Comments on: Call to preserve Broken Hill’s synagogue and mosque https://www.jwire.com.au/call-to-preserve-broken-hills-synagogue-and-mosque/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:50:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Gary Luke https://www.jwire.com.au/call-to-preserve-broken-hills-synagogue-and-mosque/#comment-217761 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 00:50:30 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=72369#comment-217761 Broken Hill has the distinction of being the only place in regional NSW with both a Synagogue and a Mosque respected by listing on the State Heritage inventory.
environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5045498
environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?id=5051563

No organisation in the Jewish community undertakes care of the Jewish heritage sites which have been acknowledged for their significance by the Office of Environment & Heritage at Broken Hill, Maitland and Goulburn.

]]> By: Toby Hammerman https://www.jwire.com.au/call-to-preserve-broken-hills-synagogue-and-mosque/#comment-217526 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 01:13:12 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=72369#comment-217526 I agree the building should be preseved.
There is a plaque on the building that states my Great grandfather Rev Abraham Tobias Boas of Adelaide, officiated at the opening ceremony.

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