List of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand

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]

Australia

East Melbourne Synagogue

New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory

Adath Yisroel Congregation, Bondi, NSW
Bina, Bondi, NSW
Bet Yosef (Caro), Bondi, NSW
Central Coast Shalom Progressive, Tumbi Umbi, NSW
Central Synagogue, Sydney, (Orach Chayyim) Bondi Junction, NSW
Chabad Byron Bay, 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
Chabad Shtieble, Bondi Junction, 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
The Great Synagogue (Bet Yisrael) Sydney, NSW^[2]
Jewish Learning Centre, Bondi, NSW
Kadimah, Central Coast, NSW
Kehillat Kadimah, Rose Bay, NSW
Kehillat Masada, St Ives, NSW
Kehillat Moriah, Queens Park, NSW
Maroubra Synagogue, Maroubra, NSW
Mizrachi Synagogue Bondi, North Bondi, NSW
National Jewish Memorial Centre – Canberra and Region Jewish Community, Manuka, ACT^[3] (Progressive and Orthodox services)
Nefesh/Roscoe Street Synagogue, 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, Bondi, NSW
Parramatta Synagogue, Parramatta, NSW
Rainbow Kehilah, Byron Bay, NSW
Sephardi Synagogue, Woollahra, NSW
Southern Sydney Synagogue - formerly Illawarra Hebrew Congregation, Allawah, NSW^[4]
Tzemach Tzedek Community Centre, Bondi, NSW
Yeshiva Centre Synagogue, Bondi NSW
Young Adult Chabad, Bondi, NSW

Inactive

Baba Sali, Dover Heights, NSW from 1994 to 2003
Bankstown War Memorial Synagogue. Destroyed in an arson attack in 1991.^[5]
Broken Hill Synagogue, NSW 1910 to 1962
Forbes Synagogue, a small timber building during the 1860s gold rush, possibly burnt or washed away in a flood.
Goulburn synagogue, Goulburn, NSW, 1824 to late 19th century. Property was granted but Synagogue was not built.
Harambam Synagogue (Sephardi), Bondi, NSW (no longer functional)
Kensington Shul, Redfern and then in Kensington, NSW, 2000? to 2012
Maitland Synagogue, Maitland, NSW 1830 onwards. Substantial synagogue erected 1879, closed in 1898
Macquarie Street Synagogue (Sukkat David), Sydney, NSW, to 1877
Ryde and Districts Synagogue, (Beth Eliyahu) North Ryde, NSW
Shtiebell, Bellevue Hill, NSW (part of Bina) (until 2010)
South Head Synagogue, Rose Bay, NSW
Strathfield and District Hebrew Congregation, Strathfield, NSW (http://strathfieldschule.weebly.com/)
York Street Synagogue, Sydney, NSW, 1844 to 1877

Queensland

Brisbane Synagogue

Beit Or v'Shalom Inc - Progressive Jewish Synagogue - Carina, Brisbane, Qld^[6]
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

Chabad of South Australia (1998–present), currently located in Evandale, SA^[7]

Adelaide Hebrew Congregation Inc.(1990–present), 'The Adelaide Synagogue', Glenside, SA^[8]

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

Adelaide Progressive Jewish Congregation Inc., 'Beit Shalom Synagogue' (1976–present), Hackney, SA^[9]

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

Tasmania

Hobart Synagogue - Hobart Hebrew Congregation^[10]
Launceston Synagogue

Victoria

Conservative

Kehilat Nitzan Synagogue, (Masorti) Caulfield Junction, Vic^[11]

