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St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation in Melbourne designed by Joseph Plottel

This list of synagogues and Jewish congregations 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.

Although many established congregations choose to build synagogues, Jewish congregations may also use existing, often residential, premises. In these cases only the interior is changed, leaving the exterior in its original design.[1]

Different names for the synagogue may be used depending on the affiliation of each congregation. Modern Orthodox and Chasidic congregations may refer to their synagogue as a 'shul' which is derived from the Yiddish word for 'school' whereas congregations associated with the Reform Judaism may call their synagogue a 'temple'.[2]

Australia

East Melbourne Synagogue

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

  • Adath Yisroel Congregation, Bondi, NSW
  • Baba Sali, Dover Heights, NSW from 1994 to 2003[3]
  • Bina, Bondi, NSW
  • Bet Yosef (Caro), Bondi, NSW
  • Broken Hill Synagogue, NSW 1910 to 1962
  • Central Coast Shalom Progressive, Tumbi Umbi, NSW
  • Central Synagogue, Sydney, (Orach Chayyim) Bondi Junction, NSW
  • Chabad Double Bay, Double Bay, NSW
  • Chabad House of Bondi Beach/Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE), Bondi Beach, NSW
  • Chabad House of the North Shore, St Ives, NSW
  • Chabad House for (Israeli) Tourists, Bondi, NSW
  • Coogee Synagogue, Coogee, NSW
  • Cremorne and District Hebrew Congregation (Sha’arei Tzedek), Neutral Bay, NSW
  • Dover Heights Shule, Dover Heights, NSW
  • Emanuel Synagogue (Progressive, Masorti and Renewal), Woollahra, NSW
  • Forbes Synagogue, a small timber building during the 1860s gold rush, possibly burnt or washed away in a flood.
  • Goulburn synagogue, Goulburn, NSW from 1824 to late 19th century. Property was granted but Synagogue was not built.
  • The Great Synagogue (Bet Yisrael) Sydney, NSW[4]
  • Harambam Synagogue (Sephardi), Bondi, NSW
  • Jewish Learning Centre, Bondi Beach, NSW
  • Kadimah, Central Coast, NSW
  • Kehillat Masada, St Ives, NSW
  • Kehillat Moriah, Queens Park, NSW
  • Kensington Shul, Redfern and then in Kensington, NSW, 2000? to 2012
  • Macquarie Street Synagogue (Sukkat David), Sydney, NSW to 1877
  • Maitland Synagogue, Maitland, NSW 1830 onwards. Substantial synagogue erected 1879, closed in 1898
  • Maroubra Synagogue, Maroubra, NSW
  • Mizrachi Synagogue Bondi, North Bondi, NSW
  • National Jewish Memorial Centre – Canberra and Region Jewish Community, Manuka, ACT[5] (Progressive and Orthodox services)
  • Nefesh/Roscoe Street Synagogue (part of Bina), Bondi Beach, NSW
  • Newcastle Hebrew Congregation (Bet Yisra’el), Newcastle, NSW
  • Newtown Synagogue (Mikveh Yisra’el), Newtown, NSW
  • North Shore Synagogue (The Garden Synagogue), (Tzedek Ve'Emet) Lindfield, New South Wales
  • North Shore Temple Emanuel, Chatswood, NSW
  • Or Chadash (formerly part of the Jewish Learning Centre), Bondi, NSW
  • Parramatta Synagogue, Parramatta, NSW
  • Rainbow Kehilah, Byron Bay, NSW
  • Ryde and Districts Synagogue, (Beth Eliyahu) North Ryde, NSW (no longer functional)
  • Sephardi Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW
  • Shtiebell, Bellevue Hill, NSW (part of Bina) (until 2010)
  • South Head and District Synagogue (Ahavat Shalom), Rose Bay, NSW
  • Southern Sydney Synagogue - formerly Illawarra Hebrew Congregation, Allawah, NSW[6]
  • Strathfield and District Hebrew Congregation, Strathfield, NSW (http://strathfieldschule.weebly.com/)
  • Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre, Bondi, NSW
  • Yeshiva Centre Synagogue & Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College, Bondi NSW
  • Young Adult Chabad, Bondi, NSW
  • York Street Synagogue, Sydney, NSW in use 1844-1877

