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Adelaide

Adelaide Hebrew Congregation
13 Flemington Road, Glenside
Mailing address:  PO Box 320, Glenside, South Australia, 5065.

Orthodox synagogue, kosher shop, shiurim, mikvah, chevrah kadisha.
Phone Office: 08- 8338 2922 weekday mornings.

Beth Shalom Synagogue
39-41 Hackney Road, Hackney
Mailing address:  PO Box 47, Stepney,
South Australia,  5069.

Phone (08) 8362 8281 or click here to email


Melbourne
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Australian Asian and New Zealand Union for Progressive Judaism
(this has now been changed to Union for Progressive Judaism - see below)
Ballarat Hebrew Congregation
Cnr Princes and Barclay Streets, Ballarat.
Established in 1853
Phone (03) 5332 1271 (no area code from Melbourne)
Beit Aharon
Mayfield Street, East St Kilda

Parasha for the Perceptive
Wednesdays during school term (9.00-10.00am)
A weekly shiur drawing on a variety of sources ranging from traditional to contemporary.No background necessary – just a keen and open mind.
Casual visitors are also welcome!

Come along and learn with Rabbi Ralph Genende at Debbie Pastor Library
15 Mayfield Street, St Kilda East
Bentleigh Progressive Synagogue
Blake Street Hebrew Congregation
Brighton Hebrew Congregation - phone (03) 9557-1583
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation
Central Shule Chabad
An orthodox community-based Jewish congregation
4 Maple St, Caulfield South 3162

Tel: (03) 9532 9180  Fax: (03) 9532 8736
email central@centralshule.com.au
Chabad
See also Chabad International Candle lighting times
Chabad of Melbourne CBD

Chabad of Melbourne CBD hosts regular lunch time lecture series on various topics.
These cater to groups of young adult business professionals 
working in the heart of Melbourne's city during the lunch hour.

Located at Suite 301
343 Lt Collins Street, Melbourne 3000
Phone:  (03) 9525-9929

All enquiries are welcome to Rabbi Chaim Herzog
Email chaim@chabad.org

Chabad Chai Centre @ Bayside
608 Hawthorn Rd Level 1  East Brighton  Vic  3187

Rabbi Shaul Engel

Tel: 03 9596 7701  
Mobile 0438 2600 55 
Fax 03 9596 7741

East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
The City of Melbourne Synagogue
488 Albert Street, East Melbourne 3002.
Phone: (03) 9662 1372  Fax: (03) 9662 1843
email: office@melbournecitysynagogue.com

Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - 10am to 2pm

President Ben Theedar (03) 9380-2073
Chief Minister Shamir Caplan 0418-440-336
Secretary Elizabeth Morris (03) 9662 1372
Elsternwick Jewish Community
2 Nagle Ave, Elsternwick
Elwood Talmud Torah Congregation
39 Dickens St, Elwood Victoria 3184
Phone (03) 9531 1547
Fax:     9531 6063

Orthodox congregation.
Rabbi:    Rabbi Mordechai Gutnick
Contact: Mr Max Singer

Daily services, both morning and afternoons. 

Email:    elwoodshule@netspace.net.au
 
Hamayan

A small but very warm community that daven with kavanah and always sing new songs and incorporate them into the words of the tfillah (prayer). Located behind Caulfield Shule.  Friday night and Shabbat day services only. Have been running for 4 and a half years.
Check website for updates and details of events and times.

Kedem

Kehillat David Hamelech (Kedem) is an inclusive lay-lead Progressive congregation
which runs services at The King David School, Armadale.

For further information please visit our website or call us on (03) 9513 5049
Kehilat Nitzan    Melbourne's first Conservative (Masorti) Minyan.

B'nai B'rith House, 99 Hotham St.,
East St Kilda
Phone (03) 9576-2255, Mon, Wed, Fri between 9:00am and noon
Click here to view map

Friday night services are held every Friday night at 6.15 p.m.
Shabbat morning services at 9.30am
All enquiries - visitors and new members - are warmly welcome.

