List of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand
This list of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand represents those known to have existed at some time in the history of Jewish communities in either the colonial or national periods of either countries, or that are active as of 2009.
A Jewish synagogue need not be a purpose built construction, and although many established congregations choose to build them, many also use existing, often residential, premises. In such cases only the interior is changed, leaving the exterior in its original design. For this reason, for example, many of the Chabad synagogues are called 'House' and many other synagogues are called Beit, which means building in the Hebrew language.[1]
Synagogues in Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Manuka
- ACT Jewish Centre, Manuka, ACT [2]
New South Wales
Allawah
- Southern Sydney Synagogue (Netzach Yisra’el), Allawah, NSW
Belevue Hills
- Bina (The Shtiebell), Bellevue Hill, NSW[3]
Bet Yosef
- Bet Yosef (The Caro Synagogue) , Sydney, NSW
Bondi
- Adath Yisroel Congregation, Bondi, NSW
- Chabad Lubavitch House of Bondi Beach/Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (F.R.E.E.), Bondi Beach, NSW
- Harambam Synagogue Sephardi Minyan, Bondi, NSW
- Jewish Learning Centre, Bondi Beach, NSW
- Mizrachi Synagogue Bondi, North Bondi, NSW
- Or Chadash, Bondi, NSW
- Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre - Synagogue - Nusach Ari, Bondi.NSW
- Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre - Yeshiva Gedolah (Tzemach Tzedek), Bondi, NSW
- Yeshiva Centre Synagogue & Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College, Bondi NSW
- The Central Synagogue (Orach Chayyim), Bondi Junction, NSW from 1912
- The Roscoe Street Congregation (Mach’zikei HaTorah) Inc., Bondi Beach, NSW
Broken Hill
- Broken Hill Synagogue, NSW 1910 to 1962
Byron Bay
- Rainbow Kehilah, Byron Bay, NSW
Central Coast
- Kadimah, Central Coast, NSW
Coogee
- Coogee Synagogue, Coogee, NSW
Dover Heights
- Baba Sali, Dover Heights, NSW from 1994 to 2003[4]
- Dover Heights Shule, Dover Heights, NSW
- Emunah Sydney, Dover Heights, NSW
Double bay
- Chabad Double Bay, Double Bay, NSW
Goulburn
- Goulburn synagogue, Goulburn, NSW from 1824 to late 19th century
Macquarie street
- Macquarie Street Synagogue (Sukkat David), Sydney, NSW to 1877
Maitland
- Maitland Synagogue, Maitland, NSW 1830 onwards. Substantial synagogue erected 1879, closed in 1898
Maroubra
- Maroubra Synagogue, Maroubra, NSW
Neutral Bay
- Cremorne and District Hebrew Congregation (Sha’arei Tzedek), Neutral Bay, NSW
Newcastle
- The Newcastle Hebrew Congregation (Bet Yisra’el), Newcastle, NSW
Newtown
- Newtown Synagogue (Mikveh Yisra’el), Newtown, NSW
North Shore
North Ryde
- Ryde and Districts Synagogue, North Ryde, NSW
Queens Park
- Kehillat Moriah, Queens Park, NSW
Woolahra
- Sephardi Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW
- The Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW
Rose Bay
- South Head and District Synagogue (Ahavat Shalom), Rose Bay, NSW
St Ives
- Kehillat Masada, St Ives, NSW
Strathfield
- Strathfield and District Hebrew Congregation, Strathfield, NSW
Sydney, City
- The Great Synagogue (Bet Yisra’el), Sydney, NSW
- The York Street Synagogue, Sydney, NSW in use 1844-1877
Tumbi Umbi
- Central Coast Shalom Progressive, Tumbi Umbi, NSW
Vaucluse
- Aish Sydney Australia, Vaucluse, NSW
Queensland
- Beit Knesset Shalom Brisbane, Camp Hill, Qld[5]
- Brisbane Hebrew Congregation (Sha’arei Emunah), Brisbane, Qld
- Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation, Coorparoo, Qld[6]
- Chabad House of Brisbane, Carindale, Qld
- South Brisbane Hebrew Orthodox Congregation (Givat Tziyyon), Greenslopes, Qld
- Temple Shalom Gold Coast, Isle Of Capri, Qld