Queensland

Brisbane Synagogue
  • Beit Knesset Shalom Jewish Synagogue - The Masorti Congregation of Qld, Ltd., Camp Hill, Brisbane, Qld[7]
  • Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation, Coorparoo, Brisbane, Qld[8]
  • Chabad House of Brisbane, Carindale, Brisbane, Qld
  • Givat Tziyyon - South Brisbane Hebrew Orthodox Congregation, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Qld
  • Sha’arei Emunah - Brisbane Hebrew Congregation, Brisbane, Qld
  • Bet Shlomo - The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Qld
  • Temple Shalom, Isle Of Capri, Gold Coast, Qld

South Australia

  • Adelaide Hebrew Congregation Inc.(1990-present), 'The Adelaide Synagogue', Glenside, SA [9]

previously Adelaide Hebrew Congregation (1850–1990), Adelaide, SA

  • Adelaide Progressive Jewish Congregation Inc., 'Beit Shalom Synagogue' (1976 - present), Hackney, SA [10]

initially named 'Temple Shalom' and previously at Prospect, SA (1967-1976)

Tasmania

  • Hobart Synagogue - Tasmanian Union for Progressive Judaism - Hobart Hebrew Congregation, Hobart, Tas -the oldest synagogue in Australia[11]
  • Launceston Synagogue - Launceston Hebrew Congregation, Launceston, Tas

Victoria

  • Adass Israel Congregation, Ripponlea, Vic[12]
  • Aish Melbourne Australia, Ripponlea, Vic[13]
  • Auburn Road Centre, East Hawthorn, Vic
  • Ballarat Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), Ballarat, Vic[14]
  • Beis Menachem Community Centre, East Bentleigh, Vic
  • Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue, Victoria, Vic[15]
  • 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[16]
  • Brighton Hebrew Congregation, East Brighton, Vic[17]
  • Chabad Bayside, Congregation Beis Eliyahu, East Brighton, Vic
  • Chabad House East Bentleigh, East Bentleigh, Vic
  • Chabad House of Caulfield, East St Kilda, Vic
  • Chabad House of Caulfield, 770, East St Kilda, Vic
  • Brunswick Talmud Torah, Brunswick, Vic 1943 to 1987
  • Burwood Hebrew Congregation, Burwood, Vic (until 2010)
  • Bnei Akiva Melbourne, North caulfield, Vic[18]
  • B'nai B'rith House, East St Kilda, Vic[19]
  • Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc. Synagogue (Kehilla Kedosha Ahavath Shalom), North Caulfield, Vic[20]
  • Caulfield Beth Hamedrash, North Caulfield, Vic nicknamed "Katanga"[21]
  • DaMinyan, East St Kilda, Vic
  • Friends of Lubavitch, Caulfield North, Vic
  • Blake Street Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic[22]
  • Central Shule Chabad, South Caulfield, Vic
  • Chabad House Carnegie, Carnegie, Vic
  • Chabad House Glen Eira, Caulfield, Vic
  • Chabad House Malvern, Malvern, Vic
  • Chabad of Melbourne CBD, Melbourne, Vic
  • East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (Mikveh Yisra’el), East Melbourne, Vic
  • Elsternwick Jewish Community (Etz Chayyim), Elsternwick, Vic
  • Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation (Bet Avraham), Elwood, Vic
  • Geelong Synagogue, Geelong, Vic 1861 to ?
  • Gerrer Shtiebel, East St Kilda, Vic
  • Hamakom, North Caulfield, Vic
  • Hamayan, North Caulfield, Vic
  • Hamerkaz Shelanu, Elsternwick, Vic
  • Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea, Vic [23]
  • Highlands Hebrew Congregation, Seymour, Vic
  • Jewish Care, Melbourne, Vic
  • Jewish Centre Ormond McKinnon, Ormond, Vic
  • Kehilat David Hamelech (KEDEM), (Progressive) Armadale, Vic
  • Kehilat Nitzan Synagogue, (Masorti) Caulfield Junction, Vic[24]
  • 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, (Progressive) East Kew, Vic
  • Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), South Yarra, 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[25]
  • 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
  • Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue, Balaclava, Vic
  • Sha'arei Tefillah, North Caulfield, Vic
  • Shira Hadasha, Caulfield North, Vic
  • South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic
  • Spiritshul, Caulfield North, Vic
  • St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation (Ohavei Shalom), St. Kilda, Vic
  • Temple Beth Israel, (Progressive) St. Kilda, Vic
  • Melbourne City Synagogue, Melbourne, Vic

