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The Perth Hebrew Congregation (or “the PHC” as it’s generally known) is at the heart of the Perth Jewish community.
The PHC is the oldest and largest Shule in Perth – but it is much more than just bricks and mortar. It is a vibrant centre for Jewish communal life. We provide daily services,educational programmes, a day care facility, library, mikveh and a bookshop to name but a few.
“When the violin falls silent music in hiding”
Nov-17 4:00pm SBS Word Movies: The Great Dictator
A Jewish barber loses his memory after a plane crash. Read more
Nov-21 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more