- The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation (Bet Shlomo), Surfers Paradise, Qld
South Australia
- Adelaide Hebrew Congregation (Bet Yisra’el), Glenside, SA
- Adelaide Hebrew Congregation, Rundle Street, SA active 1852-1990
- Beit Shalom Synagogue (Beit Knesset Shalom), Stepney, SA[7]
Tasmania
Victoria
Ripponlea
- Adass Israel Congregation, Ripponlea, Vic[8]
- Aish Melbourne Australia, Ripponlea, Vic[9]
Hawthorn
- Auburn Road Centre, East Hawthorn, Vic
Ballarat
- Ballarat Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), Ballarat, Vic[10]
East Bentleigh
- Beis Menachem Community Centre, East Bentleigh, Vic
- Chabad House East Bentleigh, East Bentleigh, Vic
Bentleigh
- Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue, Victoria, Vic[11]
East St Kilda
- Beth Chabad Ohel Devorah, East St Kilda, Vic
- Beth Chabad Yotz’ei Russia (F.R.E.E.), Eat St Kilda, Vic
- Beit Aharon (Arnold Bloch) Memorial Synagogue, East St Kilda, Vic[12]
- Chabad House of Caulfield, East St Kilda, Vic
- Chabad House of Caulfield, 770, East St Kilda, Vic
- DaMinyan, East St Kilda, Vic
East Brighton
- Brighton Hebrew Congregation, East Brighton, Vic[13]
- Chabad Bayside, Congregation Beis Eliyahu, East Brighton, Vic
Brunswick
- Brunswick Talmud Torah, Brunswick, Vic 1943 to 1987
Burwood
- Burwood Hebrew Congregation, Burwood, Vic
North Caulfield
- Bnei Akiva Melbourne, North caulfield, Vic[14]
- B'nai B'rith House, East St Kilda, Vic[15]
- Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc. Synagogue (Kehilla Kedosha Ahavath Shalom), North Caulfield, Vic[16]
- Caulfield Beth Hamedrash, North Caulfield, Vic nicknamed “Katanga”[17]
- Friends of Lubavitch, Caulfield North, Vic
South Caulfield
- Blake Street Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic[18]
- Central Shule Chabad, South Caulfield, Vic
Carnegie
- Chabad House Carnegie, Carnegie, Vic
Caulfield
- Chabad House Glen Eira, Caulfield, Vic
Malvern
- Chabad House Malvern, Malvern, Vic
Melbourne, CBD
- Chabad of Melbourne CBD, Melbourne, Vic
East Melbourne
Elsternwick
- Elsternwick Jewish Community (Etz Chayyim), Elsternwick, Vic
Elwood
- Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation (Bet Avraham), Elwood, Vic
- Geelong Synagogue, Geelong, Vic 1861 to ?
- Ger, East St Kilda, Vic
- Hamakom, North Caulfield, Vic
- Hamayan, North Caulfield, Vic
- Hamerkaz Shelanu, Elsternwick, Vic
- Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea, Vic [19]
- Highlands Hebrew Congregation, Seymour, Vic
- Jewish Care, Melbourne, Vic
- Jewish Centre Ormond McKinnon, Ormond, Vic
- Kehilat David Hamelech (KEDEM), Armadale, Vic
- Kehilat Nitzan Synagogue, Caulfield Junction, Vic[20]
- Kehillat David HaMelech (Kedem), Melbourne, Vic
- Kew Hebrew Congregation (Bet Nachman), Kew, Vic
- Kolel Menachem Lubavitch, East St Kilda, Vic
- Kollel Beth HaTalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Balaclava, Vic
- Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism, East Kew, Vic
- Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), South Yarra, Vic
- Melbourne Kollel Menachem Lubavitch, East St Kilda, Vic
- Merkaz HaTorah, North Caulfield, Vic
- Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch (Chabad), East St Kilda, Vic
- Mizrachi Synagogue, North Caulfield, Vic
- Monash Area Jewish Community, Monash, Vic
- Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation, Moorabbin, Vic
- North Eastern Jewish War Memorial Centre - Yeshurun Congregation, Doncaster, Vic
- Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand (Yeshiva Gedolah), St Kilda East, Victoria
- Ramban Sephardi Congregation, East St Kilda, Vic
- Sandhurst (now Bendigo) Vic 1862 to approximately 1910
- Sasson Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue, Balaclava, Vic
