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Sanctuary of Sydney’s Great Synagogue rededicated after 148 years

Rob Klein — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:27:53 +0000

Sydney’s Great Synagogue has rededicated its sanctuary in a ceremony led by the Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, marking the completion of a major restoration of one of Australia’s most significant Jewish heritage buildings. Yesterday evening’s ceremony marked the culmination of the synagogue’s most significant restoration since the 1907 alterations. The […]

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The Great not advised it was a target

AAP — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:46:22 +0000

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue’s chief minister, Rabbi Benjamin Elton, said authorities never informed him the synagogue was a potential target and he only learned of the development through the media. The discovery of an explosive-laden caravan with a list of possible Jewish targets has put communities further on edge amid rampant antisemitic attacks. Jewish leaders […]

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The Voice: Albanese addresses faith leaders

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:46:49 +0000

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the Faith Leaders Roundtable in Glebe on the upcoming The Voice referendum. The Jewish community was represented by the co-CEO of The Executive Council of Australian Jewry Peter Wertheim and The Great Synagogue’s Chief Minister Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton. They joined leaders from the Islamic community, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, […]

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Rabbinical heads meet the Premier

J-Wire photo story — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:49:00 +0000

NSW Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig has introduced two leading members of Sydney’s rabbinical community to Premier Chris Minns.

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Gallipoli, Warsaw and Jerusalem and the Arc of Jewish History

Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 23:57:33 +0000

We are currently in the midst of four important days in our modern history as Jews and as Australians. We have just observed Yom HaShoah. It is the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which took place exactly eighty years ago. Next comes ANZAC day, when we honour the memory of all those who have […]

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Service to mark the beginning of the Law Term

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 04:21:08 +0000

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has host once again the Jewish service to mark the start of the Law Term. Present were the Chief Justice, Attorney General, judges, barristers and solicitors, Jewish communal and other faith leaders, parliamentarians and councillors and other members of the community. David Lewis, President of The Great Synagogue welcomed the congregation […]

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Henry Greener chats with Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton

Henry Greener-The Shtick — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:28:00 +0000

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue’s Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton is a prominent example of the new breed of young rabbis who have put a modern slant on Orthodox Judaism. Born and bred in Manchester UK, he has an MA from Cambridge, PhD from the Uni. of London, worked for the Ministry of Justice in London for […]

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A first Rosh Hashanah

Henry Benjamin — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 03:41:38 +0000

Sydney's Great Synagogue's new Chief Minister Rabbi Dr Ben Elton was inducted less than a week before Rosh Hashanah...he tells J-Wire of his first Rosh Hashanah in Sydney.

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