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Sydney Jewish Museum CEO to step down

J-Wire Newsdesk — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:55:41 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum's CEO Norman Seligman has announced that after 19 years in the role, he will be stepping down in the second half of 2021.

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Survivor talks at the Sydney Jewish Museum resume

Community newsdesk — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 03:01:44 +0000

Talks by Holocaust survivors will resume in the Sydney Jewish Museum over the summer period.

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Precious Objects

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 05:16:33 +0000

When Holocaust survivors hold up an object to the camera and tell the story behind it, the object is no longer just a blanket, a jacket, a photo. It becomes sacred. The subject of this weekend's ABC-TV's Compass program.

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Advocate speakers represent four major human rights issues in Australia

Community newsdesk — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 04:55:37 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum has hosted an engaging and dynamic panel of speakers, who explored four major human rights issues facing Australia today.

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Unseen Untold

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 01:47:48 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum is launching a new temporary exhibition ‘Unseen Untold: Our Curious Collection’ to mark the Sydney Jewish Museum’s 25th anniversary and to celebrate 25 years of collecting.

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The Sydney Jewish Museum remembers and recalls the Holocaust

Community newsdesk — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:47:55 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum together with the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (AAJHSD) has commemorated U.N. International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.

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Sugihara’s family members visit Sydney

J-Wire Staff — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:07:28 +0000

The granddaughter and great granddaughter of Chinue Sempo Sugihara, the Japanese Consul General in Lithuania who helped save tens of thousands of lives during the Holocaust have met with descendants of people Sugihara saved during the Holocaust.

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Never to be forgotten

Community newsdesk — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:33:49 +0000

Every year close to Rosh Hashanah, the Sydney Jewish Museum conducts a Memorial Service called ‘The Sanctum Reading of the Names’.

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Closer: Portraits of Survival

J-Wire Staff — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 06:46:20 +0000

Closer: Portraits of Survival is a rich and intimate photographic exhibition exploring the artefacts and individuals that anchor us to the past currently on show at The Sydney Jewish Museum.

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An afternoon with Eddie

Kate Efrat — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 02:43:00 +0000

Holocaust Survivor Eddie Jaku’s talk at the Sydney Jewish Museum was sellout with many keen to hear him speak after his recent appearance on the ABC's 7.30 Report.

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