Western Australia

  • Goldfields Hebrew Congregation (1896 to 1899), Coolgardie, WA
  • Kalgoorlie Hebrew Congregation (1901 to 1940), Kalgoorlie, WA
  • Beit Midrash of Western Australia - The Dianella Shul, Yokine, Perth, WA [26]
  • Chabad Torah Foundation, Perth, WA
  • Chabad of Western Australia, Dianella, Perth, WA
  • Fremantle Synagogue (1902 to 1910), South Terrace, WA
  • Northern Suburbs Hebrew Congregation, Noranda, Perth, WA
  • Perth Hebrew Congregation, Menora, Perth, WA[27]
  • Temple David Congregation, Inc., Mt Lawley, Perth, WA[28]

New Zealand

Dunedin's former synagogue, in Moray Place, is now an art gallery.

North Island

Auckland

  • Auckland Hebrew Congregation (Beth Israel), (Orthodox) Auckland[29]
  • Old Synagogue (Auckland) (1885 to 1967) - historic building now owned by the University of Auckland
  • Temple Beth Shalom, (Progressive) Auckland[30]

Hamilton

  • Waikato Jewish Association[31]

Wellington

  • Beth El Synagogue - Wellington Jewish Community Centre, (Orthodox) Wellington[32]
  • Temple Sinai - Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, Wellington[33]

South Island

  • Canterbury Hebrew Congregation, (Orthodox and Progressive services) Christchurch[34]
  • Chabad of Otago, (Orthodox) Queenstown[35]
  • Dunedin Jewish Congregation, (Progressive) Dunedin
  • Dunedin Synagogue, Dunedin (1880 to 1966) - the southernmost synagogue in the world and a historic building now used as an art gallery[36]

References

  1. ^ Australian synagogue names
  2. ^ Synagogues, Shuls and Temples
  3. ^ pp.529-530, Ehrlich, M. Avrum, Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture, ABC-CLIO, 2008
  4. ^ The Great Synagogue
  5. ^ ‘’Canberra and Region Jewish Community’’
  6. ^ Southern Sydney Synagogue
  7. ^ Beit Knesset Shalom
  8. ^ Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation
  9. ^ Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
  10. ^ Beit Shalom
  11. ^ Hobart Synagogue
  12. ^ Adass Israel Congregation
  13. ^ Aish Melbourne Australia
  14. ^ Rosenthal, Newman, Formula for survival : the saga of the Ballarat Hebrew Congregation, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1979
  15. ^ Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue
  16. ^ Beit Aharon
  17. ^ Brighton Shule
  18. ^ Bnei Akiva Melbourne
  19. ^ B'nai B'rith House
  20. ^ Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc
  21. ^ Caulfield Beth Hamedrash
  22. ^ Blake Street Hebrew Congregation
  23. ^ Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea
  24. ^ Kehilat Nitzan Melbourne Conservative (Masorti) Community
  25. ^ Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation
  26. ^ The Dianella Shul
  27. ^ Perth Hebrew Congregation
  28. ^ Temple David
  29. ^ Auckland Hebrew Congregation
  30. ^ Beth Shalom
  31. ^ "Waikato Jewish Association". One Community Chronicle. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  32. ^ Wellington Jewish Community Centre
  33. ^ Temple Sinai
  34. ^ Canterbury Hebrew Congregation
  35. ^ [1]
  36. ^ Herd, J. and Griffiths, G.J. (1980) Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3. p.65
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