Australia

 

In 1788, the earliest Jew to set foot in Australia disembarked from the first of the prisoner ships from the United Kingdom. But frequent and structured worship did not begin until the 1820’s.

In 1816 the first liberated Jewish pioneer arrived. Throughout the nineteenth century, the community increased, and the first synagogue was launched in the mid-1840s. The pogroms and the gold rush, occurrences in Eastern Europe, stimulated the immigration of more Jews.

Jews have played a huge role in the lives of Australians, especially with Sir John Monash, a devout Jew, leading the ANZAC military in the First World War as commander.  Australia holds the biggest proportion of Holocaust survivors globally as approximately 7,000 Jewish exiles migrated here from Nazi Europe. They have a great impact on the current community, which continues to grow and is predominantly religious.  Sir Issac Issacs was the first Australian-born Jew, and one of the two Jews to hold the position of Governors–General.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry heads the community. The Jewish children are enrolled in Jewish schools with 75% attendance in primary and 55% in secondary. The rate of inter-marriage is considerably low.

The biggest community of about 50,000 can be found in Melbourne, followed by Sydney with 40,000.

I spent more than six years in Australia – a year in Melbourne, five in Sydney and bits of time around the rest of the country.  Australia is my second home. It’s a fascinating place and I could write a book about it.  To start covering all the Jewish communities, places to eat and things to do would take a long time. Perhaps I’ll get to it soon.

Keep in mind that Australia is a very big place. It is a 4.5 hour flight from Sydney to Perth. I spent six years in Australia and though I saw a lot of it, there is still much I’ve not seen.

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Canberra

SYNAGOGUE

A.C. T. Jewish Community Synagogue
National Jewish Memorial Center,
corner Canberra Avenue & National Circuit, Forrest 2603
Telephone: (2) 6295 1052

Website: www.actjewish.org.au

Was there for a Shabbat over Chanukah once. Went with some Yeshivah boys from Sydney to spend time with the Canberra Jewish community and to present the prime minister with a menorah. We did not get to meet him. He was too busy. There is usually a minyan on Shabbat and on the Chaggim.

New South Wales

NEWCASTLE
SYNAGOGUE
Newcastle Synagogue
122 Tyrrell Street 2300
Telephone: (49) 262 820

Contact: Dr. I.E. Fredman,
123 Dawson Street Cooks Hill
2300 N.S.W.

SYDNEY

There are two main Jewish areas in Sydney, the Eastern Suburbs and the North Shore. They are around a 40 minute drive from one another so pay attention to where you will be if visiting.

SYNAGOGUES
Adath Yisroel

243 Old South Head Road, Bondi

Telephone: (2) 9300 9447

Coogee Synagogue

121 Brook Street, Coogee
Telephone: (2) 9315 8291

IIlawarra Synagogue

502 Railway Parade, Allawah
Telephone: (2) 9587 5643

Paramatta Synagogue

116 Victoria Road, Paramatta 2150
Telephone: (2) 9683 5626

Website: www.parramattasynagogue.com

South Head  Synagogue
662 Old South Head Road, Rose Bay 2029
Telephone: (2) 9371 7300
Fax: (2) 9371 7416

Website: www.southhead.org

Strathfield & District Synagogue

19 Florence Street, PO Box 466, Strathfield 2135
Telephone: (2) 9642 4803
Fax: (2) 9642 4803

Mizrachi Synagogue

339 Old South Head Road, Bondi 2026
Telephone: (2) 9365 3838
Fax: (2) 9365 3838

Website: www.mizrachi.org.au

Cremorne Synagogue

12a Yeo Street, Neutral Bay
Telephone: (2) 9908 1853
Fax: (2) 9908 1853

Email: cremornesyn@telstra.com
Website: www.cremornesynagogue.com

Postal address is PO Box 126, Neutral Bay Junction, 2089

Great Synagogue

166 Castlereagh Street
Telephone: (2) 9267 2477
Fax: (2) 9264 8871

Email: admin@greatsynagogue.org.au
Website: www.greatsynagogue.org.au

I worked here for three years. It is one of the most  historic and beautiful synagogues in the world. There is also a library and small museum. Synagogue tours are offered usually on Monday and Thursday mornings.

I highly recommend going on a Shabbat morning to here the choir and Chazan. If you call the Shul during the week they can usually get you a place to eat lunch.

