Yeshivah Centre
From left: Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner, Menachem Vorchheimer, Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 23, 2018, 12:01 am
A turning point for Yeshivah?
YESHIVAH publicly has finally apologised to child sexual abuse victims advocate Menachem Vorchheimer and in the same week has revealed that several letters alleging child sexual abuse, which were handed to police, were "simply frivolous and/or malicious".
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Tenser.
August 31, 2017, 12:01 am
Rabbi Telsner to stay
MORE than two years after Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner resigned from the Yeshivah Centre after admitting his conduct towards victims of child sexual abuse was not acceptable, he was officially given a new contract this week.
By Joshua Levi
June 15, 2017, 12:00 am
Another ‘significant milestone’ for the Yeshivah Centre
Nechama Bendet’s decision to leave the Yeshivah Centre has been met with cheers by victims of child sexual abuse, who believe she should have left years ago.
By Joshua Levi
Victim and advocate Manny Waks.
March 23, 2017, 12:00 am
Alleged abuser says sorry
Alleged child sexual abuser Velvel Serebryanski has apologised to one of his alleged victims.
By Joshua Levi
Shimon Walles. Photo: Peter Haskin
November 17, 2016, 12:00 am
Abuse victim suing Yeshivah Centre
A child sexual abuse victim of Rabbi David Kramer has gone public for the first time, claiming his negotiations with Yeshivah Centre have hit a roadblock.
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne. The final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that 15 of the 25 Jewish victims that spoke to the Royal Commission in private hearings were abused at Yeshivah in Melbourne or Yeshiva in Sydney.
November 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Yeshivah, Yeshiva recalled to Royal Commission
The Yeshivah Centre, Melbourne, and Yeshiva in Sydney have been recalled to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne. The final report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that 15 of the 25 Jewish victims that spoke to the Royal Commission in private hearings were abused at Yeshivah in Melbourne or Yeshiva in Sydney.
October 14, 2016, 12:00 am
Apologetic Yeshivah is reborn
The new Yeshivah Centre has been officially reborn more than 18 months after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre.
February 11, 2016, 12:00 am
Question marks over Yeshivah structure
THE Governance Review Panel’s (GRP) proposal for the restructure of the Yeshivah Centre would only be possible if trustees and Interim Committee of Management (ICOM) members were to break their promise to the community.
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne.
February 4, 2016, 12:00 am
Chabad HQ objects to Yeshivah restructure
THE educational arm of Chabad Headquarters in New York has written to the trustees of the Yeshivah Centre objecting to its proposed restructuring.
By Joshua Levi
Nathan and Nechama Werdiger.
January 7, 2016, 9:46 am
Community mourns Nathan Werdiger
MORE than 1000 people attended the funeral of Holocaust survivor, communal philanthropist and family man Nathan Werdiger, who passed away on his 93rd Hebrew birthday on December 27.
By Joshua Levi
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner. Photo: AJN file
September 11, 2015, 12:00 am
Yeshivah split over Telsner
THE Yeshivah community has split in two over the resignation of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner.
By Joshua Levi
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Telsner. Photo: AJN file
September 3, 2015, 12:00 am
Rabbi Telsner resigns from Yeshivah
CHILD sexual abuse victims and communal leaders have welcomed the resignation of the Yeshivah Centre’s senior rabbi, who stood down on Tuesday, admitting that his conduct towards victims and their families has not be in line with the values of Yeshivah.
By Joshua Levi
Yeshivah Centre.
June 18, 2015, 12:00 am
All change at the Yeshivah Centre
By Joshua Levi
The Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne.
March 12, 2015, 12:00 am
Yeshivah leaders step down
By Joshua Levi
March 21, 2014, 12:00 am
Fury over rabbis support for anti-draft rally
TWO leading Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis have come under fire after they threw their support behind a gathering of ultra-Orthodox Melbourne Jews protesting new conscription laws in Israel that will force members of the Charedi community to serve in the army.
By adam kamien
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