Temple David is a Progressive Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Mount Lawley, an inner northern suburb of Perth.

[2][3] A key proponent for a Jewish congregation under the auspices of Reform Judaism, was Dr Ronald Taft, from the Psychology faculty at the University of Western Australia.

Rabbi Herman Sanger, a key figure in the history of Temple Beth Israel, led a service in the same year, addressing 300 in attendance.

This was a move away from the "arrangements" for the "Reform temple of music originally written for Orthodox and/or Conservative synagogues in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

"[10] In 1979, the Perth Hebrew Congregation rabbi emeritus, Louis Rubin-Zachs made history when he addressed Temple David in a Thanksgiving service for the Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

He told the congregation that in addressing them he was honouring the late Brigadier Philip Masel, a member of both PHC and Temple David.

[11] In 1980, both PHC and Temple David coordinated Jewish courses at Mt Lawley College of Advanced education as part of its community programs.

[13] A specially recorded service at the synagogue in November 1987, was broadcast in early 1988 for the ABC TV Sunday Worship slot.

[24] Spiro was a former professional opera singer, had performed at Carnegie Hall and studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Rabbi Ettlinger studied at rabbinical school in the United States and served Temple Beth Israel in Melbourne from 2010 to 2021.