The Great’s Bat Mitzvah program spreads its wings

The Great Synagogue is offering its  Embracing Bat Mitzvah: Sisterhood and Tradition program to non-members and women across the wider Sydney Jewish community. Read more

A Bat Mitzvah at 99

There’s a new initiative at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue, ’12 Over 12’ – a program devised for 12 women over the age of 12 to finally celebrate a Bat Mitzvah. Read more

Eight Seasons – at the Great Synagogue: a music review by Shirley Politzer

Vladimir Fanshil, conductor, pianist and founder of Live at Yours, promised us “an immersive musical experience in the architectural marvel that is the Great Synagogue” and that’s exactly what we got on Tuesday night for the “Eight Seasons” concert. Read more

Diverse religious Australians make moral case for the voice referendum

The Voice Referendum “Week of Action” has launched Statements from the Soul, a collection of passionate essays by Australians of diverse religions, making the moral case for Indigenous constitutional recognition through a Voice. Read more

Service to mark the beginning of the Law Term

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue has host once again the Jewish service to mark the start of the Law Term. Read more

Women of Worth

Brainchild of Vice-President, Caroline Lewis, the forthcoming WOW (Women of Worth) Weekend to be held at Sydney’s The Great Synagogue next month promises to be a must-do event for Jewish women from all walks of life. Read more

Portrait exhibition at The Great

Sydney’s The Great Synagogue will present thirty selected highlights from the collection of historical and contemporary portrait paintings from its AM Rosenblum Museum. Read more

American position for Jerusalem-based ex-Sydney rabbi

Australian-born Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple has been elected president of the Israel Region-Rabbinical Council of America. Read more

Law service at The Great

Over 200 members of the NSW Judiciary, the Bar, legal profession and members of The Great Synagogue marked the beginning of Law Term 2015 with a Service attended by the Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Margaret Beazley and the Attorney General, Brad Hazzard. Read more

Chanukah 2014

Chanukah celebrations… Read more

The Great Synagogue features in Sydney Open

The Great Synagogue was one of 54 buildings was one of 54 buildings accessible to the public through the Sydney Open program.

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