same-sex marriage
Modi Rosenfeld performing on stage.
February 13, 2023, 7:09 am
A popular Jewish comedian is gay. So what?
"Being gay, you can keep Shabbos, you can keep kosher, you can keep anything you want to do,"
By Jackie Hajdenberg
L'chaim! Dr Kerryn Phelps (left) kissing her wife Jackie Stricker-Phelps after the ceremony at Emanuel Synagogue last week. Photo: Same Love Photography
January 11, 2018, 12:00 am
Emanuel makes history with same-sex wedding
Jackie Stricker-Phelps had the Jewish wedding she always dreamed of last week when, for the first time since the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia, two women stood under a chuppah at the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney.
By Joshua Levi
Sydney couple Dr Kerryn Phelps (left) and Jackie Stricker-Phelps at their New York wedding.
December 17, 2017, 12:00 am
Jewish chuppas booked for same sex weddings
The first two same-sex Jewish weddings in Australia to be solemnised by a rabbi will take place next year, as Jewish community leaders applauded the legalisation of same-sex marriage, while high-profile gay Jewish Australians expressed joy at the landmark change.
By Shane Desiatnik and Peter Kohn
November 15, 2017, 1:24 pm
Jewish roof bodies: ‘Legalise SSM’
COMMUNAL roof bodies have urged the government to legalise same-sex marriage in the wake of the postal survey which showed 61.6 per cent of respondents supported marriage equality.
By Evan Zlatkis
October 19, 2017, 12:00 am
SSM: Rabbis can’t pick and choose parts of the Torah
If rabbis want to rely on the Torah to define marriage, they must push for polygamy to be legalised, writes Eli Fisher.
Justice Stephen Rothman voted in favour of the motion.
September 28, 2017, 12:00 am
JBOD says yes, Beth Din says no
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) almost unanimously passed a motion supporting same-sex marriage on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
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
A still from a video released earlier this year in which Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage.
March 4, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbi speaks out for same-sex marriage
EMANUEL Synagogue’s Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio has publicly declared her support for same-sex marriage in a video posted on Facebook in the lead-up to Mardi Gras.
August 22, 2013, 11:30 am
Orthodox rabbi’s dilemma over same-sex marriage
A HIGH profile Sydney rabbi has revealed that the ongoing debate about same-sex marriage is causing him inner conflict.
April 30, 2012, 12:00 am
The definition of ‘mainstream’ Jewry
THE well-publicised difference of opinion between Progressive and Orthodox Jewish representative bodies on the issue of same-sex marriage has led to an argument over whether Progressive congregations are part of mainstream Jewry.
By Gareth Narunsky
December 9, 2011, 9:57 am
Mixed reaction to marriage policy
AUSTRALIAN Labor’s adoption of same-sex marriage as party policy at its conference last weekend has elicited a mix of reactions from the Jewish community.
June 2, 2011, 2:12 pm
Rabbis take up same-sex cause
THE Rabbinic Council of Progressive Rabbis has called upon the Australian Government to permit same-sex couples to marry.
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