Australia

August 4, 2008

Down Under Conservative Rabbi Profiled

From the ABC Sydney:

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.

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Australian Orthodox Rabbis Gather For Annual Conference

From AJN:

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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July 10, 2008

Australia's First Lesbian Ceremony Officiated By A Rabbi

From AJN.com.au:

  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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July 7, 2008

Australia's Chabad Leader Dies

From AJN.com.au:

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.

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