Rabbi Yehoram Ulman

May 23, 2019, 12:01 am

Why the president of RCANZ must stand down

THE leading rabbis of Australia have shown a lack of respect for the Australian legal system by focusing on one dissenting judge's opinion.

By Joshua Levi

Rabbi Moshe Gutnick of the Sydney Beth DIn. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky

May 23, 2019, 12:00 am

Rabbi Gutnick to remain head of RCANZ

RABBI Moshe Gutnick is to remain president of the Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ) despite the High Court rejecting an appeal application by the Sydney Beth Din (SBD), which he heads, to overturn contempt of court convictions against four of its members.

By Gareth Narunsky

From left: Rabbi Yehoram Ulman,
Rabbi Mendy Ulman and Rabbi Eli
Schlanger on site.
Photos: Shane Desiatnik

April 18, 2019, 1:15 pm

Construction begins on FREE shule

WITHIN two years, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community will have a new permanent home.

By Gareth Narunsky

March 28, 2019, 12:00 am

Sydney Beth Din to be investigated

THE Sydney Beth Din (SBD) has accused the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) of having a "history of effectively undermining the theological basis of Orthodoxy and halachah" after JBOD last week resolved to investigate it.

By Gareth Narunsky

January 10, 2019, 4:25 pm

‘I had no choice but to take rabbis to court’

In order to ensure that the SBD functions in line with the reasonable expectations of the Jewish community, urgent reform needs to occur.

By REUVEN BARUKH

January 3, 2019, 12:01 am

Rabbinate reform urged

IT has been revealed that Sydney’s Orthodox rabbis were told they were prohibited from attending the communal funeral service of former NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) Jeremy Spinak, who died at the age of 36 last year, because it was being held at “a Reform Temple” .

Rabbi Moshe Gutnick. Photo: Ingrid Shakenovsky

December 26, 2018, 11:31 am

Sydney Beth Din issues statement

FREE executive director Reuven Morrison (right) with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman at the Wellington Street, Bondi site where the new shule will be built. Photo: Noel Kessel

July 6, 2018, 12:01 am

Panel approves new Bondi shule

AFTER 12 years of frustration, Sydney's Russian-speaking Jewish community is in celebration after Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe's (FREE) long-planned synagogue and community centre finally got the green light last week.

By Shane Desiatnik and Gareth Narunsky

May 4, 2018, 12:01 am

New Jewish section at Rookwood

THE availability of land for Jewish burial in Metropolitan Sydney is fast running out, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) CEO Vic Alhadeff warned on Tuesday as Rabbi Yehoram Ulman consecrated a new Jewish section at Rookwood Cemetery.

By Gareth Narunsky

April 5, 2018, 12:01 am

Beth Din appeals contempt ruling

THE rabbis of the Sydney Beth Din (SBD) have appealed a December Supreme Court ruling which found them in contempt of court and the associated penalty of $50,000 in fines plus court costs, expected to be more than $250,000, handed down last week.

Former Waverley mayor Sally Betts with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman.
Photo: Noel Kessel

October 27, 2017, 12:00 am

FREE lodges fresh DA

FRIENDS of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE) are confident they will be able to build a synagogue on Wellington Street, Bondi, after a new development application (DA) was lodged with Waverley Council.

August 21, 2017, 12:01 am

‘Chester not a communal leader’

JEWISH communal leaders have distanced themselves from 34-year-old Jaron Chester, (pictured) who has been charged with allegedly laundering money for an international drug and tobacco syndicate.

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

An artist's impression of the proposed shule at 105 Wellington Street, Bondi.

August 9, 2017, 12:01 am

Bondi shule – setting the record straight

After 11 long years the Russian Jewish community in Bondi was frustrated by the lack of progress when it came to building their new synagogue.

By Joshua Levi

An artist's impression of the proposed synagogue at 105 Wellington Street, Bondi.

August 4, 2017, 12:57 pm

Bondi synagogue application rejected

FRIENDS of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE)’s development application for a new synagogue on Wellington Street has been refused by the Land and Environment Court due to security concerns.

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