Rabbi Raymond Apple A.M., R.F.D., B.A., LL.B., M.Litt - Commonwealth Representative

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Rabbi Raymond Apple has been senior rabbi of the Great Synagogue, Sydney, since December, 1972. Born and educated in Melbourne, he qualified as a rabbi in London and held historic London pulpits at Bayswater and then Hampstead before returning to Australia to assume his present post.

He leads a busy public life. He is a leading spokesman for Judaism in Australia. He is senior rabbi to the Australian Defence Force and judge/registrar of the Sydney Beth Din. He teaches Jewish Studies at Sydney University and Jewish Law at N.S.W. University, and is joint honorary Master of Mandelbaum House at Sydney University. He is a past president of the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia, and of the Australian Jewish Historical Society. He holds office in the Council of Christians and Jews and in many other public bodies, and has had a lifetime of involvement in inter-religious and inter-community dialogue. In freemasonry, he is past grand chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of N.S.W.

His services to the community have been recognised by the award of A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia); the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal; and the Reserve Force Decoration (R.F.D.)

He and his wife Marian have four children (three are married and live in Israel) and 15 grandchildren.

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