| 1931-36 | The Illawarra Jewish Association was formed. |
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| 1943 | Illawarra Hebrew Congregation was formed – Services held at Masonic Hall and the Kogarah School of Arts. |
| 1953 | Bought property at 5 Andover St Carlton. Mr David Schloss was appointed Reader-cum-Cheder teacher. |
| 1960 | Purchased property at the corner of Railway Parade & Illawarra St, Allawah. |
| 1966 | Name changed to Illawarra Synagogue. |
| 1967 | Reverend Gerald Blaivas became the first minister until 1987. |
| 1978 | Purchased our present property (502 Railway Parade, Allawah). |
| March 1981 | Illawarra Synagogue was consecrated by Mr Sydney D Einfeld. |
| Nov 1987 | Reverend Stewart Myers became our second Spiritual Leader until 1991. |
| 1989 | Triple ‘S’ Friendship Club formed. |
| March 1991 | An arson attack badly damaged the synagogue. |
| July 1991 | Synagogue re-consecrated. |
| Feb 1993 | Rabbi Yosef Feldman became as our third Minister until June 2015. |
| 1998 | Name changed to Southern Sydney Synagogue. |
| 2000 | Merged with Bankstown Synagogue. |
| 2013 | Celebrated 70 years of our synagogue. |
| Aug 2015 | Tzuriel Avila became our fourth minister until April 2021. |
| Oct 2023 | Celebrated 80 years of our Synagogue. |
| Nov 2023 | Rabbi Yitzchak Manis (Mani) Holzman became our fifth Minister. |
