August 4, 2008
Down Under Conservative Rabbi Profiled
Hello and welcome to Sunday Profile. I'm Monica Attard and tonight Rabbi Melissa Weintraub who's on a peace mission!
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub is one of a growing number of women rabbis.
Filed under Australia by Levi Ben Avraham
AUSTRALIA’S Orthodox rabbis gathered in Sydney late last month for the biennial National Rabbinic Conference.
And over the course of the two-day conference -– arranged by the roof body Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (ORA) -– a number of resolutions were passed.
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Filed under Australia by Levi Ben Avraham
July 10, 2008
Australia's First Lesbian Ceremony Officiated By A Rabbi
Nicky Glover (left) and Michelle Sanders… ceremony under a chuppahTWO former students of Sydney’s Moriah College plan to become the first lesbian couple to make a commitment to each other in a Jewish ceremony officiated by a rabbi.
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Filed under Australia, Homosexuality by Levi Ben Avraham
July 7, 2008
Australia's Chabad Leader Dies
THE leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Australia, Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, died on Monday morning after a lengthy illness.
It is expected that he will be buried in Israel alongside members of his family, but a memorial service will be organised in Melbourne in his honour.
Filed under Australia, Chabad by Levi Ben Avraham