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| Adelaide Hebrew Congregation | |
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 Adelaide Hebrew Congregation on Grote Street, during renovations, 2024 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Grote Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Completed | 1850 (first synagogue) 1870 (second synagogue) 1990 (Glenside) |
| Website | |
| adelaidehebrew | |
The Adealaide Hebrew Congregation is a Modern Orthodox synagogue and congregation in Adelaide, in South Australia. The congregation was first established in 1848, and the synagogue was completed in 1850. A larger synagogue building was constructed in 1870 in the CBD. In 1990, the congregation relocated to a new purpose-built synagogue in Glenside, where it shared a campus with the Jewish Day School, Massada College. The school closed in 2011 and the synagogue has since returned to a new location on Grote Street in the CBD.
History
Emanuel Solomon and John Lazar were among the founders of the congregation. The congregation's first building, completed in 1850, was built in the Egyptian Revival style. Judah Moss Solomon, Mayor of Adelaide, was the congregation's first president. Subsequent presidents included Adelaide mayor, Lewis Cohen. In 1988, the congregation's president, Arnold Erlanger announced plans for the congregation to relocate from Rundle Street in the CBD: "...the present synagogue can no longer meet the needs of our dynamic and expanding community. The building is old and in desperate need of repair. Erlanger also said that a new site should include Massada College. The congregation purchased 1.2 hectares of land adjacent to the Glenside Hospital from the Government of South Australia for $1.1 million and with an estimated cost of $3.2 million for the project. The new synagogue was designed to accommodate 400 worshippers, more than the 275 of the Rundle Street location. An increasing Jewish population driven by Jewish emigration from South Africa and the Soviet Union were also factors in the decision. In 1990, the synagogue was daubed with anti-semitic graffiti following the arrest of Ivan Polyukhovich in Adelaide. The new campus, encompassing the AHC and Massada College was officially opened by Bill Hayden, governor-general of Australia on 22 July 1990. The campus which came to a total cost of $5 million was named the Nathan and Miriam Solomon Centre after the parents of the main benefactor, Myer Solomon. An office was also opened on site to handle work for United Israel Appeal, Women's International Zionist Organization and State Zionist Council and Habonim Dror.
In 2023, it was announced that the Congregation had purchased a new home on Grote Street, in Adelaide's CBD. This came after failed efforts to colocate with the city's Progressive Jewish synagogue, Beit Shalom. The decision to leave Glenside was made as that building was designed to meet the needs of a larger congregation at the time. The property the congregation purchased was built in 1915 as a Seventh-day Adventist Mission Hall and subsequently housed the Federated Liquor and Allied Industries Employees' Union of Australia and then a performing arts venue.
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AHC synagogue building from 1870 to 1990, Synagogue Place, off Rundle Street, pictured in 2024
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AHC synagogue building from 1870 to 1990, Synagogue Place, off Rundle Street, pictured in 2024
See also
- Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre
- History of the Jews in Australia
- List of synagogues in Australia
References
- ^ Synagogue returning to CBD The Australian Jewish News. 19 July 2023
- Adelaide Hebrew Congregation Adelaide Hebrew Congregation. Retrieved on 16 December 2024
- South Australia’s only Jewish school to close The Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 4 July 2011
- THE LATE MR. JOHN LAZAR. West Coast Times, Issue 3184, 11 June 1879. Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- Richards, Eric (1976). "Solomon, Emanuel (1800–1873)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- Humbert, Jean-Marcel and Price, Clifford, eds., Imhotep Today: Egyptianizing Architecture, UCL Prewss, 2003, pp. 167 ff.
- History Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Adelaide Hebrew Congregation. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- "Death of Sir Lewis Cohen". The Advertiser. 26 June 1933. p. 15. Retrieved 30 August 2012 – via Trove.
- New location for synagogue in Adelaide? The Australian Jewish Times. 25 March 1988
- ^ Adelaide Shule to relocate The Australian Jewish News. 3 June 1988
- Adelaide hit wit graffiti The Australian Jewish Times. 9 March 1990
- Hayden to open Adelaide synagogue The Australian Jewish News. 22 June 1990
- Adelaide opening The Australian Jewish News. 20 July 1990
- New Adelaide shule complex opened by Governor-General The Australian Jewish News. 27 July 1990
- Union Hall: a new performing arts venue with a rich history INDAILY. 17 December 2018
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