Elwood Shule in Elwood, Victoria, Australia | Synagogue

Elwood Shule

Locality: Elwood, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9531 1547

Address: 39 Dickens St. 3184 Elwood, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ElwoodShule.org/

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23.01.2022 Shabbat Shalom from Elwood Shule! Please enjoy our newsletter with Shule news, photos and videos... www.elwoodshule.org/newsl/shabbat-shalom-chayei-sarah-13-11. Pre Shabbat Service 6:45pm live from Shule. In person and online, here on FB live. Shabbat begins 7:50pm Shabbat ends 8:53pm... This week’s Parsha is Chayei Sarah Shabbat Shalom! Enjoy the weekend and the week ahead, in good health! See more

19.01.2022 When I was 7, SS officers burst into our home. They tore the pages out of my grandfather’s Gemarah, ripped his Talit and shredded his Sefer Torah. Later we learned that the synagogue which my grandfather had established had been burned to the ground. I don't think the pain will ever leave me - Eve Kanner Kugler, Kristallnacht Survivor. 82 years ago, November 9, 1938, the Nazis terrorised the Jewish people by desecrating, ransacking and burning synagogues, homes and businesses.... 91 Jews were killed, more than 30,000 Jews were thrown into concentration camps for the crime of simply being Jewish, and the destruction of over 1,400 synagogues began. Kristallnacht - the Night of Broken Glass. The streets were covered with broken glass from Jewish windows. Last night we kept the lights on in our Shule, as did hundreds of other Houses of Worship and Jewish institutions around the world. In the words of Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, The Nazis knew one thing: If you want to hurt the Jew, you have to hurt the synagogue. The heart of the Jewish people is the synagogueon the night of the 9th of November, make them full of lightit shows that we are not only with the past, with remembrance, but with hope for a beautiful light-filled future". Our Shule was established by those who lived through and witnessed these atrocities. They chose to rebuild; their lives, their Yiddishkeit and their communities. They chose to stand up against antisemitism, racism, intolerance, and hatred by shining light over the darkness. This light, of remembrance, courage, determination, hope and Jewish tradition will continue to burn brightly in our Shules, homes and in our heart and soul. Am Yisrael Chai!

04.01.2022 Every year at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Australians pause to remember our fallen soldiers. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning ... We will remember them." Lest we forget.

04.01.2022 We're back and we can accommodate YOU! Join us this Shabbat! Registration required www.elwoodshule.org/events/shabbat-28-nov. (Indoor masks and 1.5m distancing in place)

02.01.2022 Join us tomorrow tonight to honour the memory of Rabbi Lord Sacks ob’m. Info: https://fb.me/e/7EfYJGagJ. Link to join: http://tinyurl.com/rabbilordsacks.

02.01.2022 20 minute power Shiur tonight, 7:50pm | Why are we called the Children of Israel? | In Shule after Maariv and online www.elwoodshule.org/zoom | Join us!

01.01.2022 Chanukah is just two weeks away! Time to get ready! Check out our comprehensive Chanukah resource page for photos, guides, insights, recipes and more! www.elwoodshule.org/chanukah2020.