Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical College

Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical College, established in 1956 by Abraham Rabinovitch and others, has served as a center for ultra-orthodox Jewish education in Sydney. Early leadership included Rabbi G. Hertz and Rabbi C. E. Barzel from 1956 to 1968, with Rabbi Pinchus Feldman taking a leading role in 1968 to expand the institution's synagogue and day school. The college is also associated with "Our Big Kitchen," a charity established by Yeshiva Sydney in 2005, which operates from its premises.

However, the institution's history also includes a period of significant public scrutiny following the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. In February 2015, the Commission heard testimony from Rabbi Yossi Feldman, who stated he "was not aware it was illegal to touch a child's genitals." He controversially suggested that victims need not report historical sexual abuse to the police if the offenses occurred decades prior, and proposed leniency for repentant sexual predators.

These comments sparked outrage within the Australian Jewish community and among victims, leading to calls for Rabbi Feldman's resignation. He subsequently stepped down from his administrative positions at the Yeshiva Centre. Due to their handling of sex abuse allegations, survivor advocate Manny Waks placed the center on his 'wall of shame.' The Royal Commission's case study (No. 22) on Yeshiva educational facilities in Sydney and Melbourne reported that Rabbi Yosef Feldman, despite his roles as a director of Yeshiva College and Dean of Yeshivah Gedolah Rabbinical College, was either ignorant of or ill-informed about: the nature of child sexual abuse, its criminal status, and the obligations in New South Wales to report such complaints to external authorities.