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List of Oceanian Jews

The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (c. 120,000) live in Australia, with a small population (c. 5,000) in New Zealand. Most are Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European background, with many being survivors of the Holocaust arriving during and after World War II. More recently, a significant number of Jews have arrived from South Africa and Russia. The official number of people who practiced Judaism in the 2001 census was only 83,459 but this number is expected to be much higher, as it did not count those overseas (ie. dual Australian-Israeli nationals) or many non-practicing Jews who prefer not to disclose religion in the census are more common. The vast majority of Australia's Jews live in inner suburbs of Melbourne (particularly St Kilda, Elwood, Elsternwick, Caulfield and Toorak) and Sydney (Bondi, Dover Heights, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, St Ives and Hunters Hill) with smaller populations in Perth and the Gold Coast. In New Zealand, most Jews live in Auckland and Wellington with smaller populations in Dunedin and Christchurch. Dunedin Synagogue has possibly the world's southernmost Jewish congregation .

The following is a list of prominent Oceanian Jews, arranged by country of origin.

Australia

Academic figures

Business figures

Cultural figures

Political figures

Religious figures

  • Rabbi Dr Joseph Abrahams, senior minister Melbourne Hebrew Congregation throughout the latter third of the 19th Century and first third of the 20th Century.
  • Rabbi Dr. Raymond Apple, emeritus senior rabbi of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, Senior Rabbi to the Australian Defence Force, Registrar of the Sydney Beth Din, author of OzTorah.com, and the leading spokesperson for Jews and Judaism in Australia from 1972-2005.
  • Rev. Elias Blaubaum, minister of Melbourne's St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation for nearly 40 years.
  • Rev. A. T. Boas, long-standing minister of the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation in the latter part of the 19th Century and early part of the 20th Century.
  • Rabbi Rudolph (Ruddy) Brasch, senior reform Jewish rabbi in Sydney for over 30 years, a well known author and broadcaster.
  • Rabbi Frances Cohen, long standing senior minister at Sydney's Great Synagogue throughout the first third of the 20th Century.
  • Rabbi Jacob Danglow, senior minister at Melbourne's St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation for over 50 years, Chaplian to the Australian Defence Force during WWI and WWII, etc.
  • Rev. Alexander Davis, senior minister at Sydney's Great Synagogue for over 40 years in the latter part of the 19th Century.
  • Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, Rabbi of the Yeshiva Centre.
  • Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, director of many Chabad operations in Victoria.
  • Rabbi Chaim Gutnick, formerly rabbi of Elsternwick Synagogue for many years and president of the Rabbinical Council of Victoria.
  • Rabbi John Levi, senior reform Jewish rabbi in Melbourne throughout the latter third of the 20th Century and early 21st Century, Chaiplain to the Australian Defence Force.
  • Rabbi Ronald Lubofsky, senior minister at Melbourne's St. Kilda Hebrew Congregation for nearly 40 years.
  • Rabbi Fred Morgan, senior minister at Melbourne's Temple Beth Israel.
  • Rabbi Israel Porush, senior minister at Sydney's Great Synagogue for nearly 40 years.
  • Mr Abraham Rabinovitch, philanthropist and founder of Sydney's main Orthodox Jewish educational institutions.
  • Rabbi Dr Herman Sanger, senior reform Jewish rabbi in Melbourne for over 40 years.

Sports figures

  • Michael Klinger, cricketer. Also an ex collegian at Mount Scopus Memorial College.
  • Albert Rosenfeld, rugby league player
  • Brent Harvey, champion AFL footbaler
  • Lionel Van Praag, speedway champion
  • Riley Toms, racketball champion of NSW
  • Peter Fuzes, soccer goalkeeper for Hakoah and Australia, Maccabi Hall of Fame 2003. Played 1st grade 1964 till 1976; International career From 1966 to 1972, against Scotland 1967, Greece 1969, Israel 1969 & 1972. Played against various European club sides including AS ROMA 1966, Manchester United at the time of Bobby Charlton & Dennis Law.
  • Todd Goldstein, Australian rules footballer
  • David Zalcberg Australian Jewish Olympic Table Tennis Player. Also an ex collegian at Mount Scopus Memorial College.
  • John Stark, Butterfly 200 metres swimmer. Tokyo Olympics 1964, National 200 m. champion, Maccabian gold medallist 1965. Maccabi Hall of fame inducted 1999.

French Polynesia

New Zealand

Business figures

Cultural figures

Political figures

Other city mayors include:

Other figures

See also

External links

References

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