RABBI Mordechai Gutnick
Elwood Shule's gala dinner. Photo: Sav Schulman
October 30, 2017, 12:00 am
Elwood’s l’chaim to 60 years
CONVIVIALITY abounded as more than 220 people gathered to attend the Elwood Shule gala dinner last Sunday evening. Held at St Kilda Town Hall, synagogue leaders and members came together to honour the past, present and future, celebrating 60 years of the iconic shule at Dickens Street.
By Rebecca Davis
A requirement of Orthodox weddings is that two Torah-observant male witnesses sign the ketubah.
July 13, 2017, 12:02 am
Couples’ ketubahs ‘not legitimate’?
One couple may need to have a second Jewish wedding ceremony and another wedding is being scrutinised amid claims the officiating rabbi failed to meet halachic standards.
By Joshua Levi
A Jewish man has asked the Family Court of Australia to withhold the wife’s property settlement until she agrees to a gett.
July 9, 2017, 12:01 am
Woman refused to accept Jewish divorce
The case of Idelsohn v. Idelsohn saw an Orthodox Jewish husband attempting to force his wife into accepting a gett, asking the Family Court of Australia to withhold the wife’s property settlement of approximately $760,000 until she agreed. 
By Rebecca Davis
Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick and Rabbi Daniel Rabin. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 15, 2016, 12:02 am
Rabin to lead RCV
Premier Daniel Andrews (left) is presented with a shofar from RCV vice president Rabbi Daniel Rabin. Photo: Peter Haskin
September 11, 2015, 12:00 am
Premier prepares for Rosh Hashanah
SENIOR members of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) met with Premier Daniel Andrews last Thursday, in what has become a tradition preceding Rosh Hashanah each year.
By Phoebe Roth
Labor Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 5, 2015, 12:00 am
Shuls at odds over same-sex marriage
March 9, 2015, 12:00 am
Court ruling eases Jewish divorce
By Peter Kohn
August 13, 2014, 12:00 am
Rabbis relish new roles
RABBI Mordechai Gutnick has been elected unopposed as the new president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) at its annual general meeting.
By ZOE KRON and Peter Kohn
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