Explaining the Jewish community to de Blasio Explaining the Jewish community to de Blasio By Kim AdamsReligionNo Comments 4 min read Following the uproar over NY Mayor Bill de Blasio’s comments in response to th...Read More 3 May, 2020
Looking at Zion Looking at Zion By Kim AdamsInterviewsNo Comments 6 min read “There is a vibrant, authentic Jewish life outside of the State of Israel, and one does ...Read More 7 October, 2019
The Hard Road to Democracy By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 4 min read Breaking news at the Yeshivah Centre: switching to a new legal structure (that is largely ...Read More 3 July, 2019
Beth Dins Behaving Badly Beth Dins Behaving Badly By Laura PorterReligionNo Comments 5 min read Local Rabbis are again in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time, it’s the Rabbis...Read More 3 January, 2019
What VCE results announcements tell us about schools By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 4 min read The VCE results for 2016 have been released, with much fanfare. Again, the Jewish schools...Read More 20 December, 2016
Who Wants to be a Leader? Who Wants to be a Leader? By David WerdigerReligion2 Comments 5 min read As the restructure process at Yeshivah Centre inches forward, and we draw closer to elect...Read More 6 September, 2016
A time to bring the community together A time to bring the community together By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 5 min read The Shabbat Project has an energy like no other. Sure, it’s novel and different, and as ...Read More 23 October, 2015
Disconnect to Reconnect Disconnect to Reconnect By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 3 min read We are fortunate, when it comes to the Shabbat Project, that it evolved so recently and so...Read More 25 September, 2015
After the Royal Commission – Stepping Back from the Precipice After the Royal Commission – Stepping Back from the Precipice By David WerdigerUncategorizedOne Comment 2 min read The Jewish community is reeling after the recent case study as part of the Royal Commissio...Read More 26 March, 2015
Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 5 min read After reading the responses to Rabbi Kennard’s original article (AJN, 31/1/2014), I felt...Read More 22 February, 2014
The real meaning of Tzedek The real meaning of Tzedek By Laura PorterReligionNo Comments 5 min read This week’s Torah reading – Shoftim – contains the well-known phrase ‘Tzedek tze...Read More 9 August, 2013
An Alternative to Beth Din An Alternative to Beth Din By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 6 min read Some Australian Rabbis have been in the news a fair bit lately – and unfortunately for a...Read More 4 April, 2013