Rabbi Moshe Kahn
Some of the RCV executive and how they voted: Rabbi Moshe Kahn (against), Rabbi Chaim Cowen (for), Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick (for) Rabbi Daniel Rabin (against) Rabbi Phillip Heilbrunn (for), Rabbi Ralph Genende (against, resigned), Rabbi Shmuel Karnowsky (against). Photo: Peter Haskin
September 14, 2017, 12:00 am
Same-sex marriage statement rocks rabbinate
A Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) member quit the body's executive and the president apologised within days of an RCV statement urging people to vote against same-sex marriage in the upcoming postal survey.
By Joshua Levi and adam kamien
Rabbi Moshe Kahn.
December 19, 2016, 12:00 am
Campsite in sight
Celebrations are underway at Chabad Youth after a successful 24-hour fundraising drive helped the organisation to purchase its very own campsite.
Chabad Youth director Rabbi Moshe Kahn (left) is excited about the organisation's plan to purchase a campsite in the Victorian Alps. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 9, 2016, 12:00 am
A site to behold
Chabad Youth is on the verge of buying a campsite for the first time in its history. The $2.2 million project would allow camps to run all year-round.
By Joshua Levi
A Shabbat Project event held at Bondi Beach at dusk on November 11. Photo: Giselle Haber
November 18, 2016, 12:00 am
A sensational Shabbat
More than 15,000 people from across NSW were among an estimated one million people around Australia and the world who took part in the Shabbat Project this year.
By Evan Zlatkis and Phoebe Roth
From left: Laya Slavin, Tessa Resnick, Jono Amoils and Davina Resnick at last year’s Challah Bake. Photo: Giselle Haber
November 10, 2016, 12:00 am
Shabbat Project spirit shines
The Melbourne and Sydney Jewish communities are getting into the Shabbat Project spirit, with lots of events in store on November 11 and 12.
By Phoebe Roth and Yael Brender
Shabbat Project 2015 Glicks challah bake.
November 1, 2016, 12:01 am
All set for Shabbat Project 2016
THE Shabbat Project will be back next month with new and improved offerings designed to engage the Melbourne Jewish community in a global celebration of Shabbat.
The organisers of Chanukah in the Racecourse with the attending politicians. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 10, 2015, 12:00 am
Chanukah lights up Melbourne
IT was a Chanukah party the likes of which Melbourne had never seen before as an estimated 10,000 revellers converged on Caulfield Racecourse last Sunday for a magical evening of entertainment.
By ZOE KRON
Having fun at previous Chanukah celebrations. Photo: Peter Haskin
December 4, 2015, 12:00 am
‘Magical kingdom’ for Chanukah
CHANUKAH at Caulfield Racecourse just got a whole lot bigger than originally expected.
By ZOE KRON
Having fun at the havdalah celebrations in Bondi. Photo: Giselle Haber
October 29, 2015, 12:00 am
Australia keeps it together
IN a mere year, the Shabbat Project has grown from a grassroots movement to a staple of the Australian Jewish calendar, with thousands of people across the country and close to 1,000,000 Jews around the world getting involved.
By ZOE KRON and Evan Zlatkis
Chabad Youth director Rabbi Moshe Kahn (left) is excited about the organisation's plan to purchase a campsite in the Victorian Alps. Photo: Peter Haskin
October 22, 2015, 12:00 am
All set for a splendid Shabbat
THOUSANDS of Jews are expected to come together this week to mark the return of the biggest global Jewish event of the year, with a host of Shabbat Project events taking place around the country.
By Evan Zlatkis and ZOE KRON
October 30, 2014, 12:00 am
Shabbat spirit spreads across Australia
By ZOE KRON
Tributes have poured in for Mendel Glick, who passed away aged 94.
October 23, 2014, 12:00 am
The Shabbat Project … bready, steady, go
August 13, 2014, 12:00 am
Rabbis relish new roles
RABBI Mordechai Gutnick has been elected unopposed as the new president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) at its annual general meeting.
By ZOE KRON and Peter Kohn
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