List of Oceanian Jews

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The vast majority of Jews in Oceania (estimation 120,000) live in Australia, with a population of about 7,000 in New Zealand (6867,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> according to the 2013 NZ Census). Most are Ashkenazi Jews, 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, Israel, the United Kingdom and Russia. The official number of people who practised Judaism in the 2001 census was only 121,459 but this number is expected to be much higher, as it did not count those overseas (i.e. dual Australian-Israeli nationals) or many non-practicing Jews who prefer not to disclose religion in the census are more common. Since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia's Jewish population has hovered around 0.5% of the total counted.

The vast majority of Australia's Jews live in inner suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney with smaller populations, in numerical order, in Perth, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Adelaide. Currently, there are also recognised communities in Ballarat, Bendigo/Castlemaine, Canberra, Geelong, Gosford, Hobart, Launceston and Newcastle.

In Melbourne, the Jewish population centre is Caulfield where there are streets with nearly a 100% Jewish population; the main areas of settlement spread out from Caulfield in two arcs: south through St Kilda, Elwood, Elsternwick, Brighton, Moorabbin and right down to Frankston; east through Toorak, Malvern, Hawthorn, Kew, Balwyn to Doncaster. In Sydney the major areas of Jewish settlement are in the east and on the North Shore, in particular the suburbs of Bondi, Dover Heights, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, St Ives and Hunters Hill.

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.<ref>Jews in New Zealand</ref>

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

Australia

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Business figures

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Cultural figures

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Jack Levi
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Olivia Newton-John
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Simon Tedeschi

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Political figures

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Sir Isaac Isaacs
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Nicola Roxon

National figures

Local body politicians

Religious figures

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Rabbi Dr Raymond Apple

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  • Rabbi Ralph Genende, rabbi at Caulfield, and prominent in interfaith dialogue<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rabbi Lazarus Goldman, rabbi at Toorak Road synagogue, author and historian, died on the bimah in 1960 whilst conducting a Kol Nidre service in Adelaide<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rabbi John Levi, first Australian-born rabbi, prominent Progressive rabbi, teacher and historian<ref name="Eliot Baskin 2005">Eliot Baskin, Werner Graff, Malcolm Turnbull, A Time to Keep:The story of Temple Beth Israel 1930 to 2005, 2005, Hybrid Publishers, Melbourne.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Joseph Marcus, convict who trained as a rabbi and is reputed to have conducted the first Jewish services in Sydney
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  • Rev Joseph Myers, minister in Brisbane for 43 years<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Mrs Ada Phillips, founder of Australia's first permanent Progressive congregation in Melbourne<ref name="Eliot Baskin 2005"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rabbi Israel Porush, prominent and long-serving Sydney rabbi<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Mr Abraham Rabinovitch, philanthropist and founder of Sydney's main Orthodox Jewish educational institutions
  • Rev Moses Rintel, first minister of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, and later of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation
  • Rabbi Louis Rubin-Zacks, rabbi in Perth for 25 years
  • Rabbi Dr Herman Sanger, important Melbourne progressive rabbi, responsible for the spread of progressive Judaism to other parts of Australia<ref>John Levi, My Dear Friends, 2009, Australian Jewish Historical Society, Melbourne.</ref><ref name="Eliot Baskin 2005"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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Sports figures

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Michael Klinger
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Steven Solomon

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Other figures

Fiji

French Polynesia

Guam

New Zealand

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Bendix Hallenstein
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Taika Waititi
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Sir Julius Vogel
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Jo Aleh
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Nathan Cohen

Business figures

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Cultural figures

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Political figures

National figures

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Local body politicians

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    • Christchurch: Charles Louisson (1888–1889, 1898–1899)<ref>Goldman, L. M. (1958). "Chapter XX – Jews in Industry and Commerce". The History of the Jews in New Zealand. Wellington: Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd. p. 147.</ref>
    • Invercargill: Abraham Wachner (1942–1950), Eve Poole (1983–1992)<ref name="Sinai">Temple Sinai Template:Webarchive, NZ Jewish archives.</ref>
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Religious figures

  • Rabbi Herman van Staveren (1849–1930), rabbi of the Wellington Hebrew Congregation and senior NZ rabbi, 1877–1930<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rabbi Samuel Goldstein (1852–1935), rabbi of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation for 54 years, 1880–1934<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Rabbi Alexander Astor (1900–1988), rabbi of the Auckland Hebrew Congregation, 1934–71<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Sports figures

Other figures

Palau

Samoa

See also

References

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