Sydney Olympics Jewish Organising Committee (SOJOC)

Hakoah Club Drop-in Centre

HAKOAH is Sydney’s Jewish Home to the World!

Sydney’s Jewish community has a ‘home away from home’ during the Olympics – and visitors aplenty will make it a truly international festival!

The Hakoah Club, social and cultural centre of Sydney’s vibrant Jewish community has opened its doors to the Jewish world with a hospitality program and facilities to delight even the biggest krechtser!

Situated at spectacular Bondi Beach, in the heart of the Jewish community, right on public transport and close to many Olympic events (including beach volleyball, marathon, football and road cycling) the club has flung open its doors with the loudest combination of "Shalom!" and "G’day!" the community Down Under can muster.

Locals will rub shoulders with visiting sports fans, tourists and athletes as the club offers the excitement of the complete Olympic experience with all the comforts of its one-stop social hub… twenty-four hours a day!

Featuring:

Visitors information desk and resource centre staffed by B'nai B'rith volunteers
Free internet access for all visitors
Huge video screens carrying live Olympic coverage
Family restaurant and supper club with free nightly entertainment – comedy cabaret, klezmer, dancing!
Jaffa’s Kosher restaurant
Maccabi Bar
Jewish Sporting Greats Exhibition – in partnership with B’nai B’rith.
Swimming Pool, Health and Fitness Club
Bridge Club
Latest technology slot machines and keno

But wait, there’s more!

The Club will also host the official team reception for Israeli athletes on Tuesday September 26 , featuring a performance by the acclaimed Sydney Jewish Choral Society. A huge, celebratory Jewish Young Adults (kosher) Shabbat Dinner on Friday night 22 September will bring together – literally - a world of young people. Called "Shabbat Shalom Sydney 2000" – it’s the project the young adult Network and all 20-35-ers are welcome! The Sydney Jewish community is ready to welcome the world. With its own IOC-affiliated official Olympic Organising Committee (SOJOC) bringing together communal organisations from across the spectrum – synagogues, temples, sporting, cultural and other groups – and staffed by an army of volunteers, it promises visitors an unforgettable experience!

For more information visit www.hakoah.com.au and its links

Email: myclub@hakoah.com.au Phone 9130 3344

HAKOAH - Bringing you the total Jewish Sydney Olympic Experience

Jewish Sporting Greats
Dates: 11th September till end Olympics
Times: 9am till late, 7 days a week
Phone: 9365 9900
Contact: Ralph Hirst - rhirst@shawstock.com.au

This Exhibition of Memorabilia and Stories contains 4 sections

A. Jewish Olympic Medal Winners
B. NSW Maccabi Hall of Fame Inductees
C. Hakoah Jewish Soccer Greats
D. Australian Jewish Sporting Greats

Getting to the Hakoah Club

Hall Street, Bondi Beach

FROM OLYMPIC PARK, HOMEBUSH:

Take train from OLYMPIC PARK STATION to CENTRAL STATION then change trains to platform 24 for services to BONDI JUNCTION STATION. Walk up to the bus interchange and either

catch bus 380 or 382 showing Bondi Beach, North Bondi or Dover Heights to corner of CAMPBELL PARADE and HALL STREET then walk 50 metres up HALL STREET to number 61, or
catch bus 389 or X89 showing North Bondi to SIX WAYS (corner of GLENAYR AVENUE and HALL STREET) then walk towards Bondi Beach along HALL STREET for 50 metres to number 61.

* From other areas south, west and north of the city, get to CENTRAL or TOWN HALL STATIONS and follow the above directions.

· FROM CITY CENTRE:

Take train from CENTRAL, TOWN HALL or MARTIN PLACE STATIONS to BONDI JUNCTION STATION. Walk up to the bus interchange then either

catch bus 380 or 382 showing Bondi Beach, North Bondi or Dover Heights to corner of CAMPBELL PARADE and HALL STREET then walk 50 metres up HALL STREET to number 61, or
catch bus 389 or X89 showing North Bondi to SIX WAYS (corner of GLENAYR AVENUE and HALL STREET) then walk towards Bondi Beach along HALL STREET for 50 metres to number 61.

· FROM DARLING HARBOUR AND CASINO:

Take the MONORAIL to PARK PLAZA STATION. Walk along PARK STREET to TOWN HALL STATION or take the LIGHT RAIL to CENTRAL STATION, then follow the above directions.

Further Information

Email all enquiries to sojoc@join.org.au .