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Judaism

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Great Synagogue
Jews
Bankstown Synagogue
Bondi Mizrachi synagogue
Emanuel Synagogue
Great Synagogue
Macquarie Street synagogue
Newtown Synagogue
York Street Synagogue
Sydney Jewish Museum
Bramson, Isadore
Cohen, Francis Lyon
Alderman Ernest Samuel Marks, Lord Mayor 1930
Barnett Levey c1826
Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra 2009
Interior Temple Emanuel 1949
Lord Mayor Leo Port welcoming Queen Elizabeth II 1977
Morning service at the Great Synagogue, Falker Library 17 October 1997
Mrs Barnett Levey, c1826
Newtown Synagogue 1982
Rabbi Cohen 1920
Sir Saul Samuel
Synagogue, Sydney c1890
Synagogue, York Street 1870
Synagogue, York Street Sydney c1840-1850
The Great Synagogue July 2008
Helen Bersten on Jewish cemeteries in Sydney 2009
Helen Bersten on Jews in Sydney 2009
Michael Gold, volunteer guide at the Great Synagogue, talks about the history of the building 1990

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Judaism

Great Synagogue

Built to repair the schism that had formed between Sydney's rival synagogues in York and Macquarie streets, the Great Synagogue was the most dramatic building on Elizabeth Street.

Jews

There has been a Jewish community in Sydney since the beginning of European settlement. With the Jewish free settlers who arrived from the 1820s, they built businesses and congregations in Sydney. In the late-nineteenth century, a new group of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe, fleeing pogroms and persecution. Jewish Sydneysiders were active in public life and in business, settling in the eastern and inner western suburbs. The community doubled in size after World War II as immigration increased, and the community developed new educational and cultural organisations as well as a broader range of religious congregations.

Bankstown Synagogue

First suburban synagogue constructed by the Jewish community. The small congregation struggled to keep it open in later years and it was never reopened after the arson attack of 1991.

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Bondi Mizrachi synagogue

Modern Orthodox synagogue in Bondi.

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Emanuel Synagogue

Progressive synagogue founded in 1938.

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Great Synagogue

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Synagogue in Elizabeth Street designed by architect Thomas Rowe and consecrated in 1878. Combining elements of Byzantine and Gothic style, it is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 worshippers.

Macquarie Street synagogue

Synagogue established in a former Baptist church on Macquarie Street after the Sydney congregation split in the 1850s.

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Newtown Synagogue

Orthodox synagogue built for the sizeable Jewish population which had called Newtown home since the 1880s. It was the second suburban Jewish congregation to build its own synagogue in Sydney.

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York Street Synagogue

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Early synagogue built on land close to the present location of Town Hall. It was consecrated in 1844 and in use for 35 years.

Sydney Jewish Museum

Museum which provides information about Judaism's central beliefs and the holocaust and explores Jewish life in Australia since the first fleet.

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Bramson, Isadore

Rabbi at Great Synagogue in early 1900s.

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Cohen, Francis Lyon

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Musician and army chaplain who was chief minister of Sydney's Great Synagogue for nearly thirty years, and active in all facets of Jewish life.

Alderman Ernest Samuel Marks, Lord Mayor 1930

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Contributed By
City of Sydney Archives
[NSCA CRS 54/75]

Barnett Levey c1826

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By
Augustus Earle
Contributed By
Art Gallery of South Australia
[20048P72]

Emanuel Synagogue, Woollahra 2009

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By
Jenny McInerney
Contributed By
Private collection

Interior Temple Emanuel 1949

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Contributed By
National Archives of Australia
[A1200, L11670]

Lord Mayor Leo Port welcoming Queen Elizabeth II 1977

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Contributed By
City of Sydney Archives
[SRC797]

Morning service at the Great Synagogue, Falker Library 17 October 1997

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By
Suzon Fuks
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1216001 / PXE 798, 1]
(Mitchell Library)

Mrs Barnett Levey, c1826

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By
Augustus Earle
Contributed By
Art Gallery of South Australia
[20048P73]
(Gift of Douglas & Barbara Mullins 2004)

Newtown Synagogue 1982

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By
Janet Beard
Contributed By
City of Sydney Archives
[059\059359]
(SRC19200)

Rabbi Cohen 1920

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Contributed By
State Library of South Australia
[PRG280_1_29_315]

Sir Saul Samuel

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a1304016 / PX*D 624, 16]

Synagogue, Sydney c1890

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By
Henry King
Contributed By
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
[85/1285-63]

Synagogue, York Street 1870

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a089099 / SPF/99]

Synagogue, York Street Sydney c1840-1850

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From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a623023 / PX*D 123, 8a]

The Great Synagogue July 2008

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By
BobMeade
Contributed By
Flickr
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeasdaddy/2702733791/]
CC BY-SA 2.0

Helen Bersten on Jewish cemeteries in Sydney 2009

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By
Poppy Stockell
Courtesy:
City of Sydney Council

Helen Bersten on Jews in Sydney 2009

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By
Poppy Stockell
Courtesy:
City of Sydney Council

Michael Gold, volunteer guide at the Great Synagogue, talks about the history of the building 1990

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By
Poppy Stockell
Courtesy:
City of Sydney Council

Religions and Beliefs

Conservative Judaism

Orthodox Judaism

Reform Judaism