Leibler Yavneh College
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| motto = {{langx|he|תורה ועבודה|Torah V'Avodah}}
| motto_translation = Torah and Work
| established = {{start date and age|1962}}
| type = private comprehensive co-educational primary and secondary Jewish day school
| denomination = Jewish
| religious_affiliation = Modern Orthodoxy
| grades_label = Years
| location = Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria
| country = Australia
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| principal = Shula Lazar
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Leibler Yavneh College is a private, Modern Orthodox Jewish comprehensive co-educational primary and secondary day school, located in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. The school has students enrolled from Preschool to Year 12. {{as of|2025}}, the principal is Shula Lazar.
History
In 1962, Leibler Yavneh College was established with 53 students.{{cite web |title=Celebrating fifty years of Yavneh |first1=Livia |last1=Albeck-Ripka |date=25 April 2012 |publisher=The Australian Jewish News |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/celebrating-fifty-years-of-yavneh/}}
In 1979, the school was expanded when a secondary school, named Yavneh A. S. Leibler Secondary College, was opened in Melbourne.{{cite letter |first=Malcolm |last=Fraser |recipient=Yavneh A. S. Leibler Secondary College |subject=Opening of Yavneh A. S. Leibler Secondary College, Melbourne |language=en |date=27 June 1979 |url=https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00005083.pdf}}
In 2017, the Chief Rabbi of Israel, David Lau, addressed the students as part of his Australia tour.{{Cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Rebecca |last2=Zlatkis |first2=Evan |title=Chief Rabbi Lau tours Australia |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/chief-rabbi-lau-tours-australia/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.australianjewishnews.com |language=en-US |archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414175940/https://www.australianjewishnews.com/chief-rabbi-lau-tours-australia/ |url-status=live }}
In 2023, after about 10 students from Leibler Yavneh College boarded a public bus in Melbourne, a man who called himself a Nazi brandished a six-inch serrated knife. After the students quickly exited the bus, the man pursued them for a short distance before fleeing the scene.{{cite web |title=Jewish students threatened with a knife and vilified on Melbourne bus |last1=Houston |first1=Cameron |date=4 August 2023 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jewish-students-threatened-with-a-knife-and-vilified-on-melbourne-bus-20230804-p5du0s.html |access-date=21 March 2025 |archive-date=6 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240706071011/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jewish-students-threatened-with-a-knife-and-vilified-on-melbourne-bus-20230804-p5du0s.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Jewish students threatened with a knife on a bus in Melbourne, Australia |author=Jerusalem Post Staff |date=5 August 2023 |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-753746 |access-date=21 March 2025 |archive-date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004074336/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-753746 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Man pulls 'massive, serrated knife' on Jewish students in Australia |date=11 August 2023 |url=https://www.jns.org/jns/melbourne/23/8/11/309955/ |access-date=21 March 2025 |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919034432/https://www.jns.org/jns/melbourne/23/8/11/309955/ |url-status=live }}
Curriculum
In addition to standard General Studies topics (English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Geography, Business Studies, Mathematics, Science, Arts, Wellbeing, Health and Physical Education), the Leibler Yavneh curriculum includes studies in Hebrew, Tanach, Gemara, and Halacha.{{cite web |title=Curriculum Guide: 2004, Years 7–12 |author=Leibler Yavneh College |url=https://yavneh.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Curriciulum-Guide.pdf |access-date=22 March 2025 |archive-date=11 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111102204/https://yavneh.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Curriciulum-Guide.pdf |url-status=live }}
This curriculum allows all students in years 11 and 12 to achieve the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and obtain an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score, enabling them to enrol in University. In 2024, the VCE scores of Leibler Yavneh ranked 23rd among Victorian secondary schools.{{cite web |title=VCE Results and School Rankings - 2024 |publisher=Better Education Pty Ltd |url=https://bettereducation.com.au/results/vce.aspx |access-date=22 March 2025 |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210408/https://bettereducation.com.au/results/vce.aspx |url-status=live }}
Community service
As a commitment to social justice, Leibler Yavneh students learn the core principles of Avodah (work), Tzedakah (righteousness/charity), and Gemilut Chasadim (acts of kindness). In Years 7–10, students have community service as a compulsory extracurricular activity, in the form of a minimum of 20 hours per year to a range of organisations or individuals. Some take part in cross-age tutoring (working with younger children to assist teachers in class), while others are involved in fundraisers or visit the elderly on a regular basis. The activities are varied, and students have an opportunity to give their own time to causes that are linked to their communal, civic, and personal responsibilities. As the concept of giving becomes part of their lives, most students continue their community service in Years 11 and 12 and beyond, on a voluntary basis.{{cite web |title=Welcome to Leibler Yavneh College |publisher=Leibler Yavneh College |url=https://yavneh.vic.edu.au/prospectus//files/assets/common/downloads/LYC%20Prospectus.pdf}}
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.yavneh.vic.edu.au/ Yavneh College Website]
- [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Soups_Salads_and_Sides/cM01ugEACAAJ?hl=en Soups, Salads and Sides: A Collection of Beloved Recipes from Leibler Yavneh College] (2018), by the Yavneh Parents' Organisation
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