Rabbi James Kennard
Mount Scopus principal Rabbi James Kennard (left) with ALP candidate Josh Burns at Caulfield Hospital last Sunday. Photo: Simon Kosmer
April 4, 2019, 9:26 am
Mount Scopus heading to Caulfield?
MOUNT Scopus College's dream of moving the entire school to Caulfield could be confirmed within 18 months.
By Peter Kohn
Photo: Maxim Popov/Dreamstime.com
June 21, 2018, 12:00 am
25 hours of tech-free bliss
As the power of technology to communicate and inform is equalled by its capacity to distract and disrupt, only an obligation to fully switch off allows me to truly switch on.
What are Jewish values? Photo: Roman Milert/Dreamstime.com
March 8, 2018, 12:00 am
‘Tikkun olam’ is simply not enough for Jewish identity
We need a Jewish identity that includes the wisdom of Jewish learning and the beauty of Jewish practice, that sees the world and our place in it through a Jewish lens.
The IKEA in Netanya has a synagogue.
January 25, 2018, 12:00 am
Learning a valuable lesson from IKEA
Why the Netanya branch of flatpack furniture giant IKEA, which has its own shule, is a metaphor for the Jewish State.
Johnny Baker.
November 2, 2017, 10:46 am
Johnny Baker ‘gone far too soon’
THE community is mourning the untimely passing of Johnny Baker, whose forthright voice has been interwoven with Australian Jewish projects for decades.
By Peter Kohn
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
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
Michael Danby. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 28, 2016, 12:00 am
Danby slams Hadassah, denies boycott call
People have told Hadassah they will not be attending its oration with Tim Costello next week in response to federal MP Michael Danby’s attack on the organisation for hosting the World Vision Australia CEO as a guest speaker.
By Joshua Levi
Mark Regev (right) presenting his credentials to Julian Evans, chief of protocol at the British Foreign Office. Photo: Embassy of Israel.
April 7, 2016, 10:11 am
Aussie Regev becomes Israel’s man in the UK
AUSTRALIAN-BORN Mark Regev arrived in Britain this week to take up his post as Israel’s new Ambassador to the UK.
Age editor Andrew Holden. Photo: Peter Haskin.
February 5, 2016, 12:00 am
Age chief: Israeli deaths don’t sell papers
More than 100 members of the community, among them Peter Kohn, flocked to the JCCV plenum on Monday night as Age editor Andrew Holden sought to defend his paper’s coverage of Israel.
By Peter Kohn
Rabbi James Kennard
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
Governor of Victoria Linda Dessau presenting at MHC. Photo: Stephen Reynolds
September 4, 2015, 12:00 am
Dessau feted at MHC
SENIOR politicians, members of the judiciary and communal leaders gathered at Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (MHC) on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the appointment of former judge of the Family Court Linda Dessau as Governor of Victoria.
By ZOE KRON
Rabbi James Kennard will discuss “Will our grandchildren be Jewish?” at Kesher Academy's launch next week.
August 2, 2015, 12:00 am
Fresh platform for adult education
MORIAH College will next week launch Kesher Academy, a new platform for adult Jewish education, with an opening talk tackling intermarriage.
By Phoebe Roth
February 20, 2015, 12:00 am
Rabbinate reform
By Joshua Levi
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