merge Rabbi Ben Elton
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 25, 2016, 12:00 am
Australia’s new ‘top rabbi’
Rabbi Yaakov Glasman of St Kilda Hebrew Congregation has become Australia’s new “top rabbi”.
By Joshua Levi
Front row (from left): The Hon. Justice Arthur Emmett AJA, The Hon. Julie Ward JA, The Hon. Justice Tony Meagher JA, The Hon. Justice Margaret Beazley AO and The Hon. Gabrielle Upton MP. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography
February 19, 2016, 9:30 am
Legal eagles in shul
IT was less a case of appearing before the jury than appearing before the Jewry last week as Sydney’s top legal minds turned out in force at the Great Synagogue for the annual service and dinner to mark the opening of the law term.
Rabbi Noah Leavitt.
January 18, 2016, 12:00 am
A Great scholar in residence
THE Great Synagogue (TGS) is currently hosting an American rabbi as a scholar in residence.
Rabbi Mendel Kastel.
December 11, 2015, 12:00 am
Great honour for Kastel
RABBI Mendel Kastel will be honoured as a rabbinical fellow of the Great Synagogue in recognition of his 14 years of service to the shul.
By Evan Zlatkis
Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton at the NAJEX commemoration. Photo: Alan Shaw
November 16, 2015, 12:00 am
Recalling our diggers
MORE than 150 people attended the NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen & Women’s (NAJEX’s) Remembrance Day service at the Sydney Jewish Museum on Sunday, November 8.
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Jeremy Spinak, ECAJ executive director Peter Wertheim, Archbishop Anthony Fisher and Rabbi Dr Ben Elton. Photo: Giovanni Portelli/Catholic Communications, Archdiocese of Sydney
November 6, 2015, 12:00 am
Fifty years of Nostra Aetate
ABOUT 400 representatives of a range of faith groups came together at the Great Synagogue last week to mark the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the landmark document that transformed Jewish-Catholic relations.
By Evan Zlatkis
Rabbi Ben Elton (right) with his fiancé Hinda.
July 14, 2015, 12:00 am
Rabbi Elton a Great appointment
RABBI Ben Elton will be in Sydney next week to take up the role as rabbi of The Great Synagogue.
By Joshua Levi
Load More

Enjoy Unlimited Access To The Australian Jewish News Website And All Our Online Content For AUD$18/month Or Just AUD$120/year.

Subscribe Now
Already have an account? Click here to log in