Nefesh
Joy Balkind. Photo: Giselle Haber
August 17, 2020, 10:38 pm
‘Grande dame of Sydney Jewry’ mourned
Joy Balkind, who passed away earlier this month aged 95, has been remembered as 'a true doyenne of the community'.
By Gareth Narunsky
BINA's Rabbi Michoel Gourarie was a signatory to the statement backing Moriah. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 21, 2018, 12:01 am
‘It’s about who is a Jew’
NINE Sydney rabbis have joined forces to back Moriah College's policy of only accepting students who are Jewish according to Orthodox halachah.
Rabbi Dovid Slavin inspecting the reconstruction of the synagogue at the Harry Triguboff Centre at Flood Street, which will reopen in time for Rosh Hashanah. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
September 12, 2018, 9:19 am
Shule renovation ready by Rosh
EXCITEMENT is building in the Yeshiva School community as the finishing touches are applied to a new synagogue in the adjacent Harry Triguboff Centre at Flood Street in Bondi, which opened just in time for Rosh Hashanah.
By Shane Desiatnik
Board member and volunteer of the Australian Jewish Fertility Network Lori Levin with her eldest son.
March 16, 2018, 12:01 am
Synagogues speak out
A NUMBER of Sydney synagogues are joining more than 100 shules worldwide for this week's Infertility Awareness Shabbat to enhance understanding and facilitate empathy for those struggling to have a family.
An artist’s impression of the proposed new community centre at Nefesh, Bondi.
August 4, 2017, 12:00 am
Building a community hub
Bondi could soon see a Hakoah Club-style venue available again to the community after Nefesh received the go-ahead to develop its Roscoe Street site.
By Evan Zlatkis
Rabbi Ralph Genende blows the shofar at Caulfield Park in pre-pandemic days. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 14, 2017, 12:01 am
Rabbis of three hues on ‘blacklist’
THREE Australian rabbis – from mainstream Orthodox, Chabad and Progressive shules – are baffled to be on an Israeli Chief Rabbinate “blacklist” of 160 rabbis worldwide.
By Peter Kohn
The late Rabbi Mendel Itkin. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 18, 2016, 12:00 am
Tributes flow for beloved rabbi
Chabad communities in Sydney and the US are mourning the loss of influential Rabbi Mendel Itkin, who died from ill health last week, aged 61.
By Shane Desiatnik
May 9, 2014, 12:00 am
So you think you can shmooze
NEFESH launched its building campaign with the help of a memorable guest last Wednesday, presenting Paula Abdul in a talk-show style interview in which she spoke candidly about her Jewish identity.
By Phoebe Roth
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