Rabbi Paul Lewin
Signs on the doors of Sydney's Central Synagogue.
October 14, 2021, 10:00 am
NSW freedom day means back to pray
As of Monday this week, places of worship can operate as long as all attendees wear masks and are fully vaccinated, and capacity is limited to one person per four square metres.
By Gareth Narunsky
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May 23, 2019, 12:01 am
Why the president of RCANZ must stand down
THE leading rabbis of Australia have shown a lack of respect for the Australian legal system by ignoring a ruling of three courts and instead focusing on one dissenting opinion, writes Joshua Levi.
By Joshua Levi
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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” .
Moriah College. Photo: Nadine Saacks
December 14, 2018, 2:42 pm
Sydney rabbis back Moriah
Rabbi Pinchus Feldman.
March 16, 2017, 12:00 am
RCNSW could vote on Feldman membership
All members of the Rabbinic Council of NSW could have an opportunity to vote on the status of Rabbi Pinchus Feldman as an RCNSW member.
By Joshua Levi
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
Kehillat Masada Synagogue’s Rabbi Gad Krebs.
March 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis back refugees
TWELVE Sydney rabbis have joined their interstate counterparts in calling on the federal government not to deport 267 asylum seekers to Nauru.
By Gareth Narunsky
January 30, 2015, 12:00 am
PM’s rabbinical appointment
November 17, 2014, 12:00 am
Chief Rabbi arriving this week
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
July 27, 2012, 12:00 am
A celebration of Talmud
ON the first day of Rosh Hashanah in 1923, Poland-based Rabbi Meir Shapiro began a program called Daf Yomi (daily page), whereby students would learn a page of Talmud per day, taking seven-and-a-half years to complete the entire Talmud.
By Gareth Narunsky
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
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