Kehillat Masada

9-15 Link Road, St Ives 2075
Telephone: (2) 9988 4417
Fax: (2) 9449 3897

Email: k_masada@optusnet.com.au

Maroubra Synagogue (K.M.H.C)
635 Anzac Parade, Maroubra 2035
Telephone: (2) 9344 6095
Fax: (2) 93444298

Email: admin@maroubrasynagogue.org.au

Newtown Synagogue

20 Georgina Street, Newtown 2042
Telephone: (2) 9550 1192
Fax: (2) 9550 1192
Mobile Phone: 417 462 870

Email: newtownsynagogue@yahoo.com
Website: www.newtown.shul.org.au

This is Sydney’s second oldest synagogue. It is also worth visiting . Very nice young crowd.

North Shore Synagogue

15 Treatts Road, Lindfield
Telephone: (2) 9416 3710
Fax: (2) 9416 7659

Also worked here for thee years. Awesome community and Rabbi. GO VISIT!

Email: nss@bigpond.com

The Central Synagogue

15 Bon Accord Avenue, Bondi Junction 2022
Telephone: (2) 9389 5622
Fax: (2) 9389 5418

Website: www.centralsynagogue.com.au

Yeshiva Synagogue

36 Flood Street, Bondi 2026
Telephone: (2) 9387 3822
Fax: (2) 9389 7652

Progressive

North Shore Temple Emanuel
28 Chatswood Avenue, Chatswood 2067
Telephone: (2) 9419 7011
Fax: (2) 94131474

Website: www.nste.org.au

Shearit Yisrael

146 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst 2010
Telephone: (2) 9365 8770

Temple Emanuel

7 Ocean Street, Woollahra 2025
Telephone: (2) 9328 7833
Fax: (2) 9327 8715

Website: www.emanuel.org.au

Sephardi

Sephardi Synagogue

40-44 Fletcher Street, Woollahra 2025
Telephone: (2) 9389 3982
Fax: (2) 9369 2143

Email: mail@sephardi.org.au

Beth Yosef

243 Old South Head Road
Bondi 2026
Fax: (2) 9264 8941
Mobile Phone: (61) 411869431

Email: info@betyosef.org.au

BAKERIES

Carmel Cake Shop: This place changes ownership and name every so often.

14 O’Brien Street, Bondi
Supervision: NSW Kashrut Authority

BOOKSELLERS

Gold’s World of Judaica

9 O’Brien Street, Bondi 2026

Telephone: (2) 9300 0495
Fax: (2) 9389 7345

Email: sydney@golds.com.au

BUTCHERS

Eilat
173 Bondi Road, Bondi
Telephone: (2) 9387 8881
Supervision: NSW Kashrut Authority

Hadassa
17 O’Brien Street, Bondi
Telephone: (2) 9365 4904
Fax: (2) 9130 4760

KASHRUT INFORMATION

Kosher Consumers Association
110 Box 2013, Rose Bay North 2030
local phone: (2) 93881158
Mobile Phone: 0414 388 851

Email: KCA_Sydney-owner@yahoogroups.com

Website: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/KCA_Sydney

A grassroots organization that helps locals and visitors find kosher food in Australia and kosher eateries in Sydney.

Kashrut Supervision

The Kashrut Authority
PO Box 7206
2/58 Chambers Ave
Bondi Beach 2026
Telephone: (2) 9365 2933
Fax: (2) 9365 0933

Website: www.ka.org.au

They are the main Kashrut organization for Sydney.

MEDIA
Newspapers

Australian Jewish News
Level 1,1 0-14 Waterloo Street
Surry Hills 2010
Telephone: (2) 82181600
Fax: (2) 82181655

Website: www.ajn.net.au

MUSEUMS

Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst 2010
Telephone: (2) 9360 7999
Fax: (2) 9331 4245

Email: admin@sjm.com.au

Website: www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au

I’ve been there a few times. It’s an interesting mix of Holocaust and Jewish themes. Check for current opening times. It also has a kosher(dairy) cafe.

RESTAURANTS

The Kosher restaurant situation in Sydney is in constant change. Every year seems to show one kosher place opening and one closing.

Dairy

The Museum Cafe
148 Darlinghurst Road
Darlinghurst 201 0
Telephone: (2) 9360 7999
Fax: (2) 9331 4245

Website: www.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au

Supervision: Sydney Kashrut Authority

Beaches Kosher Restaurant
11 O’Brien Street 2026
Telephone: (2) 9365 5544
Fax: (2) 9365 5577

Supervision: NSW Kashrut Authority

Tibby’s
61-67 Hall Street
Bondi Beach 2026
Telephone: (2) 9130 5051

Supervision: NSW Kashrut Authority

Meat and parve

Lewis’ Continental Kitchen
2 Curtlewis Street, corner Old South Head Road,
Bondi 2026
Telephone: (2) 9365 5421
Fax: (2) 9300 0037

Website: www.lewiskosher.com

Supervision: NSW Kashrut Authority

Lewis Catering does Airline meals and can help with travel prepackaged meals.

