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Former president of the World Bank, ex-Sydneysider Sir James Wolfensohn, yesterday received an honorary PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sir James Wolfensohn (rt) receives his doctorate from University president Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson pic: Rebecca Zeffert
Jan-29 8:30pm SBS – World Movies: Septembers of Shiraz
This is the story, based on true events, of a secular Jewish family caught up in the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1979 – and their heroic journey to overcome and ultimately escape from the deadly tyranny that swept their country and threatened to extinguish their lives at every turn. Read more
Jan-30 12:35am SBS-World Movies: Sobibor
This film tells the story of the heroism of Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky. Read more
Jan-30 6:55pm SBS-World Movies: Abe
Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef from Brooklyn who wants his cooking to bring people together – but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. Read more
Jan-30 8-50pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators.
The film is based on a unique document which is kept in the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Center Yad Vashem.
Feb-01 4:05pm SBS-TV: Michael Mosley – Queen Victoria’s Slum
Things go from bad to worse as Britain is gripped by an economic depression in the early 1880s. Read more
