Beth Rivkah Ladies College
A photo of Thalia amid the floral tributes at the site of the Bourke Street tragedy last year. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 15, 2018, 12:01 am
Gargasoulas found guilty
MELBOURNE man James Gargasoulas, 28, has been found guilty of multiple murders after a car rampage in Bourke Street in January last year during which 10-year-old Beth Rivkah Ladies College student Thalia Hakin and five other pedestrians were run down and killed.
A photo of Thalia Hakin at the site of the Bourke Street attack in January 2017. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 20, 2017, 1:00 pm
Bourke Street rampage ‘not guilty’ plea
The man accused of a car rampage in Bourke Street in January, which killed six people, including a young Jewish girl, faced a directions hearing in the Supreme Court on Monday.
Jana Zvedeniuk's performance of Nadia Popova has been chosen for Top Class.
February 14, 2017, 12:01 am
Excellent artists
STUDENTS at Melbourne’s Jewish day schools are among those who have been selected for the VCE Season of Excellence 2017, a program showcasing the best student work across the arts.
The inspirational letter Thalia Hakin wrote in 2015.
January 26, 2017, 7:16 am
The words of an angel
“Now the world is dark, but soon to be bright for us”, wrote Thalia Hakin in 2015, the girl tragically killed in last Friday's attack in Bourke Street Mall.
By Joshua Levi
January 21, 2017, 8:30 pm
Community mourns ‘happy and bubbly’ Thalia
THE Jewish community is in mourning following the death of 10-year-old Thalia Hakin, who was killed in Friday’s car ramming attack in Melbourne.
Nimrod Shapir from Bialik College received an ATAR of 99.9. The school earned first place in Victoria based on 2016 VCE results.
December 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Bialik College tops state
Bialik College’s remarkable VCE results have earned the school first place in Victoria for 2016 based on median, and percentage of study, scores over 40.
By Phoebe Roth
Mount Scopus College student Jordan Berman received a perfect ATAR of 99.95.
December 15, 2016, 10:20 am
Top class VCE results
As ATAR scores were released in Victoria on Monday, December 12, it became apparent that Melbourne’s Jewish day schools produced extraordinary results.
By Phoebe Roth
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne.
April 22, 2016, 12:00 am
New Yeshivah structure revealed
YESHIVAH–BETH Rivkah Colleges (YBR) will be governed by parents under the new structure that will be announced by the Governance Review Panel (GRP).
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne.
February 4, 2016, 12:00 am
Chabad HQ objects to Yeshivah restructure
THE educational arm of Chabad Headquarters in New York has written to the trustees of the Yeshivah Centre objecting to its proposed restructuring.
By Joshua Levi
Yitzchak Rosen with his wife Jacqui and their four children.
January 14, 2016, 12:00 am
Community rallies for ‘a true mensch’
THE wife of Yitzchak Rosen, who died on Monday after a tragic accident while on holiday on the Mornington Peninsula, has thanked the community for its unbelievable outpouring of support.
By Joshua Levi
Rabbi Noteh Glogauer (right) pictured with KTC president Meir Moss (left) and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
January 8, 2016, 12:00 am
Glogauer leaves KTC
RABBI Noteh Glogauer has left Kesser Torah College (KTC) after more than eight years as principal.
By Joshua Levi
Nathan and Nechama Werdiger.
January 7, 2016, 9:46 am
Community mourns Nathan Werdiger
MORE than 1000 people attended the funeral of Holocaust survivor, communal philanthropist and family man Nathan Werdiger, who passed away on his 93rd Hebrew birthday on December 27.
By Joshua Levi
Leibler Yavneh College. Photo: Peter Haskin.
December 24, 2015, 12:00 am
Five Jewish schools make Vic top ten
YESODEI HaTorah College has recorded remarkable VCE results to come first in the state based on median study score and percentage of study scores over 40, and is joined by four other Jewish day schools in the top 10.
By Phoebe Roth
Top VCE students 2015. From left: Mendel Jacks (Yeshivah), Asher Reisner (Bialik), Gabriel Strum (Yavneh), Eden Stone-Eilam (King David), Lital Weizman (Beth Rivkah). Photo: Peter Haskin
December 18, 2015, 12:00 am
VCE success for Jewish schools
AS Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores were released on Monday morning, it became apparent that Melbourne’s Jewish schools were once again among the top of the class.
By Phoebe Roth
Rabbi James Kennard
December 24, 2012, 12:00 am
Jewish schools in Victoria’s elite
OUTSTANDING VCE results have ensured Melbourne’s Jewish schools will retain their places in the state’s elite, with at least one student from every school attaining an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) in the top percentile.
By Timna Jacks
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