Community Connections
New Zealand's Jewish Organisations, Congregations and Resources
Here are some Jewish organisations, resources, centres and congregations that work with the New Zealand Jewish peoples to build community, preserve historical materials and chronicle aspects of Jewish life in New Zealand.
If you are not on this list and think you should be, please contact us hello@jewishlives.nz about including your organisation with an active link to your website.
Congregations and Synagogues
Auckland Hebrew Congregation (AHC) www.ahc.org.nz
Auckland Jewish Immigration www.aji.org.nz
Auckland Stiebel thestiebelnz@gmail.com
Beth Israel Synagogue Communal Centre (AHC) www.ahc.org.nz
Beth Shalom Progressive congregation www.bethshalom.org.nz
Canterbury Hebrew Congregation www.chc.org.nz
Chabad of Canterbury www.chabadnz.org
Dunedin Jewish Congregation dunedinjewish@gmail.com
Nelson Jewish Community www.nelsonjcommunity.co.nz
Northland Jewish Community Marian Barclay, Secretary rossiter@igrin.co.nz
Temple Sinai – The Wellington Progressive Jewish Congregation www.sinai.org.nz
Waikato Jewish Association https://www.waikatojewish.com
Wellington Jewish Community Centre and Hebrew Congregation Beth-El Synagogue www.wjcc.org.nz
Jewish Organisations
Jewish Council of New Zealand https://nzjc.org.nz
Jewish New Zealand haruth.com/jw/JewsNewZealand.html
Embassy of Israel in New Zealand embassies.gov.il
Chabad Houses (Auckland, Dunedin and Christchurch) www.chabadnz.org
B’nai B’rith www.bnaibrith.org.au
Bnei Akiva www.bneiakiva.org.nz
Habonim Dror www.zfnz.org.nz
Zionist Federation of New Zealand www.zfnz.org.nz
Kadimah School www.kadimah.school.nz
Shalom Court Rest Home www.shalomcourt.co.nz
Jewish Cultural Centres/Resources
Jewish Virtual Library (NZ) www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/New_Zealand.html
New Zealand Jewish Archives www.nzjewisharchives.org
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand https://www.holocaustcentre.org.nz/
Holocaust and Anti-Semitism Foundation https://holocaustfoundation.com/home (incorporating Shadows of Shoah www.shadowsofshoah.com)
Websites and information
One Community Chronicle
One Community Chronicle is a free, independent, online publication providing news and information of interest to the New Zealand Jewish community. Alongside the website, which is updated several times a week, there is a weekly update email and a Facebook page.
The One Community Chronicle can be found at 1.org.nz/
J Wire
A daily bulletin of Jewish news from the Anitpodes. www.jwire.com.au