Perth Hebrew Congregation

Synagogue in Perth, Western Australia

Perth Hebrew Congregation

Religion
Affiliation| Judaism
Status| Active
Location
Location| Menora, Perth, Western Australia
Country| Australia

Location in Perth, Western Australia

Geographic coordinates| 31°54′50″S 115°51′54″E﻿ / ﻿31.91377°S 115.8649°E﻿ / -31.91377; 115.8649
Architecture
Date established| 1892; 132 years ago (1892)
Website
www.theperthshule.asn.au

The Perth Hebrew Congregation (often shortened as the PHC) is synagogue located in the Perth, suburb of Menora, Western Australia. Established as an organization in 1892, it is the oldest of three shuls and one temple serving the Jewish community in Perth. The synagogue includes a child care - namely Ruth Landau Harp Early Learning offering education to children aged from 6 weeks to 5 years, educating children on the Jewish calendar of events and Jewish values, with all meals being kosher. The synagogue offers facilities for daily services, educational programmes, PHC also houses a library, a mikveh and a bookshop.[1][2][3][4] In July 2004, the shul was heavily defaced with anti-Semitic vandalism.[5][6]

## Overview[edit]

The first two scrolls in the possession of the Perth Hebrew Congregation were gifts from members of the Montefiore clan.[7]

The synagogue received a grant of A$100,000 as part of the National Community Crime Prevention Programme (NCCPP). The project was to "design and erect a perimeter security fence complete with access controls around the premises of the Perth Synagogue". The rationale was for protection of the premises and population in the event of a potential attack on PHC.[8][9]

## History[edit]

The first Jewish congregation in Western Australia was founded in Fremantle in 1887, when Benjamin Solomon organised the necessary fundraising and construction of the Fremantle Synagogue on the corner of South Terrace and Parry Street.[10] The Reverend Abraham Tobias Boas came to Fremantle from Adelaide to lay the foundation stone of the new building, in 1891.[10] It was opened in 1897, but did not last long as a place of worship because the congregation was absorbed into the Perth Hebrew Congregation in 1907.[citation needed]

For the more orthodox Jewish settlers, the more Anglicized services of the Perth Hebrew Congregation had no appeal. They formed the Perth Jewry Association and built a synagogue known as the Palmerston Shule. Possible conflict between the two congregations was avoided thorough the leadership of Perth Jewry's first minister, Rabbi D. I. Freedman who served in the Perth Hebrew Congregation for 42 years from 1897 up until his death in 1939.[11]

## List of rabbis[edit]

* Rabbi David Isaac Freedman (1897–1939)[12]
* Rabbi Louis Rubin-Zacks (1939–1964)
* Rev Emanuel Fischer (1964–1967)
* Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman (1965–1985)[13][14]
* Rabbi Michael Orelowitz (1985–1986)
* Rabbi David Freilich (1988 - 2018)
* Rabbi Daniel Lieberman (2018–present)[15][16]

## See also[edit]

* Judaism portal

* Carmel School

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Perth Hebrew Congregation". J-Wire. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
2. ^ "Jewgle Perth » Blog Archive » Noranda shul honoured in Federal Parliament". jewgleperth.com. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
3. ^ "Perth". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
4. ^ "Jewish Community of Perth, Australia". Jewishtimesasia.org. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
5. ^ "Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Cleveland Jewish News: Archives". Cleveland Jewish News. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
6. ^ [1][dead link]
7. ^ Ehrlich, Mark Avrum (2009). Encyclopedia of the Jewish diaspora: origins, experiences, and culture, Volume 1. p. 527\. ISBN 9781851098736. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
8. ^ [2] Archived 25 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. ^ a b Silbert, Eric (1999). "Jewish Personalities of Fremantle". Fremantle Studies. 1.
11. ^ James Jupp (October 2001). The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins. Cambridge University Press. p. 529\. ISBN 978-0-521-80789-0.
12. ^ O. B. Tofler. "Freedman, David Isaac (1874–1939)". Biography - David Isaac Freedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
13. ^ "Blog Archive » Shalom Coleman – a rabbinic dynamo". OzTorah. 5 December 1918. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
14. ^ "Shalom Coleman interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording] | National Library of Australia". Catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
15. ^ "The Perth Hebrew Congregation". Theperthshule.asn.au. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
16. ^ "Photoexhibit 16". Judaica.library.usyd.edu.au. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

## Further reading[edit]

* Mossenson, David (2003). The Perth Hebrew Congregation 1892-2002 (hardback). National Library of Australia. ISBN 095959812X.
* Mossenson, David (1990). Hebrew, Israelite, Jew: The History of the Jews of Western Australia. ISBN 9780855643140.
* Berman, Judith E. (2001). Holocaust remembrance in Australian Jewish communities, 1945-2000. ISBN 9781876268596.
* Rutland, Suzanne D. (23 January 2006). The Jews in Australia. ISBN 9781139447164.
* Parliament, Western Australia (1921). Parliamentary Debates - Western Australia. Parliament, Australia. Parliament. Senate, Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives.
* APAIS, Australian Public Affairs Information Service: A Subject Index to ... 1993.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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