merge Rabbi Benjamin Elton
Rabbi Benjamin Elton, pictured at his inauguration in 2015, hosted a Shabbat dinner for the LGBT+ community at The Great Synagogue. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography
March 15, 2019, 9:00 am
Bridging the Orthodox-LGBT+ divide
We have reached a stage in which almost everyone can and wants to be gracious towards each other. In that context there should not be tension, animosity or judgement.
By Rabbi Benjamin Elton
Gabrielle Upton.
April 18, 2018, 4:18 pm
Moriah and Great mentioned in parliament
TWO of the Sydney Jewish community’s oldest institutions were given special mention in the New South Wales parliament last month.
By Gareth Narunsky
Mosman's deputy mayor Roy Bendall.
February 9, 2017, 12:00 am
Mosman represented at shul service
Mosman deputy mayor Roy Bendall says he was “delighted” to have been invited to attend the Law Service at the Great Synagogue on Wednesday (February 8), acknowledging that it was “important” Mosman was represented, and admitting that the mayor’s comments about Israel last month caused “anguish”.
By Evan Zlatkis
Mosman Mayor Peter Abelson.
January 19, 2017, 12:00 am
Mayor’s cold shoulder to shul
Mosman Mayor Peter Abelson declined an invitation to attend a service at The Great Synagogue, citing Israel’s “gross and illegal” occupation of the West Bank.
By Evan Zlatkis
Rabbi Shimshon Yurkowicz.
December 8, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbi resigns from roof bodies
Malvern Chabad’s Rabbi Shimshon Yurkowicz has resigned from RCANZ and RCV after a complaint that he acted in a way that hurt victims of child sexual abuse.
By Joshua Levi
From left: Brandon Srot, Rabbi Benjamin Elton, Justin Koonin, Dawn Cohen, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio and Vic Alhadeff.
May 5, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis unite on LGBTI inclusion
IN what was described by one panellist as “monumental”, an Orthodox rabbi, a Reform rabbi, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) activists came together last Sunday to discuss the place of LGBTI Jews in the Jewish community.
A still from a video released earlier this year in which Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio publicly expressed her support for same-sex marriage.
April 19, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis address LGBTI inclusion
A PANEL of guest speakers, including both Orthodox and Progressive rabbis, will come together on Sunday, May 1 for the first time to openly discuss issues, barriers and opportunities for greater inclusion of Jewish members of the LGBTI community.
By Shane Desiatnik
Kehillat Masada Synagogue’s Rabbi Gad Krebs.
March 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Rabbis back refugees
TWELVE Sydney rabbis have joined their interstate counterparts in calling on the federal government not to deport 267 asylum seekers to Nauru.
By Gareth Narunsky
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