Jeremy Stowe-Lindner

April 29, 2019, 12:00 am

LEADERS of several Jewish schools have called for more scrutiny on the land-swap proposal, spearheaded by a federal Labor government if elected, to move Mount Scopus College to Caulfield.

By Joshua Levi

The Jewish Children’s Aid Society presents a cheque for $600,000 to the
principals of Melbourne’s Jewish schools. Photo: Peter Haskin

April 9, 2019, 9:06 am

Principals rally for worthy cause

IN a historic first, the 11 principals of Melbourne's Jewish schools joined together to support the launch of the Jewish Children's Aid Society (JCAS) fundraising drive for Jewish children with disabilities late last month.

By Rebecca Davis

Israel Kipen is remembered as a philanthropist and a pioneer.

July 10, 2017, 12:01 am

Schools pioneer mourned

ISRAEL Kipen, Holocaust survivor, philanthropist and Jewish day schools pioneer, has passed away at 98. Kipen was among a small circle that founded Mount Scopus Memorial College, Australia’s first Jewish day school, in 1948.

By Peter Kohn

May 11, 2017, 12:00 am

Principals shed light on teacher’s arrest

Victoria Police is working with Bialik College to identify students who may have been photographed by a former teacher who has been charged with making child pornography.

By Joshua Levi

Josh Frydenberg MP at the launch of Bialik College's Button Project installation. Each button represents a child killed in the Holocaust.

February 24, 2017, 12:00 am

Bialik buttons bring tears to the eyes

Josh Frydenberg MP opened Bialik College's Button Project installation last week, featuring 1.5 million collected buttons, each one representing a child killed in the Holocaust.

Bialik College students participate in a Yom Ha'atzmaut parade last year.

January 26, 2017, 12:00 am

Principals’ dismay at Bibi

THE principals of Bialik College and Mount Scopus Memorial College have expressed their “profound dismay” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be addressing the community’s youth during his visit to 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

Students Jamie Sobol (left) and Alexandra Patishman hard at work on their machine.

May 4, 2016, 12:00 am

Bialik whiz kids scoop global prize

A TEAM of four year 7 students at Bialik College have won joint first place in the middle school division of the first ever Technion Jewish Day School Challenge.

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

November 30, 2015, 12:00 am

Armed guards at KDS, Bialik

AS of last week, Bialik College and the King David School (KDS) have armed guards patrolling their campuses.

By ZOE KRON

November 12, 2015, 12:00 am

Hate engulfs VCE Facebook group

THE principal of one of the schools involved in an onslaught of anti-Semitic comments on a VCE Facebook page has condemned the behaviour as “totally inappropriate”.

By Phoebe Roth

September 10, 2015, 12:00 am

Armed guards stationed at Scopus

AS of this week, armed guards are for the first time employed by a Jewish school in Melbourne.

By ZOE KRON

September 18, 2014, 12:00 am

Jewish schools too expensive? Not any more

IF the prospect of exorbitant fees is deterring you from sending your kids to a Jewish school, think again. That’s the message from Melbourne’s Yeshivah-Beth Rivkah (YBR) Colleges which this week launched what they hailed as a “revolutionary approach” to school fees “making Jewish education an affordable and sustained reality”.

April 3, 2014, 12:00 am

Jewish education failing to make the grade

A GROUNDBREAKING study highlighting weaknesses in the way Hebrew and Jewish studies are being taught at Jewish schools across Australia has been welcomed by Australian Jewish educators, who agree with the findings that Australian Jewry has entered a “new era” and curriculums must be revised accordingly.

By Timna Jacks

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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