Kehillat Masada
July 15, 2022, 7:19 pm
Double the joy for barmi boy
As Kevin Sandler celebrated his 30th bar mitzvah anniversary, his 13-year-old son Josh celebrated the occasion of his own bar mitzvah.
By AJN STAFF
Rebbetzin and Rabbi Freidler (front row, centre) were welcomed at Kehillat Masada last Shabbat.
February 27, 2022, 1:17 pm
Kehillat Masada welcomes new rabbinical team
The largest modern Orthodox synagogue on the North Shore, Kehillat Masada continues to play a critical role in the Sydney Jewish community.
By AJN STAFF
Kehillat Masada bar and bat mitzvah students spent time with the Sydney Friendship Circle.
December 6, 2021, 4:15 pm
Bar/bat mitzvah students engage with Friendship Circle
The bar and bat mitzvah students “showed maturity, patience, were polite, helpful and mensches,” said Vanessa Sher, program coordinator.
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Dreamstime.com
July 16, 2020, 12:00 am
Controversy over Emanuel event
'While Emanuel Synagogue is free to host whomever it wishes, for an organisation to refer to ‘Palestine’ as a country under Israeli occupation plays fast and loose with the truth'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Photo: Alex Ragen/Dreamstime.com
December 13, 2018, 12:01 am
Rabbinical reflections on ‘Who is a Jew’
An individual's decision to not convert, or to convert through non-orthodox means, cannot assuage the challenges that their children will face when prejudiced by the mainstream, self identifying Jews. Our decisions today have consequences tomorrow. Accepting, rather than abrogating, responsibility for those choices is something that could be instilled by our parents … or perhaps by a strong and competent educational institution.
Masada College is part of the Go North initiative.
March 30, 2018, 12:01 am
New initiative promotes Jewish life over the bridge
WITH the cost of living in Sydney's east continuing to rise, seven Jewish organisations on the north shore have launched a new initiative that aims to attract young families over the bridge.
Kehillat Masada Synagogue’s Rabbi Gad Krebs.
February 21, 2018, 12:01 am
Conflict at Kehillat Masada
IN what is believed to be a first in Jewish adult education in Australia, Rabbi Gad Krebs from Kehillat Masada has created a series of talks, debates and discussions designed to make people feel uncomfortable - at least initially.
By Shane Desiatnik
Kehillat Masada Synagogue’s Rabbi Gad Krebs.
March 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis back refugees
TWELVE Sydney rabbis have joined their interstate counterparts in calling on the federal government not to deport 267 asylum seekers to Nauru.
By Gareth Narunsky
The Community Kashrut logo.
December 10, 2015, 12:00 am
CK rabbi: ‘This is war’
WITH Sydney’s second kashrut certification agency on the brink of offering its services for the first time, its chief rabbi has declared there is a kashrut war in Sydney.
By Joshua Levi
June 26, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Community man in every sense’ mourned
THE Sydney Jewish community has lost one of its most dedicated members with the passing of Fred Seskin last Saturday night.
By Gareth Narunsky
Orthodox Jews pushing a pram on Shabbat thanks to the eruv. Photo: Peter Haskin/AJN file.
May 28, 2015, 12:00 am
St Ives gets its eruv
By Gareth Narunsky
February 20, 2015, 12:00 am
Kehillat Masada turns 30
By Evan Zlatkis
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