Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand
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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
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth Din. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky
May 23, 2019, 12:00 am
Rabbi Gutnick to remain head of RCANZ
RABBI Moshe Gutnick is to remain president of the Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ) despite the High Court rejecting an appeal application by the Sydney Beth Din (SBD), which he heads, to overturn contempt of court convictions against four of its members.
By Gareth Narunsky
Counsel Assisting Gail Furness, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull look through the Message to Australia book containing hand-written letters from victims of child sexual abuse at the final sitting of the Royal Commission. Photo: AAP Image/ Supplied by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
December 21, 2017, 12:01 am
‘Those who spoke up are heroes’
THE Royal Commission has now completed its work. The findings in general, and in particular the findings in relation to the failures of the rabbinic leadership of Yeshiva Sydney and Yeshivah Melbourne, must shake us to the core.
Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth Din. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky
December 4, 2017, 12:01 am
Taking the helm of RCANZ
By Joshua Levi
Some of the RCV executive and how they voted: Rabbi Moshe Kahn (against), Rabbi Chaim Cowen (for), Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick (for) Rabbi Daniel Rabin (against) Rabbi Phillip Heilbrunn (for), Rabbi Ralph Genende (against, resigned), Rabbi Shmuel Karnowsky (against). Photo: Peter Haskin
September 14, 2017, 12:00 am
Same-sex marriage statement rocks rabbinate
A Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) member quit the body's executive and the president apologised within days of an RCV statement urging people to vote against same-sex marriage in the upcoming postal survey.
By Joshua Levi and adam kamien
Fiona Richardson. Photo: AAP Image/Julian Smith.
September 1, 2017, 12:01 am
Premier’s trip postponed
HE was due to visit Israel this week, but Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has been forced to postpone his trip following the tragic death of government minister Fiona Richardson.
Rabbi Shneur Reti-Waks.
August 10, 2017, 12:01 am
Ark conversions rejected
THE Orthodox conversions of more than a dozen people hang in the balance after the Sydney and Melbourne Beth Dins stated they would not be recognised, following consultation with the London Beth Din, the Beth Din of America, the Johannesburg Beth Din and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
By Joshua Levi
Manny Waks (left) and Anton Block at the Night of Healing. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 30, 2017, 12:00 am
Uniting to heal wounds of abuse
In the wake of last week’s Royal Commission hearing, members of the community gathered with lay and spiritual leaders at Caulfield Park Pavilion for what was billed as “a Night of Healing”.
By Rebecca Davis
Josh Frydenberg MP lights an historic chanukiah at a Chanukah reception at Parliament House, Canberra.
December 5, 2016, 12:00 am
A capital Chanukah
More than 220 members of Canberra’s Jewish community joined politicians at Mural Hall in Parliament House on November 29 to light an historic chanukiah.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 25, 2016, 12:00 am
Australia’s new ‘top rabbi’
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation has become Australia’s new “top rabbi”.
By Joshua Levi
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