North Shore Synagogue

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 (1947)
Completed	1950 (1950)
Website
www.nss.asn.au

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, it is the oldest synagogue on Sydney's North Shore.

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, a Book group called "One Chapter at a Time" and a North Shore Jewish Women's group. The current President of the North Shore Synagogue is Ken Wolfsohn. Past presidents include Trevor Collins, 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 synagogue houses the Reverend Katz Library that has more than 5000 books available for the community to use.

See also

• History of the Jews in Australia
• List of synagogues in Australia and New Zealand
• The North Shore Synagogue website https://nss.asn.au

External links

Media related to North Shore Synagogue, Lindfield at Wikimedia Commons