TOURS

Jewish Sydney Tours
Telephone: (2) 9328 7604

The Great Synagogue may also be able to provide you with Jewish tour information (2) 9267 2477.

Queensland
BRISBANE

SYNAGOGUES

Brisbane Hebrew Congregation
98 Margaret Street 4000
Telephone: (7) 3229 3412

Have been there twice for the High Holidays. The Chabad Rabbi has assumed a position at the Synagogue and acts as Rabbi to the Community and runs a Chabad house in a separate neighborhood.

Chabad House/Greenslops  Synagogue
43 Cedar Street, Greenslopes 4120
Telephone: (7) 3848 5886
Fax: (7) 3848 5886

South Brisbane Hebrew Congregation
46 Bunya Street, Greenslopes 4120 .
Telephone: (7) 3397 9025

Progressive

Beit Knesset Shalom

13 Koolatah Street, Camp Hill 4152
Telephone: (7) 3398 8843/3391 2579
Fax: (7) 3391 2579

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

Jewish Communal Center
2 Moxom Road, Burbank 4156
Telephone: (7) 3349 9749

MIKVAOT

Queensland Mikvah
46 Bunya Street, Greenslopes 4120
Telephone: (7) 3848 5886

GOLD COAST

SYNAGOGUES

Temple Shalom
25 Via Roma Drive, Isle of Capri 4217
Telephone: (7) 5570 1716
Fax: (7) 5570 1716

Email: ts_gcenquiries@hotmail.com

Website: www.templeshalomgoldcoast.org.au

BAKERIES

Goldstein’s Bakery
509 Olsen Avenue, Ashmore City 4214
Telephone: (7) 5539 3133

www.goldsteinsbakery.com.au

Supervision: Rabbi Gurevitch, Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation. They make some good challah!

SURFERS PARADISE
Ashkenazi/Orthodox

Surfers Central Synagogue

4 Rivers Terrace 4217
Telephone: (7) 5570 6143
Fax: (7) 5570 6143

Orthodox

Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation
34 Hamilton Avenue 4217
Telephone: (7) 5570 1851
Fax: (7) 5538 6712

Website: www.goldcoasthc.org.au

Chabad of Surfers Paradise
Check Chabad.org for current information

ADELAIDE

Bakers Delight
Frewville Shopping Centre, Glen Osmond Road

Kosher Imports

c/o Hebrew Congregation, 13 Flemington Street,
Glenside 5065
Telephone: (8) 8338 2922
Fax: (8) 8379 0142

Website: www.adelaidejewish.com

Kosher and Judaica products available

SYNAGOGUES
Orthodox

Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
13 Flemington Street, Glenside 5065
Telephone: (8) 8338 2922
Fax: (8) 8379 0142

Website: www.adelaidejewish.com

There is a Mikva on the premises.

Progressive

Beit Shalom
41 Hackney Road, Hackney 5000
Telephone: (8) 8362 8281
Fax: (8) 8362 6260

Email: bshalom@bshalomadel.com

Website: www.bshalomadel.com

Mailing address: PO Box 47, Stepney 5069

 

Tasmania

There is a small Jewish community. There was a Rabbi from Melbourne who was going every second week to Tasmania at one time. There are recorded Jewish names appearing in Tasmania as early as 1819. Check for current information.

I’ve been over there for some trekking but have not met the Jewish community.

Hobart

The Jewish Centre
93 Lord Street 7005
Telephone: (3) 6223 7116
Mobile Phone: 0427 237 116
Email: jwc@eftel.neLau

Progressive Synagogue

Hobart Hebrew Congregation
59 Argle Street 7000
Telephone: (3) 62344720

Email: Shule@hobart.org

www.hobartsynagogue.org

It is the oldest Synagouge in Australia  consecrated in July 1845.

There are usually Orthodox services on Saturday morning.

