AUSTRALIA
The Age
May 22, 2015
Henrietta Cook and Timna Jacks
The board of the Yeshivah Centre is on the brink of collapse, following grim revelations at the Royal Commission and a community campaign.
Board member Michael Goldhirsch stepped down this week, bringing the number of members who have resigned in the past three months to five.
The resignation of Mr Goldhirsch, who has been a member for decades, leaves just three board members.
An online petition signed by members of Melbourne’s Jewish community has called for the committee of management to resign, saying it does “not have the confidence of the community”.
The Parents and Friends Yeshivah Melbourne group, set up in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, is lobbying for positions on the board.
A two-week hearing of the Royal Commission revealed a cover-up at the ultra-Orthodox Yeshivah Centre, which employed convicted sex offenders David Cyprys and David Kramer.
Fairfax Media does not suggest any individual board members were involved in the concealment of any abuse.
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