Rabbi Yosef Feldman’s sometimes outrageous statements on child sex abuse before the Royal Commission – and a no-sex sex tape with a young woman first published on FailedMessiah.com – provoked a series of calls for Feldman to resign from Chabad Sydney Yeshiva Centre and from other leadership roles he holds. And now the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia has called for Feldman to resign from the synagogue he leads. But Feldman shows no sign of complying.
Above: Rabbi Yosef Feldman
Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia Calls For Chabad Rabbi Yosef Feldman To Resign Immediately
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
The Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia has now called for Chabad Rabbi Yosef Feldman to resign as the rabbi of Sydney’s Southern Synagogue, J-Wire reported.
Feldman’s sometimes outrageous statements on child sex abuse before the Royal Commission investigating child sex abuse at Chabad institutions – and a no-sex sex tape with a young woman first published on FailedMessiah.com – provoked a series of calls for Feldman to resign from Chabad Sydney Yeshiva Centre and from other leadership roles he holds.
Feldman stepped down from his role at the Yeshiva Centre yesterday, but later expressed the hope that he would soon return to that position. He also lashed out at other Orthodox rabbis over what he claims are distorted attacks on him.
Now COSA has called for Feldman to resign from the synagogue he leads.
“The press release issued yesterday that appeared in J-Wire [and in many other media outlets] regarding Rabbi Yossi Feldman’s resignation as a director at the Yeshiva Centre was a positive but necessary step to take. However the fact that he has yet to resign from his pulpit and will continue to teach renders the resignation as a director [of Chabad’s Yeshiva Centre] as nothing more than window dressing. As evidenced by his performance over the last few days he is not fit to have ANY communal role whatsoever and in particular, to interact with people. He therefore needs to resign from his congregation and relinquish his teaching duties as well as any other roles he performs within the community immediately,” COSA president Romy Leibler, wrote in a statement.
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