Rabbi Dovid Gutnick
Rabbi Martin van den Bergh (left) and Rabbi Yossi Friedman.
November 1, 2017, 2:19 pm
Yahrzeit for van den Bergh
THERE were tears of joy at the graveside of the only Jewish soldier in the Beersheba cemetery on Tuesday, after an unlikely set of events led rabbis to realise it was his yahrzeit and hold an ad-hoc service.
By Joshua Levi and Nathan Jeffay
Avi Yemini.
August 11, 2017, 12:01 am
Unsavoury bedfellows
WHEN did the world turn upside down? This Sunday, Neil Erikson, who in 2014 pleaded guilty to making racist phone calls to Melbourne’s Rabbi Dovid Gutnick, was due to rally alongside Jewish activist Avi Yemini in Sydney to demonstrate against the court ruling on the FREE shule in Bondi.
Former Waverley mayor Sally Betts with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman. Photo: Noel Kessel
August 10, 2017, 12:01 am
New hope for Bondi shule
WAVERLEY Council and the Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE) met yesterday morning (Wednesday) to try and move forward with a development application (DA) to build a shule in Bondi.
By Joshua Levi
From left: Janine Wald, barrister; John Pesutto, Victorian Shadow Attorney-General; Ben Carroll, Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Justice; Rabbi Dovid Gutnick; Raph Ajzensztat, barrister; Nic Cozens, barrister; Annette Charak, barrister; Ian Waller, QC; and Justice Mark Moshinsky of the Federal Court of Australia.
February 13, 2017, 12:01 am
Judge and Jewry
JEWISH law professionals and Victorian MPs gathered at East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation last week to welcome the 2017 Legal Year in words and song.
From left: VAJEX president Judy Landau, vice-president Julie Leder, Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Squadron Leader Peter Meehan, bugler Tim Williams, chaplain Rabbi Dovid Gutnick and Major General Jim Barry.
May 9, 2016, 12:00 am
Honouring our Anzacs
SENIOR military figure Peter Meehan chronicled the heroism of Australian soldiers during World War I in a passionate, sometimes emotional address to an Anzac Day commemoration service held by the Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen and Women (VAJEX).
By Peter Kohn
Israel Defence Forces’ Colonel Moshe Pinkert laying a wreath at the ceremony in Jerusalem.
April 28, 2016, 12:00 am
Honouring the memory of the Anzacs
DIPLOMATS from Australia, New Zealand, Turkey and other nations joined Australians and Israelis at the annual ANZAC Day ceremony at the Mount Scopus Commonwealth Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.
January 20, 2012, 12:00 am
Hail and farewell to the chief
COMMUNITIES across Australia are set to roll out the red carpet for Lord Jonathan Sacks over the coming week, on his last official visit to the country as Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth.
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