Orthodox

Adass Israel Congregation, Ripponlea, Vic^[12]
Aish Melbourne Australia, Ripponlea, Vic^[13]
Ark Centre, East Hawthorn, Vic
Ballarat Hebrew Congregation (She’erit Yisra’el), Ballarat, Vic^[14]
Beis Menachem Community Centre, East Bentleigh, Vic
Beit Aharon (Arnold Bloch) Memorial Synagogue, East St Kilda, Vic^[15]
Beth Chabad Ohel Devorah, East St Kilda, Vic
Beth Chabad Yotz’ei Russia (F.R.E.E.), East St Kilda, Vic
Blake Street Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic^[16]
B'nai B'rith House, East St Kilda, Vic^[17]
Brighton Hebrew Congregation, East Brighton, Vic^[18]
Caulfield Beth Hamedrash (Katanga), North Caulfield, Vic ^[19]
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc. Synagogue (Kehilla Kedosha Ahavath Shalom), North Caulfield, Vic^[20]
Central Shule Chabad, South Caulfield, Vic
Chabad Bayside, Congregation Beis Eliyahu, East Brighton, Vic
Chabad House Carnegie, Carnegie, Vic
Chabad House of Caulfield, 770, East St Kilda, Vic
Chabad House East Bentleigh, East Bentleigh, Vic
Chabad House Glen Eira, Caulfield, Vic
Chabad House Malvern, Malvern, Vic
Chabad Frankston,Vic
Chabad Dingley Village
Chabad for Israeli travellers, Caulfield Vic
Chabad of Melbourne CBD, Melbourne, Vic
DaMinyan, East St Kilda, Vic
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation (Mikveh Yisra’el), East Melbourne, Vic
Hamerkaz Shelanu Elsternwick,Vic
Elsternwick Jewish Community (Etz Chayyim), Elsternwick, Vic
Elwood Talmud Torah Hebrew Congregation (Bet Avraham), Elwood, Vic
Friends of Lubavitch, Caulfield North, Vic
Gerrer Shtiebel, East St Kilda, Vic
Hamayan, North Caulfield, Vic

chabad house of Caulfield 770
Hamerkaz Shelanu, Elsternwick, Vic
Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea, Vic^[21]
Jewish Care, Melbourne, Vic
Jewish Centre Ormond McKinnon, Ormond, Vic
Kew Hebrew Congregation (Bet Nachman), Kew, Vic
Kolel Menachem Lubavitch (Chabad), East St Kilda, Vic
Kollel Beth HaTalmud Yehuda Fishman Institute, Balaclava, 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 comprising:
- Beit Haroeh
- Beit Yehuda
- Bnei Akiva Melbourne^[22]
- Haskama minyan
- Ohr David-Beit Midrash Naftali Herc
Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation, Moorabbin, Vic^[23]
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
Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue, Balaclava, Vic
Kehilas Veyatzev Avrohom, Ripponlea, Vic
Sha'arei Tefillah, North Caulfield, Vic
Shira Hadasha, Caulfield North, Vic
Shnei Ohr Chabad, Caufield North, Vic
South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, South Caulfield, Vic
Spiritshul, Caulfield North, Vic
St Kilda Hebrew Congregation (Ohavei Shalom), St. Kilda, Vic
Mifgash Carnegie, Vic
Ohel Devorah, St Kilda East, Vic
Yeshivah Shul (Chabad)
Young Yeshivah (Chabad)

Progressive

Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue, Victoria, Vic^[24]
Kehilat David Hamelech (KEDEM), (Progressive) Armadale, Vic
Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism, (Progressive) East Kew, Vic
Temple Beth Israel, (Progressive) St. Kilda, Vic

Inactive

Sandhurst (now Bendigo) Vic 1872 to approximately 1927
Brunswick Talmud Torah, Brunswick, Vic 1943 to 1987
Burwood Hebrew Congregation, Burwood, Vic (until 2010)
Geelong Synagogue, Geelong, Vic 1861 to ?
Hamakom, North Caulfield, Vic
Highlands Hebrew Congregation, Seymour, Vic
Monash Area Jewish Community, Monash, Vic

Western Australia

Beit Midrash of Western Australia - The Dianella Shul, Yokine, Perth, WA^[25]
Chabad of Western Australia, Noranda, Perth, WA
Perth Hebrew Congregation, Menora, Perth, WA^[26]
Temple David Congregation, Inc., Mt Lawley, Perth, WA^[27]
Kol Sasson Congregation., Menora, Perth, WA
Perth Kabbalat Shabbat - A musical and egalitarian congregation, Yokine, Perth, WA

