On reflection – Manny Waks post the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse yeshiva and yeshivah hearings

Nearly four years ago, when I publicly disclosed the sexual abuse I endured as a child at Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre, I did not envisage that today so many around the world would know exactly what had happened to myself and so many other children at that institution. Read more

Law service at The Great

Over 200 members of the NSW Judiciary, the Bar, legal profession and members of The Great Synagogue marked the beginning of Law Term 2015 with a Service attended by the Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret Beazley and the Attorney General, Brad Hazzard. Read more

Laws to move-on protestors in Victoria may be repealed

Victorian State Liberal MP David Southwick has expressed concerns about how Victorian parliament’s plans to grant more powers of protest to unions and activists will impact on BDS. Read more

A philosophy of living

Sydney’s Montefiore Home recently launched its ‘Philosophy of Living’ (POL) across its 4 Sydney sites and HomeCare business. Read more

Rabbi Kluwgant resigns from Jewish Care

In the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  hearings at which he gave evidence Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant today resigned as the General Manager of Cultural & Spiritual services at Jewish Care Victoria. Read more

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : A statement from Chabad HQ

Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of Chabad-Lubavitch in New York has issued a statement in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  hearing dealing with the Sydney Yeshiva and the Melbourne Yeshivah. Read more

Out of touch rabbi

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has its say on comments made by Rabbi Zvi Telsner at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse  hearing with regard to curing homosexuals. Read more

The letter I want from our leadership…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…. Read more

Refugee Awareness Day at Mount Scopus

Melbourne’s Mount Scopus College Year 10 students have participated in Refugee Awareness Day. Read more

Rabbi Kluwgant falls on his sword

Rabbi Shlomo Meir Shlomo Kluwgant has resigned his presidency of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia. Read more

Anglican church apologises for remarks harmful to Jews

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has issued an apology for ‘hurtful’ remarks made by a bishop in Christchurch, which offended both Jews and Muslims. Read more

A statement from Southern Sydney Synagogue

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 : “He is attacking Chabad”

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 :

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

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

An exchange of letters between Sydney’s Rabbi Levi Wolf and one of his congregants. Read more

A message from Sydney rabbis

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 8

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

Peace and Happiness…writes Ari Heber

As the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse continues its investigation we should be aware that the incidents it is investigating represent only a very small percentage of child sexual abuse incidents in Australia. Read more

Feldman resigns

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

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

The international Jewish organisation Limmud FSU (Former Soviet Union) is planning its first festival in Australia next month.  Read more

Beach Shabbat

Over 150 community members from many different cultures and backgrounds attended OBK’s Shabbat on Sydney’s Tamarama Beach. Read more

Reunited with the family after 73 years

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”

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 : Progressives have their say

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

Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Day 6

Rabbi Yossef Feldman completes his evidence…and another victim reads his statement. Read more

Feldman out on a limb

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

Communities around the country manned the phones raising funds during JNF’s Green Sunday. Read more

Mesirah and the AFP’s War on Drugs

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. Read more

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