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How Healthy is Your Body?

May 16, 2012 – 7:33 pm | 9 Comments

By Michelle Coleman
Your peak body that is. For Victorians, this is the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV).
Is it really ‘the voice of Victorian Jewry’? Does it truly represent 60 organisations and 65,000 Jews? Is …

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The Melbourne Beth Din – This Problem is Fixable

March 15, 2012 – 4:57 pm | 7 Comments

Following his previous article outlining what’s wrong with the Melbourne Beit Din, Rabbi Yaron Gottlieb puts forward some solutions.
The Beth Din (Jewish court) is unique. No other communal institution has anything like its power. My …

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The Melbourne Beit Din – Please G-d you will Never Need Them

February 16, 2012 – 11:18 am | 162 Comments

By Yaron Gottlieb
The Melbourne Beit Din is in an enviable position in the community. We are aware of their presence, but we are glad to ignore their day-to-day actions. Nonetheless most of us have heard …

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Too many Rabbis

September 4, 2011 – 9:11 pm | 39 Comments

By Yaron Gottlieb
What is a rabbi?
What is the significance of a rabbi within the Jewish world? Are they even necessary to live a Jewish life?
We are all familiar with the Catholic model of religious leadership …

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The Jewish Frankenstein – How to Breathe Life into a Dying Community

July 17, 2011 – 6:21 pm | 95 Comments

By Yaron Gottlieb
For the second time in not very long, someone that I held in very high esteem has come crashing down.
First Rav Motti Elon, my former Rosh Yeshiva, had suspicions raised about his conduct …

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