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Sidney Sinclair
Sidney Sinclair (1915–1999) was an English born, Australian businessman, philanthropist, trade advisor to the Federal Government and prominent member of the Australian Jewish community. A founder of the Parramatta Synagogue, he was its first president and subsequent life member. He joined the Board of the Great Synagogue in 1966 and was president from 1977 to 1980; He was later made a life member of the board and was highly regarded as a congregational elder statesman. From 1993 he was a director of Austcare [http://www.austcare.org.au/ the Australian organisation that cares for refugees worldwide, and vice-chairman by 1995. A past president of the Australian Jewish Welfare Society in NSW (now called Jewish Care) he was senior vice-president and subsequently president of the Federation of Australian Jewish Community Services. A councillor of the NSW Jewish War Memorial and a member of the [[Executive Council of Australian Jewry], he was also a trustee of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery.…
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Sidney Sinclair (1915–1999) was an English born, Australian businessman, philanthropist, trade advisor to the Federal Government and prominent member of the Australian Jewish community. A founder of the Parramatta Synagogue, he was its first president and subsequent life member. He joined the Board of the Great Synagogue in 1966 and was president from 1977 to 1980; He was later made a life member of the board and was highly regarded as a congregational elder statesman. From 1993 he was a director of Austcare [http://www.austcare.org.au/ the Australian organisation that cares for refugees worldwide, and vice-chairman by 1995. A past president of the Australian Jewish Welfare Society in NSW (now called Jewish Care) he was senior vice-president and subsequently president of the Federation of Australian Jewish Community Services. A councillor of the NSW Jewish War Memorial and a member of the [[Executive Council of Australian Jewry], he was also a trustee of the Goulburn Jewish cemetery.…
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