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This blog has been running for about a year. It was started by a group of people who were very unhappy about the “leaders and Rabbis” of the community. We wanted to make public some examples of their awful and useless leadership, and we did. These are things that people in shul have been talking […]
August 3, 2011 by Fifth Chelek
A few months ago we reported on the resignation of Mulik Gurewicz from the Vaad Ruchni. Chabad in Melbourne has reached a new low. Reb Arel Serebryanski has been officially removed as a shliach by the Shluchim Office in New York. This is the latest in a dispute between Rabbi Moshe Serebryanski and Rabbi Nir […]
Melbourne may be one step closer to some kind of resolution in the ongoing Chaim Herzog saga. Chaim has officially stepped down as Rabbi of The Shul, which is a minyan he ran in Wilks St. The minyan was only on Friday nights, and most of the people there were paid to be there. No […]
May 5, 2011 by Fifth Chelek
When Reb Moshe Feiglin landed nearly one hundred years ago in the port city of Fremantle, local Jews advised him not to overly emphasize his Judaism. When he later went to Melbourne and found a relatively organized Jewish community, it wasn’t the sort of community he was familiar with. It was clear to Reb Moshe […]
April 1, 2011 by Fifth Chelek
After six weeks of shuttle diplomacy, Rabbi Reisenberg has reached a breakthrough in the Chabad of CBD controversy, and a settlement with Chaim Herzog. The terms of the settlement are as follows: Chaim will continue to be a named shliach in the Melbourne CBD He will come to Melbourne to run two functions per year: […]
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. […]
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 8, 2011 by Fifth Chelek
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