Explaining Orthodoxy’s many Responses to Coronavirus Explaining Orthodoxy’s many Responses to Coronavirus By Kim AdamsReligionNo Comments 19 min read Jewish communal attitudes and behaviours toward COVID-related restrictions have varied sig...Read More 14 January, 2021
Yeshivah Centre eyes Lyon for top job By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 6 min read With the recent departure of their senior coach, it has been revealed that former Fremantl...Read More 23 August, 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
Not standing still, standing together Not standing still, standing together By Laura PorterReligionNo Comments 5 min read The name of last week’s Torah section Nitzavim-Vayelech – traditionally read on the ...Read More 20 September, 2017
Yeshivah Episode IV – A New Hope Yeshivah Episode IV – A New Hope By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 5 min read The drawn out process of governance reform at Yeshivah over the last few years has not con...Read More 14 December, 2016
Democracy Comes to Yeshivah By David WerdigerReligionNo Comments 5 min read With the passing of a new Jewish year and the fresh spiritual energy this brings to the wo...Read More 23 October, 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
Can Yeshivah take the cultural steps forward? Can Yeshivah take the cultural steps forward? By David WerdigerReligionOne Comment 2 min read A wise friend of mine adapted the Harvard-developed negotiation model (seven elements, get...Read More 6 July, 2015
After the Royal Commission After the Royal Commission By Laura PorterReligionNo Comments 2 min read Following the Royal Commission hearing into the Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne, David Werdig...Read More 2 April, 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
Case Study: Oligarch Enterprises By David WerdigerReligionOne Comment 15 min read This is written in the style of a Harvard case study. It is an allegory; imagine a re...Read More 27 May, 2014