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The Great Synagogue
September 5, 2021, 3:00 pm
A second chance lets us restart our lives
Like a lot of things in life, Rosh Hashanah and the High Holy Days are about second chances and doing better.
By Rabbi Benjamin Elton
The Great Synagogue president David Lewis, chief minister Rabbi Benjamin Elton and Australian actor and director, Rachel Griffiths with the portrait of Rabbi Porush. Photo: Mint Pictures.
July 2, 2021, 1:34 pm
The face that stops a nation
New ABC series, Finding the Archibald, takes audiences behind the Archibald Prize, to celebrate its centenary.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Vladimir Fanshil will offer insights into masterpieces by Bach and Mendelssohn at The Great Synagogue on March 11.
March 4, 2021, 4:23 pm
‘A seed to a forest’
On Thursday, March 11, works by Bach and Mendelssohn will be performed at The Great Synagogue by violinist Ben Adler and his quartet, with commentary by conductor Vladimir Fanshil.
By Sophie Deutsch
Outgoing president Justice Stephen Rothman congratulates incoming president David Lewis at The Great Synagogue’s AGM.
October 6, 2020, 10:00 am
Changeover at The Great Synagogue
Sydney's David Lewis has been appointed president of The Great Synagogue, replacing Justice Stephen Rothman.
By Sophie Deutsch
Justice Stephen Rothman speaking at The Great Synagogue.
January 29, 2020, 7:00 am
A ‘Great’ start to the law year
Justice Stephen Rothman is encouraging more members of the community – both within the legal profession and outside it – to attend The Great Synagogue’s law service this year.
By Gareth Narunsky
Rabbi Benjamin Elton, pictured at his inauguration in 2015, hosted a Shabbat dinner for the LGBT+ community at The Great Synagogue. Photo: Giselle Haber Photography
March 15, 2019, 9:00 am
Bridging the Orthodox-LGBT+ divide
We have reached a stage in which almost everyone can and wants to be gracious towards each other. In that context there should not be tension, animosity or judgement.
Photo: Fermate/Dreamstime.com
January 3, 2019, 12:01 am
Rabbinate reform urged
IT has been revealed that Sydney’s Orthodox rabbis were told they were prohibited from attending the communal funeral service of former NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) Jeremy Spinak, who died at the age of 36 last year, because it was being held at “a Reform Temple” .
New NSW Labor leader Michael Daley (left) with Ron Hoenig MP at Maroubra Synagogue.
November 15, 2018, 12:01 am
Community congratulates Daley
THE NSW Jewish Board of Deputies (JBOD) has congratulated state Opposition Leader Michael Daley on his new role.
By Gareth Narunsky
Premier Gladys Berejiklian greets Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku at this year’s Kristallnacht commemoration. Photo: Giselle Haber
November 15, 2018, 12:01 am
‘What unchecked hatred can breed’
Remaining vigilant against a concerning backdrop of rising antisemitism, most noticeably in the wake of the recent attack in Pittsburgh, was a pertinent message highlighted at last week's 80th commemoration for Kristallnacht held at the Great Synagogue.
Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton (Modern Orthodox) and Rabbi Jeffrey Kamins (Masorti) came together to honour the victims and their families. Photo: Wendy Bookatz
November 8, 2018, 12:01 am
Religious streams unite for Pittsburgh
SYDNEY's Jewish community put religious differences aside at a pluralistic vigil for the victims and survivors of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre last Wednesday night.
By Gareth Narunsky
Tuvia Kastel reciting tehilim at Chabad North Shore. Photo: Noel Kessel
November 1, 2018, 12:01 am
Sydney shules show solidarity
AS Pittsburgh faces its darkest days following the worst antisemitic attack in American history, Jewish communities around Australia are paying heartfelt tributes to the victims, their loved ones and the broader Pittsburgh community.
From left: Author Kerri Sackville, Gennarocity Abroad founder Genna Radnan and the Great Synagogue's vice-president Caroline Lewis. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
July 12, 2018, 12:00 am
Women of Worth weekend set to inspire Sydney
More than 20 inspiring Australian Jewish women from all walks of life will headline the inaugural Women of Worth (WOW) festival's 14 sessions on July 28 and 29 as part of The Great Synagogue's 140th anniversary celebrations.
By Shane Desiatnik
ICJW delegates in the entrance of The Great Synagogue. Photo: Wendy Bookatz
June 13, 2018, 2:24 pm
Worldwide women gather in OZ
REPRESENTING 16 different countries and five Australian states, passionate female Jewish leaders gathered at the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) Quadrennial Convention in Sydney last week, at which the organisation's first Australian president, Robyn Lenn, completed her four-year term of presidency.
From left: Sydney brothers Geoff Solomon, Adrian Paul and John Shrimski and a photograph of their ancestor Mordecai Solomon.
May 16, 2018, 11:58 am
Solomon family parties like it’s 1818
About 80 members of an unbroken Jewish family chain of up to seven generations met in Sydney late last month for a four-day celebration marking 200 years since their common ancestor, Mordecai Solomon, arrived in Sydney as a young, illiterate British free settler.
By Shane Desiatnik
Gabrielle Upton.
April 18, 2018, 4:18 pm
Moriah and Great mentioned in parliament
TWO of the Sydney Jewish community’s oldest institutions were given special mention in the New South Wales parliament last month.
By Gareth Narunsky
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