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Melbourne Beth Din
September 18, 2020, 9:00 am
All set for Project High Holy Days
“Instead of you coming to the synagogue to hear the shofar, the shofar will come to you!”
By
Rebecca Davis
May 14, 2020, 12:00 am
Melbourne’s cautious return to synagogue
A small handful of Melbourne shules are staging limited reopenings, with the Melbourne Beth Din ruling that synagogues should regard the opportunity to reopen with 'strict caution'
By
Peter Kohn
April 3, 2020, 10:53 am
Zooming in on Pesach
Religious organisations are reminding the community that they must not allow visitors into their homes for seders this Pesach, noting “these measures are about saving lives”.
By
Rebecca Davis
and
Sophie Deutsch
November 29, 2019, 9:33 am
‘The ultimate form of dominance and control’
By
Yael Hersham
August 22, 2017, 12:01 am
‘Our converts are as kosher as yours’
HOSE in the position of authority must represent their constituents in accordance with applicable legal and ethical requirements. If that is not happening questions have to be asked and solutions have to be found.
August 10, 2017, 12:01 am
Ark conversions rejected
THE Orthodox conversions of more than a dozen people hang in the balance after the Sydney and Melbourne Beth Dins stated they would not be recognised, following consultation with the London Beth Din, the Beth Din of America, the Johannesburg Beth Din and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
By
Joshua Levi
July 13, 2017, 12:02 am
Couples’ ketubahs ‘not legitimate’?
One couple may need to have a second Jewish wedding ceremony and another wedding is being scrutinised amid claims the officiating rabbi failed to meet halachic standards.
By
Joshua Levi
July 9, 2017, 12:01 am
Woman refused to accept Jewish divorce
The case of Idelsohn v. Idelsohn saw an Orthodox Jewish husband attempting to force his wife into accepting a gett, asking the Family Court of Australia to withhold the wife’s property settlement of approximately $760,000 until she agreed.
By
Rebecca Davis
February 24, 2017, 12:00 am
Question mark over conversions
The Ark Centre in East Hawthorn has agreed not to accept any new people into its conversion program for the next 12 months under a deal reached with the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.
By
Joshua Levi
November 15, 2016, 12:02 am
Rabin to lead RCV
March 9, 2015, 12:00 am
Court ruling eases Jewish divorce
By
Peter Kohn
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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