North Shore Synagogue

The North Shore Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1947, and having built its synagogue in 1950,[1] it is the oldest synagogue on Sydney's North Shore.

North Shore Synagogue
North Shore Synagogue, Lindfield New South Wales
Religion
Affiliation	Modern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Active
Ownership	Northern Sydney Hebrew Congregation
Location
Location	Treatts Road, Lindfield, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Location in greater metropolitan Sydney
Geographic coordinates	33°46′16″S 151°09′55″E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Date established	1947
Completed	1950
Website
www.nss.asn.au

Overview

For thirty years the rabbi at the North Shore Synagogue was Rabbi David Rogut OAM who retired in 2003. The current Rabbi is Rabbi Paul Lewin. North Shore Synagogue also has a Chazan, Zvi Teichtahl who came to the synagogue in 2008. Past Chazans have been Rabbi Binyamin Tanny and Danny Sloman. The North Shore Synagogue contains a Choir and a Ladies Guild. The current President of the North Shore Synagogue is Trevor Collins. Past presidents include Ken Wolfsohn, Sarah Zukerman, Calvin Stein and David Blitz. On Friday nights, Saturdays and religious festivals the synagogue conducts a children's service which is led by various youth over the age of fourteen.

The North Shore Synagogue runs a madrichim program on Tuesday evenings known as the 'Jewth Group'. They run activities on all the major festivals and hold children services on Friday evenings.

See also

• History of the Jews in Australia
• List of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand

References

1. "History". The North Shore Synagogue. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

External links

Media related to North Shore Synagogue, Lindfield at Wikimedia Commons