For over fifty years Rabbi Jacob Danglow occupied the same Melbourne pulpit, and he was one of Australia's best-known religious leaders. Always a strikingly handsome man, even in old age he retained his military bearing; no-one could be in any doubt but that this was an officer and a gentleman as well as a rabbi. Born in London in 1880, he was educated at Jews' College and at London University. A few years after his arrival in Australia in 1905 he gained the MA degree of Melbourne University. His first and only pulpit was the St Kilda Hebrew Congregation, which he served from 1905 to 1957. This was a prestigious, congenial, establishment congregation, counting many of the gentry of the Melbourne Jewish community amongst its membership. Danglow's Edwardian Englishness, palpable patriotism and ambassadorial talent brought him their unstinting affection and respect, though towards the end of his career there were times when he was somewhat out of touch with the changing movements and ideologies in Jewish life, especially political Zionism and the day school movement. In his early decades in Melbourne he pioneered the Chevra Kadisha and a range of other communal organisations, especially those concerned with youth -- particularly JYPA (the Jewish Young People's Association). But his parish was always Australia-wide. He became a well-known figure in public causes of many types, and his innate dignity, sound judgement and wide contacts made him a highly effective Jewish spokesman. He became a personal friend of national leaders ranging from Archbishop