Kew Hebrew Congregation
53 Walpole Street Kew 3101
Phone (03) 9853 9243. Fax (03) 9853 1354.
Rabbi Steven Link. Services daily.
Kollel Beth Hatakmud Yehuda Fishman Institute
Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism

Rabbi Jonathan Keren-Black
31-37 Harp Road, East Kew, 3102
Phone (03) 9809 1163
Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
Mizrachi Synagogue
Monash Area Jewish Community
Moorabbin Hebrew Congregation,
960 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin, Vic  
North Eastern Jewish Centre
6 High St Doncaster

Rabbi: Yaakov Glasman
President David Tofler
Shule office (03) 9816-3516  
Ramban Sephardi Congregation - phone (03) 9527-8605
Sasson Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue
Sephardi Association of Victoria
Shira Hadasha
173 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
South Caulfield Hebrew Congregation

Southern Jewish Community Congregation
Phone or email Hon Secretary Gerda Schwarz: 61 3 9578 5637

An independant congregation in Brighton with religious services
conducted in Hebrew and English.
Wedding locations and format of the service are done to the couple's requests.
St Kilda Hebrew Congregation
Temple Beth Israel
Union for Progressive Judaism
Includes links to the Arzi website, Netzer Youth Movement,
The Emanuel School (Sydney), The King David School (Melbourne)
 
Perth

Chabad of Western Australia
396 Alexander Drive, Dianella, 6059 WA Tel: 08 9275 4912
Northern Suburbs Hebrew Congregation
11 Garson Court, Noranda     Tel: 9275 3500    Rev Chaim Davidowitz
Perth Hebrew Congregation
Temple David Congregation
34 Clifton Crescent, Mt Lawley 6050    Tel: 9271 1485   Fax: 9272 2827
   

 

Queensland
BRISBANE
 
  Beit Knesset Shalom Brisbane (Progressive Synagogue)
13 Koolatah St. CAMP HILL
Ph 07-33988843
Email bkshalom@hotmail.com
Brisbane Hebrew Congregation
Phone:(07) 3229 3412
98 Margaret Street BRISBANE QLD 4000
President: John Goldman    Secretary: Mark "Mordi" Gross

Service times:
Friday evening 5.45pm
Shabbat Morning 9.00am

Brisbane Progressive Jewish Congregation
208 Cavendish Road, Coorparoo
Email bpjc@bpjc.org.au
  
GOLD COAST
 
  Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation

Rabbi Nir Gurevitch  0419 392 818
34 Hamilton Avenue SURFERS PARADISE QLD 4217

Secretary: Mrs Belinda Werb
Phone:(07) 5570 1851 or fax (07) 5538 6712

Synagogue Postal Address: PO Box 133, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217

email Shule: gchebrewcong@ausinfo.com.au

President: Mr David Rebibou   0419 652-905

 Surfers Central Synagogue

4 River Terrace            
Surfers Paradise Gold Coast            
phone/fax: 07 5570 6143            
President: Avon Cook 0410 7470 238            
Admin: Barbara Stewart-Kann 0412 377 488            
Admin email: scsynagog@ausinfo.com.au            
Rabbi: Edward Belfer 0413 620 759            
Rabbi email: gcsynagog@ausinfo.com.au
 
Temple Shalom Gold Coast   

(Liberal Jewish Congregation)
25 Via Roma St Isle Of Capri 4217 (07) 5570 1716

Sydney & NSW
Bet Yosef (The Caro Synagogue) Sephardi Minyan
     243 Old South Head Road Bondi NSW 2026
     Services: Monday to Friday 6.15 - Sunday 7.15
     Friday Night - Candle Light Time
     Shabbath Morning: 8.30 - Shabbath Afternoon: 1/2 hour before candle lighting time
     Info: Mordechai Aaron 9363-4306 email info@betyosef.org.au
Central Synagogue

