Sydney Jewish Museum has been recognised as a world-class display of Jewish culture, an integral part of cultural life in Sydney. Sydney Jewish Museum first opened in 1992.

Sydney Jewish Museum chronicles the story of 16 Jews and their families who arrived in Australia with the First Fleet. Historians know that Great Britain deported some of convicts to the Continent Down Under in 1788, but not many have recognized that 16 of these convicts were Jewish. The Jewish Museum in Sydney simply recounts of their history, with a list of the first convicts and the migrations that followed. It enumerates the names of Jewish transgressors, their guilt and the verdicts. For example: Daniel Davids, sentenced for seven years for stealing a copper pot. Peter Opley, seven years for stealing a woman's gown. Joseph Tuso and Joseph Levy, life sentences for highway assault, and theft of property, respectively.

The Jewish community grew and prospered in Australia, and made significant contributions to advance Australian society, culture and politics.

Museum also documents the Holocaust through exhibits, video presentations, clippings, pictures, narrations, letters and first hand accounts of the Jews.

Try visiting Sydney Jewish Museum on Holocaust Memorial Day. For example the Museum organizes a special exhibit to honor 'The Holocaust in Hungary.' Story says that the Nazis, knowing that their defeat was imminent, occupied Budapest on March 19, 1944 and began mass deportations of Jews to death camps. In three months 600,000 Jews were burned alive in crematoriums.

The Museum also offers guided tours.

Contact Details

Phone: (02) 9360-7999

Fax: (02) 9331-4245

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Website: http://sjm.citysearch.com.au