Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Ayal Marek, Michael Penny and Liora Conyer representatives of ARZA Australia among the delegates at the World Zionist Congress.
November 18, 2025, 2:24 pm
Delegates divided over WZC direction
Australian delegates return from the World Zionist Congress divided over claims it has become too political.
By Bruce Hill
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January 3, 2019, 12:01 am
Rabbinate reform urged
IT has been revealed that Sydney’s Orthodox rabbis were told they were prohibited from attending the communal funeral service of former NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) Jeremy Spinak, who died at the age of 36 last year, because it was being held at “a Reform Temple” .
November 15, 2017, 1:24 pm
Jewish roof bodies: ‘Legalise SSM’
COMMUNAL roof bodies have urged the government to legalise same-sex marriage in the wake of the postal survey which showed 61.6 per cent of respondents supported marriage equality.
By Evan Zlatkis
A still from a video released earlier this year in which Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage.
September 7, 2017, 12:01 am
Yay or nay?
WITH the legality of the postal survey into same-sex marriage currently being considered by the High Court, communal leaders on both sides of the debate have been sharing their thoughts with The AJN.
David Knoll, from the NSW JBOD, assisted in bringing a new Jewish burial ground in Sutherland to fruition.
May 16, 2016, 12:00 am
New Jewish burial ground
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) together with Woronora Memorial Park, administered by the Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trusts (SMCT) in NSW, have announced the consecration of a new Jewish burial area within Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland.
Back (from left): Rabbis Paul Lewin, Eli Feldman and Chaim Ingram. Front (from left): Rabbis Eli Cohen and Yehoram Ulman.
March 25, 2016, 12:00 am
Taking the helm of the Sydney rabbinate
NEW president of the Rabbinical Council of NSW (RCNSW) Rabbi Eli Cohen hopes to strengthen the RCNSW itself by uniting the rabbinate.
By Evan Zlatkis
February 26, 2015, 12:00 am
Special training for NSW rabbis
January 30, 2015, 12:00 am
PM’s rabbinical appointment
June 2, 2014, 12:00 am
Rabbi Kluwgant at ORA helm
RABBI Meir Shlomo Kluwgant has taken the mantle of Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (ORA) president after the peak Orthodox rabbinical body’s elections on Sunday went uncontested.
By Peter Kohn
Robert Goot.
April 10, 2014, 12:00 am
NSW rabbis clash with leaders over 18C
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and Rabbinical Council of NSW (RCNSW) are at odds over the federal government’s proposed changes to racial discrimination laws.
By Gareth Narunsky
November 16, 2012, 12:00 am
Community pledges full cooperation with abuse commission
JEWISH community leaders have welcomed this week’s federal government announcement of a Royal Commission into sexual abuse of children at religious institutions, schools, sporting organisations, and scouting and guides groups.
By Peter Kohn
February 13, 2012, 12:00 am
NSW Rabbinic Council to establish Jewish registry
RABBI Yoram Ulman was elected the president of the Rabbinic Council of NSW (RCNSW) last week, and he has some big plans for the organisation.
By Joshua Levi
January 6, 2012, 12:00 am
Na’ama’s tears spark outrage
AUSTRALIAN Jewish leaders have roundly condemned members of Israel’s Charedi community, who last week dressed young children in yellow stars and striped clothing to evoke the Holocaust as part of a protest against exclusion.
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