Rabbi James Kennard
Dan Sztrajt, from pupil to principal at Mount Scopus College.
October 24, 2023, 6:50 am
Dan Sztrajt to head Mount Scopus
"For Dan, this is a homecoming, and for the Scopus community, it is deeply satisfying that a graduate has come full circle."
By Carol Saffer
Mount Scopus College.
June 5, 2023, 7:29 am
‘Wake-up call’
The findings of a report into child safety practices at Mount Scopus Memorial College were published in The Herald Sun.
By AJN STAFF
Mount Scopus College.
December 9, 2021, 11:20 am
Scopus teacher quits amid ‘inappropriate conduct’ claims
In a letter sent to parents, principal Rabbi James Kennard and president Amy Hershan wrote that the type of conduct being alleged was "wholly unacceptable and has no place in any school setting".
By AJN STAFF
Neil Lennie leaving the County Court of Victoria on Thursday. Photo: AAP Image/Luis Ascui
March 25, 2021, 6:30 am
Ex-Scopus teacher sentenced
A former Mount Scopus teacher was given a three-month suspended sentence for lying about his qualifications to get a job at the school back in 1976.
By Zeddy Lawrence
Year 1 Sholem Aleichem student Shelly Yomtovyan is ready to resume regular learning.
May 21, 2020, 5:30 am
Students return to the classroom
'Our school community rose to the challenge of virtual learning. Now we all look forward to coming back to school'.
By Rebecca Davis
Isaac Rozental received a Top All-Round VCE High Achievers award.
May 7, 2020, 6:00 am
‘An immense sense of pride’
The AJN wishes a hearty mazal tov to all the Melbourne Jewish day school recipients of the Premier’s VCE Awards last week.
By Rebecca Davis
It’s selfie time: President Rivlin posing for a photo with students at Melbourne’s Mount Scopus Memorial College on Monday. Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO
February 27, 2020, 10:22 am
Rivlin inspires at Scopus
President Reuven Rivlin addressed 1000 Jewish day school students at a special assembly at Melbourne's Mount Scopus College earlier this week.
By Rebecca Davis
Ramona Chrapot in the Mount Scopus Memorial College library. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 28, 2019, 7:00 am
Disappointment at ACHPER review
Communal leaders say a report into controversial VCE coursework that accused Israel of persecuting Muslims avoided critical questions.
By Peter Kohn
Max Steinhardt, Sierra Mimeran and Kaelee Hope enjoying Book Week at Fink Karp Ivany campus.
September 11, 2019, 9:58 pm
All change at GBH and FKI
Mount Scopus Memorial College has announced the creation of a dedicated year 3 Discovery Centre.
By AJN STAFF
Ramona Chrapot in the Mount Scopus Memorial College library. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 29, 2019, 12:00 am
VCE supplier apologises over anti-Israel slur
A SIX-week dispute over an anti-Israel falsehood disseminated by a VCE educational resources supplier appears to have been settled, with the organisation issuing a full apology, acknowledging the factual incorrectness of the material and severing ties with the teacher who authored it.
By Peter Kohn
Ramona Chrapot in the Mount Scopus Memorial College library. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 22, 2019, 12:00 am
Merlino tackles ACHPER
VICTORIAN Education Minister James Merlino has announced he expects an unreserved apology and a full public accounting from education resources provider, Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), after a controversy over how it handled a complaint against anti-Israel study materials.
By Peter Kohn
Ramona Chrapot in the Mount Scopus Memorial College library. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 16, 2019, 10:36 am
Anti-Israel coursework controversy continues
FALSE, denigrating claims about Israel in study materials for Victorian students came under the blowtorch this week as Caulfield MP David Southwick demanded the Andrews government move more quickly to safeguard students from false information in VCE coursework.
By Peter Kohn
Ramona Chrapot in the Mount Scopus Memorial College library. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 18, 2019, 12:00 am
VCE coursework material pulled over anti-Israel slur
WHEN Mount Scopus Memorial College student Ramona Chrapot read a sample response in her VCE coursework which claimed that Israel destroys the houses of Arabs living there simply because they are Muslim not Jewish, she could not believe her eyes.
By Peter Kohn
Mount Scopus principal Rabbi James Kennard (left) with ALP candidate Josh Burns at Caulfield Hospital last Sunday. Photo: Simon Kosmer
April 4, 2019, 9:26 am
Mount Scopus heading to Caulfield?
MOUNT Scopus College's dream of moving the entire school to Caulfield could be confirmed within 18 months.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Meir Kahane. Photo: Gene Kappock/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images
February 28, 2019, 6:29 pm
Netanyahu’s deal with the devil
Kahanism, with all its despicable racism and hatred, has resurfaced from the gutters of Israeli politics into the mainstream of pre-election debate.
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