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Prince Harry, Meghan meet Bondi terror attack survivors

AAP J-Wire — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:20:03 +0000

On the final leg of their Australian tour, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have visited the scene of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. Prince Harry and Meghan have met survivors of the Bondi Beach terror attack as they wind up their Australian tour. They started their visit in Sydney at Bondi, where 15 innocent […]

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Ryvchin tells Courage to Care lunch – live with kindness, respect and empathy

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:09:57 +0000

Against a backdrop of rising antisemitism in Australia, including schools and universities, Courage to Care NSW held its annual fundraising lunch on 4 March, drawing a capacity crowd of community leaders, supporters and Holocaust survivors. Those in attendance included Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, Sydney Jewish Museum president Greg Shand and many […]

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Bondi massacre memories to endure in digital project

AAP — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:33:41 +0000

The stories of those affected by the Bondi massacre are being shared in a new digital exhibition organised by one of Australia’s largest Jewish museums. Australians are being urged to share their stories of “tragedy, grief, love and support” in a digital project to preserve memories of the Bondi massacre. The Sydney Jewish Museum, in […]

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Daughter of Bondi terror attack victim brings Holocaust memory into the present

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:02:47 +0000

A Sydney International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on Tuesday, 27 January, was marked by a powerful address from Professor Sabina Kleytman, whose father, Alex, a Holocaust survivor, was murdered in the Bondi Beach terror attack last December. The annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Liberation from Auschwitz commemoration was hosted by the Sydney Jewish Museum […]

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Hostage pins to be transformed into permanent memorial artwork

Rob Klein — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:59:10 +0000

Melbourne artist and curator Nina Sanadze has launched a national project to collect yellow hostage pins, with the aim of transforming them into a permanent artwork to be preserved and displayed in partnership with the Sydney Jewish Museum. The initiative grew out of Sanadze’s October 7 anniversary exhibition at Goldstone Gallery last year, which became […]

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Seligman recognised for two decades of leadership at Sydney Jewish Museum

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:59:04 +0000

At the Sydney Jewish Museum’s 2025 AGM held yesterday, 23 November, former CEO Norman Seligman was honoured as the inaugural recipient of a new award that now carries his name, the Norman Seligman Culture and Community Award. The museum announced that the annual award will include a perpetual statuette to be displayed on site. Norman […]

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Journey through history: Sydney Jewish Museum announces Berlin and Poland tour

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:44:21 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum is offering Australians a rare opportunity to walk in the footsteps of history with its 2026 Berlin and Poland tour. It is a carefully curated journey through some of the most significant sites of Jewish heritage and Holocaust remembrance. Running from 14 to 27 June 2026, the tour represents more than […]

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Never looking back, Holocaust survivor Maurice Linker farewelled

Rob Klein — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:28:42 +0000

Holocaust survivor Maurice Linker passed away last week aged 95. Maurice frequently spoke to students and visitors during the ten years he volunteered at the Sydney Jewish Museum, always with a gentle tone and a trademark smile on his face. Maurice was born in 1930 in Czernowitz, then part of Romania, a town of about […]

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Remembering Jack Meister, Sydney Jewish Museum’s last Auschwitz survivor speaker

J-Wire — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:19:08 +0000

Jack Meister OAM passed away last week aged 97. For 30 years, until just two weeks ago, Jack was a much-loved weekly speaker at the Sydney Jewish Museum. The last Auschwitz survivor among the museum’s survivor volunteers, Jack’s sensitive and inspiring testimony had a profound effect on the thousands of people who heard his story […]

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Sydney Jewish Museum seeks guides in preparation for expansion

Rob Klein — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 06:23:14 +0000

The Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM) is calling for new volunteer guides to join its team through an innovative training programme, as it gears up for a major expansion set to double visitor numbers by 2027. Senior Educator Lee-Anne Whitten emphasised the vital role of guides in the museum’s education efforts. “When our expanded museum reopens […]

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