Rabbi Benzion Milecki

April 25, 2019, 12:00 am

South Head, Rabbi Milecki reach settlement

A DEAL has been reached to resolve the dispute between former South Head Synagogue spiritual leader Rabbi Benzion Milecki and the now-in-liquidation shule.

By Gareth Narunsky and Evan Zlatkis

July 6, 2018, 12:01 am

Rabbi loses tenure appeal

FEARS that Sydney's South Head Synagogue may have to sell its shule have been allayed after the NSW Court of Appeal ruled that Rabbi Benzion Milecki's contract with the synagogue, as a company, did not include the Jewish legal principle of hazakah, life tenure.

By Joshua Levi

Kehillat Kadimah has opened at South Head Synagogue's Old South Head Road shule.

August 3, 2017, 12:01 am

New congregation at South Head

KEHILLAT Kadimah, which opened at South Head Synagogue’s Old South Head Road shule on Friday night, will be offering membership this week.

July 20, 2017, 12:01 am

South Head locked as sparring continues

THE war of words over South Head Synagogue continues, but the congregation seems no closer to returning to its home on Old South Head Road.

By Joshua Levi

July 13, 2017, 12:03 am

South Head future all but decided

A LAST-DITCH attempt to save South Head Synagogue from liquidation appears to be over, much to the disappointment of the entire community.

By Joshua Levi

July 6, 2017, 12:01 am

Milecki’s solution to South Head crisis

EXCLUSIVE - Rabbi Benzion Milecki is prepared to leave his day-to-day duties at South Head Synagogue for a payout of less than $500,000 and an ongoing pension for the rest of his life.

By Joshua Levi

Kehillat Kadimah has opened at South Head Synagogue's Old South Head Road Shule. Photo: Noel Kessel.

June 29, 2017, 12:01 am

South Head to close at midday on Friday

THE administrator of South Head Synagogue is putting a padlock on the front door and closing the shule after a judge ruled that Rabbi Benzion Milecki’s contract cannot be terminated without a ruling from a Jewish court.

By Joshua Levi

June 1, 2017, 12:05 am

Shule, rabbi fight it out in court

THE administrator appointed to South Head Synagogue has commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW.

May 5, 2017, 9:42 am

Rabbi Milecki locked out of South Head

South Head Synagogue’s Rabbi Benzion Milecki had his contract terminated and was barred from entering the shul for Shabbat. In scenes never seen before at an Australian shul, three security guards were employed to block Rabbi Milecki.

By Joshua Levi

February 24, 2017, 12:00 am

South Head rabbi: Make me CEO

Rabbi Benzion Milecki has a solution to South Head Synagogue’s financial crisis – make him the CEO.

By Joshua Levi

February 2, 2017, 12:01 am

South Head in crisis

SOUTH Head Synagogue has a declining membership, increasing debt, will be cancelling programs and a group of congregants wants Rabbi Benzion Milecki to leave.

June 10, 2016, 12:00 am

Board members quit over rabbi

Half of the board of South Head Synagogue did not stand for re-election this week, following a showdown with the shul’s Rabbi Benzion Milecki.

By Joshua Levi

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

December 3, 2013, 12:00 am

Rabbis clash over kashrut supervision

RABBI Yosef Feldman has taken it upon himself to provide a provisional kashrut license to new Sydney caterer Amaze In Taste (AIT) until a solution can be reached with the Kashrut Authority (KA).

By Gareth Narunsky

October 17, 2012, 12:00 am

South Head father figure mourned

A PILLAR of Australia’s rabbinate was lost with the passing of Rabbi Tobias Silberman on Yom Kippur morning in Melbourne last month.

By Gareth Narunsky