LAUNCESTON

Chabad House of Tasmania
5 Brisbane Street 7250
Telephone: (3) 6344 9960
Mobile Phone: 0409770 515
Email: yygordon@gmail.com

BALLARAT

Synagogue
211 Drumond Street North 3350
Telephone: (353) 326 330

BENTLEIGH

Progressive

Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue
549 Centre Road 3204
Telephone: 9563 9208
Fax: 9557 9880

www.bps.org.au

Supervision: Rabbi Aviva Kipen

Central organization: Union for Progressive Judaism

MELBOURNE

Melbourne has the largest Jewish population in Australia, with around 50,000 Jews. I was there in school in 1999 and have visited on and off since, over the years. Things are constantly changing.

There are a few good restaurants and kosher bakeries, many around St Kilda area.

BAKERIES

Big K Kosher Bakery
316 Carlisle Street, Balaclava 3183
Telephone: (3) 9527 4582

Supervision: Rabbi A.Z. Beck, Adass Israel

BOOKSELLERS

World of Judaica
I 13 William Street, Balaclava 3183
phone: (3) 9527 8775

info@golds.com.au
Wobsite: www.golds.com.au

BUTCHERS

Continental Kosher Butchers
Glenferrie Road, Malvern 3144
(3) 9509 9822

Supcrvision: Melbourne Kashrut

Melbourne Kosher Butchers

Inkerman Street, East St Kilda
(3) 9525 5077

Yumi’s Kosher Seafoods

29 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea 3183
Telephone: (3) 9523 6444
Fax: (3) 9532 8189

Supervision: Rabbi A.Z. Beck, Adass Israel

Also supply kosher fresh fish.

Alpha Kosher Chocolates
17 William Street, Balaclava
Telephone: (3) 9527 2453

They make some really good chocolate. Good to take back as a gift.

Community

CONTACT INFORMATION
Mizrachi Hospitality Committee
81 Balaclava Road, Caulfield 3161
Telephone: (3) 8317 2555
Fax: (3) 9527 5665

Email: office@mizrachi.com.au

Mailing address: PO Box 2247, Caulfield Junction,Victoria 3161

DELICATESSEN

Eshel Take-Away Foods & Catering
59 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea 3161
Telephone: (3) 9532 8309
Fax: (3) 9532 8089

Supervision: Rabbi A.Z. Beck, Adass Israel

GROCERIES

Dainty Foods (Kraus)
62 Glen Eira Road, Elsternwick 3185
Telephone: (3) 9523 8463
Fax: (3) 9532 4033

Email: daintyfood@bigpond.com

Rishon Foods Party Ltd.
23 William Street, Balaclava 3183
Telephone: (3) 95275142

Tempo Kosher Supermarket
5/320 Carlisle Street, St. Kilda 3182
Telephone: (3) 9527 5021

SYNAGOGUES

Sephardi
The Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue
79 Hotham Street. East St Kilda 3183

Telephone: (3) 9527 8863

Email: rylco@optusnet.com.au

Sephardi Kiddush follows Saturday service.

SOME TOURIST SITES
North Eastern Jewish War Memorial Centre
6 High Street, Doncaster 3108
Telephone: (3) 9816 3516
Fax: (3) 9857 4430

Email: nejc@bigpond.com

Website: www.nejc.com.au

PERTH

Have not been to Perth yet, though I hear there is a thriving and growing Jewish community.

SYNAGOGUES
Chabad House
396 Alexander Drive, Dianella 6059
Telephone: (8) 9275 2106
Fax: (8) 9275 1601

Website: www.chabadwa.org

Dlanclla Shule
8 Woodrow Avenue, Yoklne 6060
(8) 9375 1276

Northern Suburbs Congregation
4 Vernon Street, Noranda 6062
Telephone: (8) 92755932

Perth Hebrew Congregation

Freedman Road, Menora 6050
Telephone: (8) 9271 0539
Fax: (8) 9271 9455

Email: phc@theperthshule.asn.au

Website: www.theperthshule.asn.au

Also has a mikvah.

ReformTemple David
34 Clifton Crescent, Mount Lawley 6050
Telephone: (8) 9271 1485
Fax: (8) 9272 2827

www.templedavid.org.au

KOSHER FOODS
Aviv Catering
The Jewish Centre, 61 Woodrow Avenue, Yokine 6060
Telephone: (8) 9276 6030

Kosher Food Centre
Perth Synagogue Carpark, Plantation Street,
Menora WA 6050
Telephone: (8) 9271113’3/9370 3311
Mobile Phone: 041 0558383

Email: info@kosherfoodcentre.com.au

Website: www.kosherfoodcentre.com.au

Supervision: KAWA