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Zionist youth movement and Australasian Union of Jewish Students flag bearers at Tuesday’s Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 10, 2019, 12:00 am
Yom Hazikaron: ‘Because of them, we are alive’
TUESDAY night’s Yom Hazikaron commemorations in Sydney and Melbourne struck a particularly emotional chord, following the loss of four Israeli lives over the weekend as a result of Hamas rocket fire from Gaza.
By Rebecca Davis
Holocaust survivors light the memorial candles. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 3, 2019, 12:00 am
Shoah survivors ‘inspire us’
ONE year after commencing his directorship of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson had one of the most meaningful experiences of his life.
Australian ambassador to Israel Chris Cannan laying a wreath at the Beersheba commemoration.
November 8, 2018, 12:00 am
Spirit of commemoration remains strong in Beersheba
This year's service to commemorate the great Anzac success in Beersheba 101 years ago could easily have felt like an anti-climax, bit it had renewed energy.
By Nathan Jeffay
From left: Buchenwald Boys Henry Salter, Szaja Chaskiel, Salek Roth, Emil Koppel, Joe Kaufman, Joe Szwarcberg and Jack Unikoski at the commemoration.
April 17, 2018, 5:56 pm
Buchenwald Boys’ message of vigilance remains strong
The Buchenwald Boys and their families came together in Melbourne on Sunday, April 8 to commemorate and celebrate the 73rd anniversary of their liberation.
By Phoebe Roth
Harvey Baden pays tribute to the late Major-General Paul Cullen. Photo: Noel Kessel
November 12, 2017, 12:00 am
Commemorating our combatants
MEMBERS of Australia's armed forces who have served in the line of duty and made the ultimate sacrifice were honoured at last Sunday's NSW Association of Jewish Service and Ex-Service Men & Women (NAJEX) Remembrance Day commemoration and wreath-laying ceremony.
George Newhouse.
November 5, 2017, 12:00 am
Sydney to commemorate Kristallnacht
ORGANISERS of next Thursday night's Kristallnacht commemoration service at the Sydney Jewish Museum have secured a dynamic guest speaker lineup.
By Shane Desiatnik
Rita Migdal (centre) with family at the 70 Year Exodus Commemoration in Haifa last week.
September 15, 2017, 12:50 pm
70 year Exodus commemoration in Haifa
By Rebecca Davis
Raymond Bernstein honours the memory of his childhood friend and fallen soldier, Lieutenant Daniel Goldberg.
May 5, 2017, 12:00 am
Remembering Israel’s fallen
“Though Israel has had to fight many wars, from the very beginning it has sought peace,” Zionist Council of NSW president Richard Balkin said at the Yom Hazikaron commemoration for fallen soldiers and victims of terror at Moriah College on Sunday night (April 30).
By Yael Brender
Shoah survivors together with their families on stage. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 27, 2017, 12:01 am
Melbourne commemorates Yom Hashoah
THE Jewish Community Council of Victoria’s (JCCV) annual Yom Hashoah Commemoration for 2017 was held on Sunday night with an estimated 1000 people in attendance.
Maccabi Victoria young athletes will pause to commemorate Yom Hashoah. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 21, 2017, 12:00 am
Young athletes to remember Shoah victims
To commemorate Yom Hashoah, the Jewish Holocaust Centre is partnering with Maccabi Victoria to honour those who lost their lives to the Nazi genocide.
Danny Hochberg (left) and Woolworths Double Bay manager Matthew Walsh with memorial candles that will be in the Zachor Project reading kits.
April 11, 2017, 12:01 am
Card and candles to honour Shoah victims
THOUSANDS of Jewish Sydneysiders will receive the tools to observe a more personalised and meaningful Yom Hashoah commemoration in their own homes thanks to the launch of the Zachor Project.
From left: Elena Kats-Chernin, Lynda Ben-Menashe, Brendan Zlatkis, Alex Ryvchin, Sam Khavin, Tony Kay and Leo Novikov. Photo: Noel Kessel
November 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Remembering Babi Yar
In a moving and sombre ceremony on Sunday, the community gathered at Waverley Memorial Gardens to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, in which nearly 34,000 Jews were murdered in two days in Ukraine in 1941.
Josh Weinberger sings Hatikvah at the Shimon Peres commemoration in Sydney's Central Synagogue on October 26. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 7, 2016, 12:31 pm
Moving tributes to Peres
Moving tributes to the late former Israeli president Shimon Peres were held at communal events in Melbourne and Sydney last week.
By Shane Desiatnik and Peter Kohn
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