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Rabbi '''Yossi Feldman''' ran the [[Yeshiva Centre, Sydney|Yeshiva Centre]] in Sydney together with his father, [[Pinchus Feldman|Pinchus]]. He has been the subject of numerous high profile controversies in the Jewish community.
== Royal Commission ==
Feldman was called as a witness during the [[Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]].
While on the stand he said that he did not know that it was illegal for an adult to touch the genitals of a child. At the time he was the dean of the Yeshivah Gedola Rabbinical College.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He also claimed that rabbis should determine themselves whether to pass claims of abuse to the police or to deal with it in house.<ref name=":0" />
In his testimony Felman also had to answer about a letter he wrote the Sydney Beth Din objecting to their stance encouraging victims of abuse to come forward to police. Feldman at the time was that this would have implications for his friend, David Cyprys.<ref name=":1"></ref> Cyprys was later jailed on numerous charges of sexually abusing boys in Melbourne.
He also assisted another abuser to escape Australia not long after he discovered that the accusation was taken to the police.<ref name=":1" />
Following the backlash from his appearance at the Royal Commission, Feldman attacked the media saying that their reporting "encourages even people who may not be real victims or may want to be considered heroes".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
An editorial in the Australian Jewish News called the testimony given in the Royal Commission to be "our darkest week" as a community and singled out Feldman and his father for particular condemnation.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The editorial claimed that it had not seen an improvement in culture from the period when the abuse occurred.
== Other controversies ==
In 2015 resigned as a director of the Yeshiva Centre to as part of an agreement to settle an outstanding bill of $10,000 relating to unpaid commercial waste removal services.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Family ==
Feldman's father, Pinchus, was the head of the Sydney Chabad institutions in Sydney for many years.
Feldman's grandfather, [[Chaim Gutnick]] was a high profile rabbi in Melbourne. His has a number of high profile uncles including mining magnate [[Joseph Gutnick]], senior rabbi on the Sydney Beth Din [[Moshe Gutnick]], and the senior rabbi on the [[Melbourne Beth Din]], [[Mordechai Gutnick]].
== References ==
== Royal Commission ==
Feldman was called as a witness during the [[Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]].
While on the stand he said that he did not know that it was illegal for an adult to touch the genitals of a child. At the time he was the dean of the Yeshivah Gedola Rabbinical College.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He also claimed that rabbis should determine themselves whether to pass claims of abuse to the police or to deal with it in house.<ref name=":0" />
In his testimony Felman also had to answer about a letter he wrote the Sydney Beth Din objecting to their stance encouraging victims of abuse to come forward to police. Feldman at the time was that this would have implications for his friend, David Cyprys.<ref name=":1"></ref> Cyprys was later jailed on numerous charges of sexually abusing boys in Melbourne.
He also assisted another abuser to escape Australia not long after he discovered that the accusation was taken to the police.<ref name=":1" />
Following the backlash from his appearance at the Royal Commission, Feldman attacked the media saying that their reporting "encourages even people who may not be real victims or may want to be considered heroes".<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
An editorial in the Australian Jewish News called the testimony given in the Royal Commission to be "our darkest week" as a community and singled out Feldman and his father for particular condemnation.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The editorial claimed that it had not seen an improvement in culture from the period when the abuse occurred.
== Other controversies ==
In 2015 resigned as a director of the Yeshiva Centre to as part of an agreement to settle an outstanding bill of $10,000 relating to unpaid commercial waste removal services.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== Family ==
Feldman's father, Pinchus, was the head of the Sydney Chabad institutions in Sydney for many years.
Feldman's grandfather, [[Chaim Gutnick]] was a high profile rabbi in Melbourne. His has a number of high profile uncles including mining magnate [[Joseph Gutnick]], senior rabbi on the Sydney Beth Din [[Moshe Gutnick]], and the senior rabbi on the [[Melbourne Beth Din]], [[Mordechai Gutnick]].
== References ==
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