Imported Jerusalem stone adorns the aron kodesh and features prominently throughout the synagogue.

Four large windows designed by Australian artist Janet Laurence feature forty-nine veils of glass.

Each window represents one of Four Worlds of Kabbalah and the number forty-nine is symbolic of the highest level of spirituality in Judaism.

[dead link‍] The greater synagogue complex includes multiple halls and rooms, including: The Central Synagogue was formed as the Surry Hills congregation in 1912 with the aim of introducing Eastern European custom into Sydney, and to arrest the drift from Judaism.

[1] The Bondi-Waverley congregation, established in 1918, and merged with that of Surry Hills in March 1921, to form the Eastern Suburbs Central Synagogue at Bondi Junction.