Community Leadership

Roll Call of Rabbis

Make yourself a teacher; acquire a friend; and judge every person favourably.
– Rabbi Yehoshua ben Perachiah, Pirkei Avot 1:6

  • Rabbi Dr Herman Sanger OBE

  • Rabbi Dr John Levi AM PhD

  • Rev Claude Schwarz

  • Rabbi Stuart Lasher

  • Rabbi Brian D Fox

  • Rabbi Dr Tennen

  • Rev Eric Cahn

  • Rabbi John Cooper

  • Rabbi Harold Vallins

  • Rabbi Brian Michelson

  • Rabbi Linda Joseph

  • Rabbi Aviva Kipen

  • Rabbi Gersh Lazarow

  • Rabbi Allison RH Conyer


Roll Call of Presidents 

We must not appoint a leader over the community without first consulting the people.
- Talmud Berakot 55a

  • Joe Abraham - 1953-1955

  • Joe Shilkin - 1955-1957

  • Joe Abraham - 1957-1961

  • Monty Kirkwood - 1961-1967

  • Eric Briskman - 1967-1969

  • Fred Mote - 1969-1972

  • Bob Freidin - 1972-1975

  • Paul Bridgeman - 1975-1978

  • Marc Arippol - 1978-1980

  • Bev Norman - 1980-1983

  • Morrie James - 1983-1985

  • Michael Crawcour - 1985-1987

  • David Bloom - 1987-1990

  • Eva Stupel - 1990-1991

  • Sandra Katz - 1991-1992

  • Monty Kirkwood - 1992

  • Jack Mendelson - 1992-1994

  • Harry Harris - 1994-1997

  • Phillip Coleman - 1997-2000

  • Frank Moore - 2000-2007

  • David Green - 2007-2009

  • Frank Moore - 2009-2015

  • Maureen Barten - 2015-2020

  • Pam Spiegel - 2020-2025

  • Monica Feigin & Kerri Guy - 2025 -