Rabbi Benjamin Elton

July 18, 2023, 6:45 am

"The program was excellent in every respect, with outstanding presenters and meaningful conversations," Rabbi Elton said.

By AJN STAFF

Rabbi Benjamin Elton (third from left) with Ministers Mark Coure (left) and Natalie Ward (centre, back), and other religious leaders.
Photo: Salty Dingo Photography

November 24, 2022, 11:17 am

Ending domestic violence

Rabbi Benjamin Elton joined more than 70 religious leaders in signing a declaration to end domestic violence.

By AJN STAFF

Rabbi Benjamin Elton and Rebbetzin Hinda Young meet the man who would be king.

September 15, 2022, 8:48 am

‘He has had this extraordinary apprenticeship’

"He was very interested in the Sydney Jewish community and how we were doing and of course had a very warm relationship with Rabbi [Lord Jonathan] Sacks in London..."

By Gareth Narunsky

Eddie Jaku at The Great Synagogue. Photo: Giselle Haber

October 21, 2021, 8:00 am

‘A light to the world’

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet on Tuesday announced the family of Eddie Jaku has accepted the offer of a state memorial service.

By Evan Zlatkis

Signs on the doors of Sydney's Central Synagogue.

October 14, 2021, 10:00 am

NSW freedom day means back to pray

As of Monday this week, places of worship can operate as long as all attendees wear masks and are fully vaccinated, and capacity is limited to one person per four square metres.

By Gareth Narunsky

August 23, 2021, 3:45 pm

Life in lockdown 2.0

With Greater Sydney in lockdown the past two months, The AJN speaks to six members of the community, who are part of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ vaccination campaign, about how they and their families are coping, and what their vaccine message is to the community.

By Evan Zlatkis

August 5, 2021, 12:00 am

‘It’s our best shot’

The AJN has partnered with the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on a new campaign to encourage as many people as possible in the Jewish community to get vaccinated during August.

By Gareth Narunsky

June 7, 2021, 12:12 pm

‘We urge you to get the jab’

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark: “The recent cases in Victoria are a reminder to us all that we need to take steps to protect ourselves, our family and our community.”

By AJN STAFF

Rabbi Benjamin Elton, pictured at his inauguration in 2015, hosted a Shabbat dinner for the LGBT+ community at The Great Synagogue. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography

March 15, 2019, 9:00 am

Bridging the Orthodox-LGBT+ divide

We have reached a stage in which almost everyone can and wants to be gracious towards each other. In that context there should not be tension, animosity or judgement.

April 18, 2018, 4:18 pm

Moriah and Great mentioned in parliament

TWO of the Sydney Jewish community’s oldest institutions were given special mention in the New South Wales parliament last month.

By Gareth Narunsky

February 9, 2017, 12:00 am

Mosman represented at shul service

Mosman deputy mayor Roy Bendall says he was “delighted” to have been invited to attend the Law Service at the Great Synagogue on Wednesday (February 8), acknowledging that it was “important” Mosman was represented, and admitting that the mayor’s comments about Israel last month caused “anguish”.

By Evan Zlatkis

January 19, 2017, 12:00 am

Mayor’s cold shoulder to shul

Mosman Mayor Peter Abelson declined an invitation to attend a service at The Great Synagogue, citing Israel’s “gross and illegal” occupation of the West Bank.

By Evan Zlatkis

December 8, 2016, 12:00 am

Rabbi resigns from roof bodies

Malvern Chabad’s Rabbi Shimshon Yurkowicz has resigned from RCANZ and RCV after a complaint that he acted in a way that hurt victims of child sexual abuse.

By Joshua Levi

Rabbi Yaakov Glasman. Photo: Peter Haskin

November 25, 2016, 12:00 am

Australia’s new ‘top rabbi’

Rabbi Yaakov Glasman of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation has become Australia’s new “top rabbi”.

By Joshua Levi

From left: Brandon Srot, Rabbi Benjamin Elton, Justin Koonin, Dawn Cohen, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio and Vic Alhadeff.

May 5, 2016, 12:00 am

Rabbis unite on LGBTI inclusion

IN what was described by one panellist as “monumental”, an Orthodox rabbi, a Reform rabbi, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists came together last Sunday to discuss the place of LGBTI Jews in the Jewish community.