About Us AJHS (Vic) is a group of people with an interest in the fascinating story of Australian Jewish history. Several times a year we conduct a meeting, open to non-members, where a speaker, or occasionally a panel of speakers, discuss an issue in Australian Jewish history. We take pride in carefully selecting interesting speakers of genuine interest and enthusiasm. In conjunction with our sister society, AJHS [NSW] we produce a most professional Journal, members receiving two issues ("Parts") per year. Here are the covers of recent issues:


The covers of recent Journal issues ("Parts").
We are also concerned to preserve historical documents, as well as protecting the heritage of the Australian Jewish Community.

A Basic Description

The Australian Jewish Historical Society comprises

and in addition there are representatives in Queensland, and in the United Kingdom.

The Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society was first published in 1939. An issue of the journal was first published by a Victorian committee in 1988, and subsequently every second issue has been published by AJHS (vic) Inc. The current arrangement is that an AJHS (Vic) produces an issue ("Part") in November, or thereabouts, while New South Wales produces the June issue. Financial members of AJHS (Vic) receive both issues of the Journal.

AJHS (Vic) stages several meetings each year, which are usually held at the Melbourne Jewish Museum at 8pm on a Thursday. We have extensive archives, collected over many years. Much of the archival material is placed on long-term loan with the State Library of Victoria. Some is stored within the Melbourne Jewish Museum. Fuller details of these holdings and their access can be found on the Archives Page of this website, www.arc.ajhs.info.
AJHS (Vic) also holds a research library, available to members and researchers at the Melbourne Jewish Museum. You can browse the titles of books in this collection by downloading the contents as an Excel file