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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:41:49 +0000

Sydney David Einfeld AO – Politician and Community Leader Syd – as he was known – was born on 17 June 1909 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, just three weeks after his parents arrived in Australia – hence his name Sydney. He was the son of Deborah and Rabbi Marcus Einfeld, whose family had come from Yaroslaw in Galicia, […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:39:11 +0000

Eva Isaacs – psychologist and educationalist Eva Indyk was born in 1910 in Poland to Saul and Phyllis Indyk. She was the eldest of six children of an orthodox family whose father believed strongly in education and was distressed at the bans preventing Jewish children from attending university in Poland. At some stage, the family […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:35:29 +0000

Georges Mora – entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur, and restaurateur Georges was born Günther Morawski on June 26, 1913, in Leipzig, Germany, to a Jewish bourgeois family of Polish descent. At the age of seventeen, as a medical student, Günther fled Germany due to Nazi persecution and went to Paris, where he found work as […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:51:29 +0000

Miriam Doris Hampson OAM – theatre administrator extraordinaire and political activist Miriam was born in Sandringham, Melbourne, on 20 September 1916. She was the youngest of four children of Louis Aarons, a boot repairer and Jane Hyams, who were foundation members of the Victorian Socialist Party in 1920. Miriam had two sisters and a brother, […]

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From Australia’s Jewish past

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:41:45 +0000

Hannah (Phillips) Maclurcan – hotelier, celebrity chef, bestselling author, fashion icon, entrepreneur, and society-page queen Hannah was born on 17 October 1860 at Tambaroora, near Hill End, New South Wales, the fourth child of Jacob Aaron Phillips, a London-born Jewish storekeeper and later hotelier, and his first wife, Susan Moses from Scotland. The family had […]

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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Julian Emanuel Salomons (Solomons) – barrister and politician extraordinaire

Ruth Lilian — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:47:53 +0000

Julian was born on 4 November 1835 in Birmingham, England and emigrated to New South Wales in 1853, working first for a bookseller and then for a ‘stock jobber’ – now known as a stockbroker – moving on to study law. He was a committed Jew and community member, taking up the position of secretary – with […]

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From Australia’s Jewish Past: Sir Benjamin Benjamin – a Victorian community pioneer and one of the most notable Australian Jews

Features Desk — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:22:06 +0000

Benjamin was born on 2 September 1834 in London, the eldest son of Moses and Catherine. The family emigrated to Melbourne arriving on 29 December 1843. Once finished school, he joined his father and brother Elias in the family business of M Benjamin & Sons – merchants and importers. In 1857 Benjamin married Fanny, daughter […]

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