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NSW Senior Australian of the Year

Henry Benjamin — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:29:21 +0000

The passing of his father at the age of 59 steered Professor Henry Brodaty onto a new path, directing him on the road to becoming the NSW Senior of the Year. His father, Jacob, had suffered from dementia for seven years, during which Henry Brodaty studied the disease. Henry Brodaty arrived in Sydney in 1948 […]

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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Philip Louis Frankel

Features Desk — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:04:21 +0000

Businessman, mason, chazan, sportsman, and loyal Jew Philip was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 12 March 1863. His father, Jacob, was born in Breslau, Prussia (now Poland). Jacob and his first wife Sarah and three children had arrived in Hobart in 1842. Sarah passed away in 1847, and his children were taken to Sydney […]

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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse : Day 6

Roz Tarszisz — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 11:03:26 +0000

Rabbi Yossef Feldman completes his evidence...and another victim reads his statement.

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Feldman out on a limb

J-Wire News Service — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:58:45 +0000

Australian Jewish roof body The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has declared Rabbi Yossi Feldman's position as a religious leader "untenable".

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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse – Day 3: Rabbi Moshe Gutnick

Henry Benjamin — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 11:16:46 +0000

Statements made by Sydney Rabbi Moshe Gutnick have reignited a commitment to Judaism for child sexual abuse victim Manny Waks.

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Liberal Senator calls for Gilad Shalit’s release

J-Wire — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:38:37 +0000

Liberal Victorian Senator calls for Gilad Shalit's immediate release

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Auspicious first meeting for new President

J-Wire Staff — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:30:49 +0000

Rabbi Yosef Feldman will attend his first meeting as President of the Rabbinical Council of NSW next week in the presence of Rabbi Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel. Heading the agenda will be a discussion as to ways and means of strengthening the integrity of Israel.

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Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day

J-Wire — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:32:56 +0000

The legacy of the Holocaust was passed down by survivor Frank Lowy to his son and grandson in a ceremony in Sydney this week, Frank passed the baton to son Steven who then passed it on to his son Joshua. The Lowys were at the Eastern Suburbs function, held at Moriah College. Other functions were […]

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