 
Chabad House of the North Shore  
Cremorne Synagogue  
 Dover Heights Shule
Harambam Synagogue Sephardi Minyan
257 Old South Head Road Bondi NSW 2026

Services:
Friday Night - 1/2 hour before candle lighting time
Shabbat Morning: 9.30 -
Shabbat Afternoon: 1 hour before Shabbat gets out

Info:
Rabbi Menahem Dadon 0404 893 770
Mr Yohanan Yoshia 0414 775 529

 Kehillat Masada

Rabbi:  Gad Krebs
President:  Mr Cecil Zinn
k_masada@optusnet.com.au

9-15 Link Road, St Ives, Sydney, NSW 2075

Phone- 02 9988 4417
Fax  - 02 9449 3897

Correspondence
PO Box 291 ST IVES NSW 2075 Australia

Mizrachi Synagogue Bondi   Modern Orthodox congregation in Bondi
 Newtown Synagogue

     20 Georgina Street Newtown
     Tel (02)  9550 1192
North Shore Synagogue
      including the Rev Katz Library

      15 Treatts Road, Lindfield.
      Tel (02) 9416 3710, fax (02) 9416 7659,
      email info@nss.asn.au
North Shore Temple Emanuel
Or Chadash    Modern Orthodox congregation in Bondi
Sephardi Synagogue, 44 Fletcher Street Woollahra
South Head Synagogue

Southern Sydney Synagogue
Cnr. Railway Parade and Noble Street, Allawah.
Contact: Rabbi Yosef Feldman Synagogue telephone number: 9587 5643
Shabbat Services
Friday 6.30pm
Saturday 9.00am
Friendship Club
Wednesday
10am - 2pm
Cheder Sundays
(School Term)
9am - 12 noon

Strathfield and District Hebrew Congregation
    19 Florence Street,Strathfield,2135,
     Phone & Fax   (02) 9642 4803.
     Rabbi Dr. Samuel Tov-Lev
 Sydney Women's Tefila Group
Temple Emanuel

The Great Synagogue

Yeshiva Synagogue  

     36 Flood St, Bondi.
     Tel (02) 9387 3822  Fax (02) 9389 7652  

REGIONAL NSW

  Rainbow Kehilah   Byron Bay

PO Box 1969     Byron Bay NSW 2481
Phone / Fax: (02) 6685 4440
Secretary/Treasurer: Susi Edwards (point of contact for memberships and enquiries)
email: info@rainbowk.org

 The Newcastle Hebrew Congregation
     
122 Tyrell Street, Newcastle.
Services: Every Friday at 6.30pm               
First shabbat of each month morning service at 9.30am
President: Ruth Jacobs     Phone: (02) 4953-9798
Everyone welcome, very welcome!
Read about Newcastle NSW

Tasmania

HOBART

Hobart Hebrew Congregation   
     59 Argyle Street, Hobart
     Orthodox Services:  Phone (03) 62 237 116
     Progressive Services: Phone (03) 6223 7993

Read about Australia's longest standing synagogue

LAUNCESTON

Launceston Hebrew Congregation
      126 John Street, Launceston

Rabbi Y. Gordon:  Phone (03) 9525-9046

Chabad House
     5 Brisbane Street, Launceston
 
 

Canberra

 
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Synagogue links around the world

In London:
Visit the Bevis Marks Synagogue
The oldest Synagogue in London

The Saint Petersburgh Place Synagogue
Bayswater London W 2

Thanks to Michael Allen in London for sending in this link.
In Amsterdam:
Visit the Gerard Dou Synagogue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Built in 1892, it is the the oldest functioning Ashkenazi synagogue in Amsterdam.

Thanks to Irwin Oppenheim in Amsterdam for sending in this link.
We welcome your suggestions for links to interesting synagogues around the world