South African foreign minister: Citizens in IDF to be arrested on return

March 14, 2024 by  
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Naledi Pandor, the foreign minister of South Africa, said at an African National Congress event earlier this week that South Africa will arrest citizens who serve in the Israel Defence Forces upon their return to South Africa. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Mark Rubin and Abraham Davis

February 27, 2024 by  
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Mark Rubin, a pearl dealer and pastoralist – Abraham Davis – shrewd businessman and perhaps “a ghost’’. Read more

Melbourne Writers Festival leader quits over Palestine program

February 26, 2024 by  
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The Melbourne Writers Festival’s deputy chair has quit over Palestine’s representation in the festival’s as-yet-unpublished program. Read more

South Africa. Time to leave?

February 11, 2024 by  
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Why is South Africa leading the outpouring of hatred towards Israel? Is the writing on the wall? Is it because of endemic anti-Semitism? Or is there something more to this than meets the eye?
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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lena Brasch – Actor and Artists Model – Part 1

December 26, 2023 by  
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Selina Venus Brasch was born in North Melbourne on 9 November 1874. She was the youngest child of Wolfe and Esther Brasch. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Ernest Samuel Marks CBE – sportsman, Sydney’s first Jewish Lord Mayor; wool buyer, politician, and community identity

October 3, 2023 by  
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Ernest was born on 7 May 1871 in West Maitland, New South Wales. Read more

Why the referendum holds special meaning for Australia’s Jewish community

September 26, 2023 by  
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Collective Jewish memory is the essence of our faith. It is the intimate knowledge that exists deep within each of us and belongs to all of us…writes Dr Aharon Friedland. Read more

Sydney jazz pianist to perform in Brooklyn – and online

September 20, 2023 by  
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Australian musician-composer Leonie Cohen and her quintet are set to perform in Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery next Thursday. Read more

Jessica Fox follows gold with K1 silver in Spain

September 3, 2023 by  
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Australian superstar Jessica Fox backed up her C1 gold medal a day earlier with silver in the women’s K1 at the ICF canoe slalom World Cup event in La Seu, Spain. Read more

From New Zealand’s Jewish past – Sir Julius Vogel KCMG – New Zealand’s Eighth Premier

August 29, 2023 by  
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Julius was born in London on 24 February 1835, the son of Albert and Phoebe.

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How do you explain the large number of Jews in art and other forms of culture?

August 21, 2023 by  
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Ask the rabbi. Read more

From New Zealand’s Jewish past: Merchant, auctioneer, shipping agent and community leader

August 8, 2023 by  
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David Nathan, one of two Jews listed in the 1841 New Zealand Census, was born in London in 1816 and was the third son of Nathan Lion Nathan and his wife Sarah.  Read more

“You Don’t Have To Be Jewish” to be revived

August 3, 2023 by  
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The Australian premiere of the iconic musical sketch comedy show You Don’t Have To Be Jewish hits Sydney in October and November at two Sydney Eastern Suburbs venues. Read more

From New Zealand’s Jewish Past: Joel Samuel Polack – one of New Zealand’s first Jewish settlers

August 1, 2023 by  
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Our stories over the last three years have concentrated on amazing men and women who have contributed to the growth of Australia and its community.  This week takes us across the sea to New Zealand to learn about their early pioneers. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Lewis Wolfe Levy – widely respected businessman, politician and community stalwart

July 25, 2023 by  
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Lewis was born on 13 June 1815 in London, the son of Benjamin Wolfe Levy,  a merchant, and his wife Martha, who was also a Levy prior to their marriage. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Siba Coppelson – mother of two knights and a most remarkable woman

July 18, 2023 by  
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Siba was born in 1870 in England to Abraham Sloman and his wife, who had emigrated to England from Eastern Europe. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joseph Sternberg  – one of the ‘great personalities’ of Bendigo

July 4, 2023 by  
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Joseph, the son of Alexander – a clothier – and Frederica was born on 3 April 1852 in London.   Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: The Hon. Edward Aaron Cohen

March 28, 2023 by  
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It would be interesting to know which was the most popular Jewish family name in Australia from convict times to today.  A number of stories have been written about ‘Cohens’ – many are related. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Ruby Sophia Rich-Shalit – feminist, pianist and an outstanding community identity

March 14, 2023 by  
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In continuing the celebration of International Women’s Day, this story is of one amazing Jewish woman whose efforts for all Australian women should be applauded. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Shlomo Weintraub – Samuel Wynn – Wine Merchant and active Zionist

March 7, 2023 by  
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Shlomo (Samuel), the son of Michael and Rivkah Weintraub, was born on 4 April 1891 in Ushimow near Lodz, Russia (Poland).  Read more

Feb-13 4:00pm SBS-TV: Who do you think you are?

February 1, 2023 by  
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Intrigued by family stories from his granddad Eddie, former Towie star and presenter Mark Wright investigates his dad’s side of the family. Read more

South African documentary on Holocaust survivor

January 27, 2023 by  
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The Ritz Cinemas, Sydney and Classic Cinemas, Melbourne, will present a Q&A screening of the deeply moving documentary I AM HERE. Read more

Feb-07 8:30pm SBS-TV: U.S. and the Holocaust Part 3

January 18, 2023 by  
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The first reports of the killings reach the United States. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Emanuel Phillips Fox – impressionist painter and teacher

November 22, 2022 by  
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Emanuel was born on 12 March 1865 at Fitzroy, Melbourne, the seventh child of Alexander Fox, a Jewish photographer from London, and his Sydney-born wife Rosette, née Phillips. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Percy Marks – Sydney’s four generations of jewellers fame

June 21, 2022 by  
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Percy was born on 6 July 1879 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of London-born John Marks a jeweller, and his New Zealand-born wife Eliza Jane Levy. Read more

Queen’s Birthday Honours – the Jewish list for 2022

June 12, 2022 by  
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The percentage of women receiving awards today across Australia is 45%. Within the Jewish community, the percentage is 43%. Among those to receive their awards in the coming weeks is a Melbourne woman who will collect her partner’s. He died in August 2021 and she was awarded an OAM in January but did not receive it physically. This time she will be presented with her own award and her late partner’s.
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Abortion

May 20, 2022 by  
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In 1973  the USA Supreme Court decided in Roe v Wade to strike down Texas laws that criminalized abortion. Read more

From Australia’s past: Moritz Michaelis – a true mensch in every sense of the word

April 19, 2022 by  
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Moritz was born on 8 November 1820 at Lügde Hanover Germany.  His father was a learned and enthusiastic Talmud scholar. Read more

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Arthur Leslie Benjamin – music was his life

March 15, 2022 by  
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Arthur was born on 18 September 1893 in Sydney and at the age of three, his family moved to Brisbane. Read more

Israeli team rescues 100 Jewish orphans from Ukraine

March 3, 2022 by  
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More than 100 Jewish orphans from Ukraine crossed the border at the Siret crossing into Romania on Tuesday night, the end of an operation to save them from the war in the country. Read more

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