- Sha'arei Tefillah, North Caulfield, Vic
- Shira Hadasha, Caulfield North, Vic
- South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic
- St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation (Ohavei Shalom), St. Kilda, Vic
- Temple Beth Israel, St. Kilda, Vic
- The Melbourne City Synagogue, Melbourne, Vic
- Union for Progressive Judaism, Vic
Western Australia
- Beit Midrash of Western Australia - The Dianella Shul, Yokine, WA [21]
- Chabad of Western Australia, Dianella, WA
- Chabad Torah Foundation, Perth, WA
- Fremantle synagogue, South Terrace, WA 1887. New synagogue in 1902 to 1908
- Goldfields Hebrew Congregation, Coolgardie, WA 1896 to 1899
- Kalgoorlie Hebrew Congregation, Kalgoorlie, WA 1901 to 1940
- Northern Suburbs Hebrew Congregation, Noranda, WA
- Perth Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), Menora, WA
- Temple David Congregation (Inc), Mt Lawley, WA
Synagogues in New Zealand
North Island
- Auckland Hebrew Congregation - Beth Israel Synagogue, Auckland[22]
- Temple Beth Shalom, Auckland[23]
- Temple Sinai - Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, Wellington
- Waikato Jewish Association, Hamilton
- Wellington Hebrew Congregation (Beth El), Wellington
South Island
- Christchurch Jewish Synagogue, Christchurch[24]
- Dunedin Synagogue, Dunedin[25]
- Former Dunedin Jewish Synagogue, Dunedin (1880 to 1966) - historic building now used as an art gallery[26]
References
- ^ Rabbi Apple, Australian synagogue names
- ^ A.C.T. Jewish Community
- ^ The Shtiebell
- ^ pp.529-530, Ehrlich, M. Avrum, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, 2008
- ^ Beit Knesset Shalom
- ^ Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation
- ^ Beit Knesset Shalom
- ^ Adass Israel Congregation
- ^ Aish Melbourne Australia
- ^ Rosenthal, Newman, Formula for survival : the saga of the Ballarat Hebrew Congregation, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1979
- ^ Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue
- ^ Beit Aharon
- ^ Brighton Shule
- ^ Bnei Akiva Melbourne
- ^ B'nai B'rith House
- ^ Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc
- ^ Caulfield Beth Hamedrash
- ^ Blake Street Hebrew Congregation
- ^ Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea
- ^ Kehilat Nitzan Melbourne Conservative (Masorti) Community
- ^ The Dianella Shul
- ^ Auckland Hebrew Congregation
- ^ Beth Shalom
- ^ Canterbury Hebrew Congregation
- ^ Dunedin Jewish Congregation
- ^ Herd, J. and Griffiths, G.J. (1980) Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3. p.65
Recommended reading
- Apple, Rabbi Dr Raymond, The Great Synagogue: A History of Sydney's Big Shule, UNSW Press, 2008
- Rubinstein, William David, Melbourne Jewry, a Diaspora Community with a Vigorous Jewish Identity, in Jewish Journal of Sociology, 37,2, (1995), pp. 81–99
- Rubinstein, William David, Jews in the 1991 Federal Census: The Welfare Society's Survey, the Jews of Melbourne - a Community Profile, in Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 12,1 (1993) pp. 235–238
- Lubin, Chayim, Jewish Schooling and Jewish Identification in Melbourne, in Jewish Education, 51,2 (1983) 37-42
- Rapke, T., The Pre-War Jewish Community of Melbourne, in Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 7 (1973) pp. 291–301
- Levi, J. S. Rabbi Jacob Danglow: The Uncrowned Monarch of Australian Jews, Melbourne University Press, 1995
- Levi, J.S., The Forefathers: A Dictionary of Biography of the Jews of Australia, 1788–1830, Australian Jewish Historical Society, 1976
- Levi, J.S., & Bergman, G.F.J., Australian Genesis: Jewish Convicts and Settlers, 1788-1850, Rigby, 1974
- A Portion of Praise - A Festschrift to Honour John S. Levi, The Progressive Jewish Cultural Fund, Melbourne, 1997