   the vast majority of jews in oceania (c. 120,000) live in australia, with a small population (c. 5,000) in new zealand. most are ashkenazi jews, with many being survivors of the holocaust arriving during and after world war ii. more recently, a significant number of jews have arrived from south africa and russia. the official number of people who practised judaism in the 2001 census was only 83,459 but this number is expected to be much higher, as it did not count those overseas (i.e. dual australian-israeli nationals) or many non-practicing jews who prefer not to disclose religion in the census are more common. the vast majority of australia's jews live in inner suburbs of melbourne (particularly st kilda, elwood, elsternwick, caulfield and toorak) and sydney (bondi, dover heights, rose bay, vaucluse, st ives and hunters hill) with smaller populations in perth and the gold coast. in new zealand, most jews live in auckland and wellington with smaller populations in dunedin and christchurch. dunedin synagogue has possibly the world's southernmost jewish congregation.jews in new zealand the following is a list of prominent oceanian jews, arranged by country of origin. ==australia== ===academic figures=== * roy clive abraham, linguistoxford dictionary of national biography * samuel alexander, philosopher * neal ashkanasy, psychologist and emotional intelligence academic * sir otto frankel, geneticistinterviews with australian scientists * bryan gaensler, astronomer and former young australian of the year * joseph jacobs, historian & folkloristjoseph jacobs * kurt mahler, mathematician * robert manne, academic & social critic * bernhard neumann, mathematician * gustav nossal, immunologist (jewish father) * peter singer, philosopher * julius stone, distinguished legal theorist, professor of jurisprudence and international lawbiography:university of sydney ===business figures=== * sir peter abeles, former chairman of ansett * rodney adler, ceo of hih insurance, convicted criminal * albert bensimon, adelaide jeweller and businessman * noel biderman, ceo of avid entertainment and owner of ashley madison * john gandel & marc besen, founder/owners of chadstone shopping centre 
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