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New book records Shepparton’s lost Jewish farming community

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Physiotherapist Devorah Zmood has launched her first book, “Shepparton Jewish Agricultural Settlement Migrant Stories”, documenting the history of the...

From Australia’s Jewish past

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Sydney David Einfeld AO – Politician and Community Leader Syd – as he was known – was born on 17 June 1909...

From Australia’s Jewish past

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Eva Isaacs – psychologist and educationalist Eva Indyk was born in 1910 in Poland to Saul and Phyllis Indyk. She was...

From Australia’s Jewish past

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Georges Mora - entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur, and restaurateur Georges was born Günther Morawski on June 26, 1913, in...

Dunera Boy Georg Hans Fröhlich’s grave dedicated

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Dunera boy Georg Hans Fröhlich died in 1942 and was the first Jewish person to be buried in Canberra....

From Australia’s Jewish past

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

From Australia’s Jewish past

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Ron Castan AM QC – barrister and human rights advocate Ron was born in Melbourne on 29 October 1939 and...

From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joseph Barrow Montefiore – a trader, landowner and one of the earliest free settlers

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Joseph was born in 1803 in London, the youngest son of Eliezer and Judith Levi Montefiore.

4000 Yiddish books emigrate to USA

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Sydney's The Australian Jewish Historical Society is preparing to send 4000 books in Yiddish to a central Yiddish book centre in Massachusetts.

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