Adelaide Hebrew Congregation members |
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| Title : | Adelaide Hebrew Congregation members |
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| Date of creation : | 1920 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 145 x 200 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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The early Adelaide Jewish community was relatively small, consisting of less than a thousand persons in the 1890s. However many members were very active politically. Prominent local business families such as the Solomons, Saunders, Judells and Cohens were active members of the Hebrew Congregation. By the 1920s the community had provided Adelaide with four mayors, and South Australian Parliament with seven state politicians.Rabbi Boas (seventh in the front row) took charge of the local congregation in 1870, remaining until his death in 1923. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of a Rabbi. Apart from religion, Rabbi Boas was something of a Shakespearian scholar. |
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| Related names : | Boas, Abraham Tobias, 1842-1923 Cohen family Judell family Saunders family Solomon family Adelaide Hebrew Congregation |
| Coverage year : | 1920 |
| Place : | Adelaide (S. Aust.) |
| Further reading : | Mosler, David. 'Patterns of assimilation: Jews in Seattle and Adelaide from European settlement to the 1990s', Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 25 (1997), pp. 58-79 Munz, Hirsch. Jews in South Australia 1836-1936: an historical outline, Adelaide: Thornquest Press, 1936 Rubinstein, Hilary L. The Jews in Australia: a thematic history, Port Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia, 1991 Rutland, Suzanne D. Edge of the diaspora: two centuries of Jewish settlement in Australia, Rose Bay, N.S.W.: Brandl & Schlesinger, 1997 |
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