The Adelaide Hebrew Congregation, established in 1848, opened its first synagogue in Adelaide in 1850.  After 140 years of worship in Synagogue Place in the city, the congregation relocated to a beautiful new purpose-built synagogue at Glenside which can seat 300 people.  The foundation stone of the new synagogue was laid in 1989 and at that time the old synagogue was the longest continuously used synagogue in the southern hemisphere.  The congregation is one of the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Commonwealth and continues the Modern Orthodox traditions. 

The Adelaide Hebrew Congregation Board of Management represents the orthodox Jewish community to government and other organizations and is a member of the Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Australia Ltd and affiliated through the local Jewish Community Council of South Australia Inc to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry.