North Shore Synagogue

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North Shore Synagogue
(1)North Shore Synagogue Lindfield-1.jpg
Entrance to the synagogue in 2014
Religion
Affiliation Modern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
OwnershipNorthern Sydney Hebrew Congregation
StatusActive
Location
LocationTreatts Road, Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Geographic coordinates 33°46′16″S151°09′55″E / 33.771061°S 151.165267°E / -33.771061; 151.165267
Architecture
Type Synagogue architecture
Date established1947 (1947)(as a congregation)
Completed1950;74 years ago (1950)
Website
www.nss.asn.au

The North Shore Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue located in the Sydney suburb of Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1947, and having built its synagogue in 1950, [1] it is the oldest synagogue on Sydney's North Shore.

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Overview

For thirty years the rabbi at the North Shore Synagogue was Rabbi David Rogut OAM who retired in 2003. The current Rabbi is Rabbi Paul Lewin. North Shore Synagogue also has a Chazan, Zvi Teichtahl who came to the synagogue in 2008. Past Chazans have been Rabbi Binyamin Tanny and Danny Sloman. The North Shore Synagogue contains a Choir, a Book group called "One Chapter at a Time" [2] and a North Shore Jewish Women's group. The current President of the North Shore Synagogue is Ken Wolfsohn. Past presidents include Trevor Collins, Ken Wolfsohn, Sarah Zukerman, Calvin Stein and David Blitz. On Friday nights, Saturdays and religious festivals the synagogue conducts a children's service which is led by various youth over the age of fourteen.

The synagogue houses the Reverend Katz Library that has more than 5000 books available for the community to use. [3]

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References

  1. "History". The North Shore Synagogue. 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. "One Chapter at a time". North Shore Synagogue. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. "Library". North Shore Synagogue. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

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