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Rabbi '''Yaakov Glasman''' is a rabbi and communal leader in the Jewish community of [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
== Rabbinic career ==
Glasman was a pulpit rabbi at the North Eastern Jewish Centre, before taking up the role at St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation, one of Australia's oldest active congregations, replacing Rabbi Philip Heilbrunn.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Glasman was the president of the [[Rabbinical Council of Victoria]] (RCV),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and when the Organization of Rabbis of Australia (ORA) was closed due to the revelations of the [[Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]], Glasman was elected to be the president of the new Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ).<ref></ref> He held this position until he handed the role over to Rabbi [[Moshe D. Gutnick|Moshe Gutnick]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Positions ==
Glasman has taken a number of positions on various topics that have put him at odds with the majority of his rabbinic colleagues.
He has been very outspoken about his desire to accept LGBT Jews into the Orthodox community.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> During the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey|Marriage Equality Plebiscite]] in 2017, while still president of the RCANZ, Glasman took a stand against the RCV who had released a statement saying that all Jews should vote against the proposal. Glasman said that the RCV should not be telling people how to vote on divisive issues. In response to Glasman's statement, Rabbi Chaim Cowen, one of the authors of the statement, resigned from the RCANZ.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> However it was reported that Glasman did favour some discrimination against same sex attracted employees in Jewish schools.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
During the Royal commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Glasman took a consistent stance on the historic wrongs of the covering up of abuse, and was forceful in his view that under Jewish law any knowledge of abuse must be taken to police.<ref></ref> Glasman dismissed some of the troubling findings from the Royal Commission as a fringe group within the rabbinic community. One of these claims included they did not know as a fact that it was against the law for an adult to touch the genitals of a minor. <ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Glasman claimed that the rabbinic community had distanced themselves from such claims, and that they were disturbed by them.
Glasman joined the rabbinic community in opposing the proposed [[Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Victoria)|Voluntary Assisted Dying]] legislation in Victoria. Glasman said "[[halakha]] views human life as sacred and its worth is not measured by varying levels of quality of life. With regard to end-of-life decisions, halakha clearly and categorically prohibits the performance of any act that shortens a patient’s life."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Other activities ==
Glasman was a speaker at [[TED (conference)|TEDx]] in 2018.<ref></ref>
He is a supporter of the [[Collingwood Football Club]], and modified some of the morning prayers on the day of the [[2018 AFL Grand Final]], which Collingwood lost.<ref></ref>
He is family with a number of high profile rabbis in the community. His uncle is the former principle of [[Yeshivah College, Australia|Yeshiva College]], Avrohom Glick, and he is cousin with [[Meir Shlomo Kluwgant]], a former head of the RCV and ORA.<ref></ref>
== References ==
== Rabbinic career ==
Glasman was a pulpit rabbi at the North Eastern Jewish Centre, before taking up the role at St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation, one of Australia's oldest active congregations, replacing Rabbi Philip Heilbrunn.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Glasman was the president of the [[Rabbinical Council of Victoria]] (RCV),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and when the Organization of Rabbis of Australia (ORA) was closed due to the revelations of the [[Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]], Glasman was elected to be the president of the new Rabbinical Council of Australia and New Zealand (RCANZ).<ref></ref> He held this position until he handed the role over to Rabbi [[Moshe D. Gutnick|Moshe Gutnick]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Positions ==
Glasman has taken a number of positions on various topics that have put him at odds with the majority of his rabbinic colleagues.
He has been very outspoken about his desire to accept LGBT Jews into the Orthodox community.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> During the [[Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey|Marriage Equality Plebiscite]] in 2017, while still president of the RCANZ, Glasman took a stand against the RCV who had released a statement saying that all Jews should vote against the proposal. Glasman said that the RCV should not be telling people how to vote on divisive issues. In response to Glasman's statement, Rabbi Chaim Cowen, one of the authors of the statement, resigned from the RCANZ.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> However it was reported that Glasman did favour some discrimination against same sex attracted employees in Jewish schools.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
During the Royal commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Glasman took a consistent stance on the historic wrongs of the covering up of abuse, and was forceful in his view that under Jewish law any knowledge of abuse must be taken to police.<ref></ref> Glasman dismissed some of the troubling findings from the Royal Commission as a fringe group within the rabbinic community. One of these claims included they did not know as a fact that it was against the law for an adult to touch the genitals of a minor. <ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Glasman claimed that the rabbinic community had distanced themselves from such claims, and that they were disturbed by them.
Glasman joined the rabbinic community in opposing the proposed [[Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Victoria)|Voluntary Assisted Dying]] legislation in Victoria. Glasman said "[[halakha]] views human life as sacred and its worth is not measured by varying levels of quality of life. With regard to end-of-life decisions, halakha clearly and categorically prohibits the performance of any act that shortens a patient’s life."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Other activities ==
Glasman was a speaker at [[TED (conference)|TEDx]] in 2018.<ref></ref>
He is a supporter of the [[Collingwood Football Club]], and modified some of the morning prayers on the day of the [[2018 AFL Grand Final]], which Collingwood lost.<ref></ref>
He is family with a number of high profile rabbis in the community. His uncle is the former principle of [[Yeshivah College, Australia|Yeshiva College]], Avrohom Glick, and he is cousin with [[Meir Shlomo Kluwgant]], a former head of the RCV and ORA.<ref></ref>
== References ==
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