Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (09:48): I would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate the Sassoon Yehuda Sephardi Synagogue on their 60th anniversary. We went on Sunday afternoon to the synagogue to celebrate the 60 years of the association and their synagogue. The Sephardi Middle Eastern Jews, who come from a range of places across the Middle East – from Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Morocco – unlike most of Melbourne’s Jewish community, who are Ashkenazi, have their own unique customs and traditions, and it was great to be in the synagogue listening to the sounds and flavours of the Middle East and observing the particular customs of the Sephardic Jewish community. The Labor government have been pleased to support the synagogue with some upgrade works and also the establishment of the first museum of Sephardic Jewish history, and we congratulate everyone in the synagogue on their 60th anniversary.