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Some members of the Yeshivah Shul may have received the letter announcing elections. If not, here it is. This is not a Purim joke, although in reading it you might think so. Members have been agitating for some sort of involvement in the shul for over twenty years, and this is what they get? It’s […]
March 25, 2011
by Fifth Chelek
Calls for accountability at the Yeshivah Centre continue to grow and build momentum. After Emmanuel’s broadcast in the week of Parshas Pekudei, calling for the committee of management to heed its message of accountability, Bruce Cooke has continued his own campaign with a letter to the AJN. This did not come out of the blue; […]
February 27, 2011
by Fifth Chelek
There have been several further developments in the Chaim Herzog/Chabad of CBD saga: About six weeks ago a fax arrived at the office of St Kilda Shul. It had been sent from the Shluchim Office in Crown Heights, and seemed to have been intended for Toorak Shul, but had been sent to the wrong number. […]
// Some time before his passing, as his health was in decline, Rabbi Groner OBM invited his son-in-law, Rabbi Tzvi Telsner, to come to Melbourne and take a position in the Yeshivah shul. The matter of succession had been discussed at various levels, and Rabbi Groner wanted to be succeeded by someone from his own […]
According to the compromise announced by Merkos last year, there are now officially three head shluchim in Melbourne. But here is what we have uncovered so far: Despite multiple “incidents”, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Groner has not yet taken any firm action regarding the behaviour of Chaim Herzog (who is a shliach officially “under” Chaim Tzvi) . […]
November 21, 2010
by Fifth Chelek
Welcome to the Fifth Chelek, another blog about our community and its failings (perhaps we will have opportunity to write about its successes, too?). Why? Because there is something rotten in the city of Melbourne, particularly our leadership. Many people are concerned about it, and have decided that there is a need to make things […]
November 19, 2010
by Fifth Chelek
This site is run by several individuals, some of whom prefer to remain anonymous, for personal reasons. We are all known to each other, and all agree to be bound by a code: We will not rely on hearsay. What we publish will be checked and verified to be true using primary sources. That means […]
The Fifth Chelek 
March 25, 2011
by gertbysea
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