Our community
Or Chadash is currently a lay-led shul and community supported by many volunteers. A roster of talented men and women deliver weekly Divrei Torah, while services and programming are coordinated and led by members of our community.
Each person comes with a different background, and provides a different perspective, to encourage the development of a community that engages and respects a variety of opinions.
Our teachers
Rabba Adina Roth
Rabba Adina Roth is a Jewish educator and psychologist. She ran B’tocham education, a program for b’nei mitzvah before coming to Sydney to become Director of Jewish Life at Emanuel.
She received her rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Maharat in 2024. She loves tanach, Midrash, aggadah and running and yoga.
Ben Ezzes
Benjamin Ezzes (BA/BEd [Hons 1st, Sydney]) is the Assistant Head of Jewish Studies at Moriah War Memorial College. In a communal capacity, he serves as Chair of the Education Committee at the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and as an Education Consultant for the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. He has been teaching high school for eight years and, in his spare time, likes to drink tea.
Ben gives a monthly shiur at Or Chadash, typically (but not exclusively) on Shabbat Mevarachim.
Sarah Charak
Bondi local and lifelong Or Chadash member Sarah Charak is a lawyer and Jewish educator. She has studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Nishmat and Drisha and worked in educational and leadership roles in the Sydney Jewish community including at Bnei Akiva, Limmud Oz and the Sydney Women’s Tefillah Group.
Leadership
President - Daniel Harris
Daniel arrived in Sydney a few of years ago from Mullumbimby on the NSW north coast. In Mullumbimby he was a community leader, and played a fundamental role in building and organising the Northern Rivers Jewish community. He was born in New Zealand and spent time in Melbourne, and was devoted to building Jewish life in both these places.
Daniel works in water policy and strategy for the NSW Government and is passionate about environmental issues. Among his many diverse interests he loves Jewish learning, running and music.
Vice President - Matt Pellow