Australian Jewish Historical Society

Australian Jewish Historical Society Institutional Archives

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Authority Biography/Administrative HistoryFounded in August 1938 by Rabbi Leib Falk, Sydney Glass, Hirsch Munz and Percy Marks, the Society was initially focused on the publication of a journal and operated without an official address. Yet, under the long and dedicated stewardship of the Great Synagogue’s Rabbi Israel Porush the Society flourished, in time expanding to Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. After many years of adding to, storing and preserving its archives at various sites around Sydney, a home was ultimately found at the former Maccabean Hall in Darlinghurst. There, the Society’s assets are available to the public and academics and are used by the Sydney Jewish Museum to source material for displays and publications.

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