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Poet Alex Skovron reads at the launch of The Storyteller at the Kadimah in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 24, 2018, 3:30 pm
Launching Serge Liberman’s finest
The posthumous launch of award-winning author Serge Liberman’s The Storyteller - a compilation of his best short stories was a heartfelt affair held in Melbourne.
Author Heather Morris signs a copy of The Tattooist of Auschwitz at the book lunch at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne in February. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 28, 2018, 11:09 am
Falling in love in Auschwitz
The hell-hole of Auschwitz was hardly the place you would expect to meet and fall in love, but that's what happened to Lale Sokolov in a story that could easily have been created in Hollywood.
Mr Benedykt behind the counter in Benedykt Delicatessen in Acland Street in the 1970s.
November 28, 2017, 12:51 pm
St Kilda’s street of dreams
For more than 150 years, Jews have been part of Acland Street’s colourful history, which are featured in a new book on the St Kilda street by historian Judith Buckrich
Grant Gochin and his new book.
April 10, 2017, 3:35 pm
Tackling Holocaust whitewash
Grant Gochin has written to Lithuania's parliament protesting against published findings from the Centre for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of Residents of Lithuania.
The cover of Jewish Anzacs, by author Mark Dapin.
April 7, 2017, 12:00 am
Landmark book on Jewish Diggers
Jewish Anzacs, the most comprehensive book detailing the lives and remarkable stories of mateship, sacrifice and valour of Jews who served in the Australian military, hit bookshops across the country on April 1.
By Shane Desiatnik
Marvin Cohen with supporter Cely Malki Benchoem. Photo: Shane Desiatnik.
August 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Iraqi refugee’s survival story
It took eight painful years for Jewish Iraqi refugee, Perth resident Marvin Cohen, to complete a book giving testimony of his family’s tragic persecution in Iraq under ruthless dictator Saddam Hussein, and his own remarkable survival story.
By Shane Desiatnik
Author Etgar Keret
July 10, 2015, 2:38 pm
Keret’s personal journey
Acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret has penned his most personal book yet, which he has controversially decided not to publish in Israel.
March 18, 2015, 3:05 pm
Comic book slant on the community
June 11, 2014, 2:55 pm
Snapshot of life in Jaffa
April 3, 2014, 10:01 am
Memories of Carlton shtetl
October 31, 2013, 4:04 pm
Safran’s ‘Truman Capote moment’
August 29, 2013, 10:24 am
Miriam’s lifetime of memories
July 11, 2013, 9:13 am
Mind games add drama
April 17, 2013, 1:48 pm
People of the text
May 17, 2012, 9:55 am
Synchronised dance of words and images
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