Tag: AJHS

Miriam Doris Hampson OAM – theatre administrator extraordinaire and political activist Miriam was born in Sandringham, Melbourne, on 20 September...

Hannah (Phillips) Maclurcan - hotelier, celebrity chef, bestselling author, fashion icon, entrepreneur, and society-page queen Hannah was born on 17...

Stefan Friedrich Smerd – world-renowned solar physicist Stefan was born on 28 July 1916 in Vienna, the second son of...

John Cohen was born on 20 December 1859 at Grafton, NSW, the third son of London-born parents Samuel and...

To be addressed by Holocaust historian and author Paul Bartrop.  

In early 1940, thirteen-year-old Jacob Sorsky ran away to sea and joined the Merchant Navy, keen to fight the Nazis. Just two years later he was killed – the second-youngest soldier to die whilst serving in the Australian Army in WWII - and then buried in an unknown grave, on the other side of the world from his family.

Author, academic and Jewish Holocaust Centre volunteer Freda Hodge will speak about her book 'Tragedy and Triumph' at a joint Australian Jewish Historical Society Vic (AJHS) - Jewish Holocaust Centre (JHC) event later this month.

The Australian Jewish Historical Society Inc. has announced an essay competition, for 2014’s Year 10 students on “An aspect of Jewish Life within Australasia”...and there is $1,000 in store for the winner.