Perth Hebrew Congregation
| Perth Hebrew Congregation | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Menora, Perth, Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
  Location in Perth, Western Australia | |
| Geographic coordinates | 31°54′50″S 115°51′54″E / 31.91377°S 115.8649°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | William Wolf (Brisbane Street synagogue) |
| Date established | 1892 |
| Completed | 1892 (Brisbane Street) 1975 (current) |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Perth Hebrew Congregation (often shortened as the PHC) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in the Perth suburb of Menora in Western Australia. Established as an organization in 1892, it is the oldest of three shuls and one temple serving the Jewish community in Perth. The synagogue offers facilities for daily services, educational programmes, PHC also houses a library, a mikveh and a bookshop.[1][2][3][4] It is situated within a Jewish precinct that also includes JHub Maccabi Community Centre and Carmel School, a Jewish Day School.[5][6]
Overview
[edit]The first two scrolls in the possession of the Perth Hebrew Congregation were gifts from members of the Montefiore clan.[7]
The synagogue received a grant of A$100,000 as part of the National Community Crime Prevention Programme (NCCPP). The project was to "design and erect a perimeter security fence complete with access controls around the premises of the Perth Synagogue". The rationale was for protection of the premises and population in the event of a potential attack on PHC.[8][9]
The synagogue includes a child care - namely Ruth Landau Harp Early Learning offering education to children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years, educating children on the Jewish calendar of events and Jewish values, with all meals being kosher.
History
[edit]The long-time home of the congregation was established at 117 Brisbane Street in 1897. The synagogue's New York architect, William Wolf, later designed His Majesty's Theatre in Perth.[10] Wolf designed the synagogue to specifications that would accommodate for 300 men and 50 women.[11] Architecturally, it was built in a Moorish style, using both brick and stone.[11] Prince's Hall, a function room was also situated to the rear. The hall was used to the congregation's Hebrew school as well as Yiddish theatre productions and other social gatherings.[11]
Western Australia's first Jewish congregation, Fremantle Synagogue on the corner of South Terrace and Parry Street, was absorbed into the Perth Hebrew Congregation in 1907.[12] For the more orthodox Jewish settlers, the more Anglicized services of the Perth Hebrew Congregation had no appeal. They formed the Perth Jewry Association and built a synagogue known as the Palmerston Shule. Possible conflict between the two congregations was avoided thorough the leadership of Perth Jewry's first minister, Rabbi D. I. Freedman who served in the Perth Hebrew Congregation for 42 years from 1897 up until his death in 1939.[13]
The congregation left its home on Brisbane Street in the 1970s, to relocate to a new purpose-built synagogue in Menora. The Brisbane Street synagogue was demolished in 1975.[11]
In July 2004, the shul was heavily defaced with anti-Semitic vandalism.[14][15]
In 2022, it was proposed by City of Vincent to name a lane way on Brisbane Street honouring both the Brisbane Street and Palmerston synagogues.[11] Shule Lane, which lies between both of the original synagogues, has since been incorporated by the municipality.[11]
List of rabbis
[edit]- Rabbi David Isaac Freedman (1897–1939)[16]
- Rabbi Louis Rubin-Zacks (1939–1964)
- Rev Emanuel Fischer (1964–1967)
- Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman (1965–1985)[17][18]
- Rabbi Michael Orelowitz (1985–1986)
- Rabbi David Freilich (1988 - 2018)
- Rabbi Daniel Lieberman (2018–present)[19][20]
See also
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Perth Hebrew Congregation". J-Wire. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Jewgle Perth » Blog Archive » Noranda shul honoured in Federal Parliament". jewgleperth.com. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Perth". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Jewish Community of Perth, Australia". Jewishtimesasia.org. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ The Perth Jewish Community Carmel School. Retrieved on 14 November 2024
- ^ Perth Jewish Community Centre redevelopment to include Holocaust education centre Perth Now. 9 September 2021
- ^ Ehrlich, Mark Avrum (2009). Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora: origins, experiences, and culture, Volume 1. p. 527. ISBN 9781851098736. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 25 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ William George Wolf Taylor Architects. Retrieved on 28 November 2024
- ^ a b c d e f Shule Lane Shule Lane: Naming proposal for Right of Way extending between Brisbane and Lake Street.] City of Vincent. Retrieved on 28 November 2024
- ^ Silbert, Eric (1999). "Jewish Personalities of Fremantle". Fremantle Studies. 1.
- ^ James Jupp (October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
- ^ "Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Cleveland Jewish News: Archives". Cleveland Jewish News. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ O. B. Tofler. "Freedman, David Isaac (1874–1939)". Biography - David Isaac Freedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Blog Archive » Shalom Coleman – a rabbinic dynamo". OzTorah. 5 December 1918. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Shalom Coleman interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording] | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "The Perth Hebrew Congregation". Theperthshule.asn.au. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "Photoexhibit 16". Judaica.library.usyd.edu.au. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- Mossenson, David (2003). The Perth Hebrew Congregation 1892-2002 (hardback). National Library of Australia. ISBN 095959812X.
- Mossenson, David (1990). Hebrew, Israelite, Jew: The History of the Jews of Western Australia. ISBN 9780855643140.
- Berman, Judith E. (2001). Holocaust remembrance in Australian Jewish communities, 1945-2000. ISBN 9781876268596.
- Rutland, Suzanne D. (23 January 2006). The Jews in Australia. ISBN 9781139447164.
- Parliament, Western Australia (1921). Parliamentary Debates - Western Australia. Parliament, Australia. Parliament. Senate, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives.
- APAIS, Australian Public Affairs Information Service: A Subject Index to ... 1993.
External links
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- Jews and Judaism in Western Australia
- 19th-century synagogues in Australia
- Religious buildings and structures in Perth, Western Australia
- 1892 establishments in Australia
- Synagogues completed in 1892
- Synagogues completed in 1975
- 20th-century synagogues in Australia
- Modern Orthodox synagogues in Australia
- Jewish organizations established in 1892
- 21st-century attacks on Jewish institutions