Sunday
February 9, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
Communities around the country manned the phones raising funds during JNF’s Green Sunday. Read more
The Royal Commission: Sentiments without action are not enough
February 8, 2015 by J-Wire Staff
Rabbi James Kennard, principal of Mount Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne has issued a statement on the current hearing at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse….declaring “sentiments without action are not enough”. Read more
Six Israelis in road accident in NZ – one dead
February 8, 2015 by Keren Cook
Six Israelis in their 60s were traveling in a van touring New Zealand when it veered off a road near Christchurch. Read more
Member of the Jewish community makes top 100 in The Algemeiner
February 6, 2015 by J-Wire News Service
President of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Robert Goot has been named by publication The Algemeiner as one of the top 100 people who influenced Jewish life in 2014. Read more
Kosher caterer’s premises destroyed by fire
February 6, 2015 by Henry Benjamin
The premises of Peter Unger Catering in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran have been destroyed by fire…but it is business as usual. Read more
