Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra, NSW Place of Worship, Australian Interior, Images
New Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra
New South Wales Place of Worship Building Development ? design by Lippmann Partnership
23 May 2018
New Emanuel Synagogue
Architects: Lippmann Partnership
Location: Woollahra, NSW, Australia
New Emanuel Synagogue
This place of worship is a progressive architectural statement for a progressive religious community.

Architectural legacy

The Emanuel campus includes a heritage listed Synagogue completed in 1941 which accommodates 1200 worshippers. A second Sanctuary designed by Aaron Bolot was completed in the 1960’s and seats 250. These buildings constitute a significant legacy of Australian modernist architecture.
A progressive & growing community

Since its origin in the twentieth century, the Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney has embraced reform practices within the Jewish tradition. In the twenty first century, Emanuel Synagogue has supported the equal role of women in lay and rabbinic leadership, has worked extensively in areas of social justice, animal rights and environmental protection. Australia’s first same gender religious wedding took place in 2018 on the Emanuel campus.
The congregation embraces religious pluralism offering a variety of different services and streams. It is the fastest growing religious congregation in the southern hemisphere and has grown dramatically to over 3,500 congregants.
A new open sanctuary

In 2011 the Emanu...