Rabbi James Kennard

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

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

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

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

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

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.

June 21, 2018, 12:00 am

25 hours of tech-free bliss

As the power of technology to communicate and inform is equalled by its capacity to distract and disrupt, only an obligation to fully switch off allows me to truly switch on.