It is shameful that an old and established community like Sydney does not have a similar resource centre. All it has is a few libraries at its various shuls and temples, as well as a Holocaust-oriented library at the Sydney Jewish Museum. There is no community centre with books across all subject areas relating to the Jewish experience, as well as multimedia.

Perhaps the JCA should consider a Jewish resource centre/library as a priority in the light of Melbourne’s achievements. Maybe Sydney needs a donor like Dr Lamm who sees the importance in such a venture.