Inactive

Goldfields Hebrew Congregation (1896 to 1899), Coolgardie, WA
Kalgoorlie Hebrew Congregation (1901 to 1940), Kalgoorlie, WA
Chabad Torah Foundation, Perth, WA
Fremantle Synagogue (1902 to 1910), South Terrace, Fremantle WA
Northern Suburbs Hebrew Congregation, Noranda, Perth, WA

New Zealand

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

North Island

Auckland

Auckland Hebrew Congregation (Beth Israel), (Orthodox)^[28]
- Synagogue and Community Centre, 108 Greys Avenue
- Former synagogue (1885 to 1967) - building now occupied by the University of Auckland and called University House
Chabad Auckland New Zealand (Chabad Synagogue)^[29]
Beth Shalom, (Progressive) Auckland^[30]

Hamilton

Waikato Jewish Association^[31]

Wellington

Wellington Jewish Community Centre (incorporating the Beth El Synagogue of the former Wellington Hebrew Congregation), (Orthodox) Wellington^[32]
Temple Sinai - Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation, Wellington^[33]

South Island

Canterbury Hebrew Congregation, 406 Durham Street North, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8013 (Orthodox and Progressive Shabbat services every Friday at 6.30pm and 1030am on Saturday) 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 listed historic building.^[36]

References

^ Australian synagogue names
^ The Great Synagogue
^ ‘’Canberra and Region Jewish Community’’
^ Southern Sydney Synagogue
^ "Fire at Synagogue in Sydney is Fourth Arson in Six Weeks". 7 March 1991.
^ Beit Knesset Shalom
^ Chabad of South Australia
^ Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
^ Beit Shalom
^ Hobart Synagogue
^ Kehilat Nitzan Melbourne Conservative (Masorti) Community
^ Adass Israel Congregation
^ Aish Melbourne Australia
^ Rosenthal, Newman, Formula for survival : the saga of the Ballarat Hebrew Congregation, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1979
^ Beit Aharon
^ Blake Street Hebrew Congregation Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ B'nai B'rith House Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Brighton Shule
^ Caulfield Beth Hamedrash
^ Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc
^ Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea
^ Bnei Akiva Melbourne Archived 8 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation
^ "Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
^ The Dianella Shul
^ "Perth Hebrew Congregation". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
^ Temple David
^ Auckland Hebrew Congregation
^ Chabad New Zealand
^ Beth Shalom
^ Waikato Jewish Association
^ Wellington Jewish Community Centre
^ Temple Sinai
^ Canterbury Hebrew Congregation
^ "South Island Chabad". chabad.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ Herd, J. and Griffiths, G.J. (1980) Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3. p.65

[1] Australian synagogue names

[2] The Great Synagogue

[3] ‘’Canberra and Region Jewish Community’’

[4] Southern Sydney Synagogue

[5] "Fire at Synagogue in Sydney is Fourth Arson in Six Weeks". 7 March 1991.

[6] Beit Knesset Shalom

[7] Chabad of South Australia

[8] Adelaide Hebrew Congregation

[9] Beit Shalom

[10] Hobart Synagogue

[11] Kehilat Nitzan Melbourne Conservative (Masorti) Community

[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] Beit Aharon

[16] Blake Street Hebrew Congregation Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[17] B'nai B'rith House Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[18] Brighton Shule

[19] Caulfield Beth Hamedrash

[20] Caulfield Hebrew Congregation Inc

[21] Heichal HaTorah, Ripponlea

[22] Bnei Akiva Melbourne Archived 8 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[23] Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation

[24] "Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue". Archived from the original on 12 October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2009.

[25] The Dianella Shul

[26] "Perth Hebrew Congregation". Archived from the original on 24 September 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

[27] Temple David

[28] Auckland Hebrew Congregation

[29] Chabad New Zealand

[30] Beth Shalom

[31] Waikato Jewish Association

[32] Wellington Jewish Community Centre

[33] Temple Sinai

[34] Canterbury Hebrew Congregation

[35] "South Island Chabad". chabad.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[36] Herd, J. and Griffiths, G.J. (1980) Discovering Dunedin. Dunedin: John McIndoe. ISBN 0-86868-030-3. p.65

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