Holocaust survivor
George Winston (second from left) with Blue Mountains mayor Mark Greenhill (first on right) and other Blue Mountains Australia Day award recipients. Photo: Blue Mountains City Council
February 13, 2019, 10:50 am
Survivor earns Blue Mountains’ top honour
Holocaust survivor George Winston, 84, has been named the 2019 Blue Mountains Citizen of the Year by the city's mayor, Mark Greenhill.
By Shane Desiatnik
June 27, 2018, 9:50 am
Stalwart Nadel turns 100
Not everyone gets personal letters from the Israeli President and the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces for their 100th birthday. But then Julius Nadel, who celebrated his centennial milestone on June 8, has certainly lived an extraordinary life.
By Gareth Narunsky
Henry Briggs with his family at the launch of his autobiography in late December.
January 11, 2018, 12:01 am
Briggs remembered as an inspirational author and survivor
EXCERPTS from the inspiring autobiography of Dr Henry Briggs – a Holocaust survivor, Zionist and community patron, who passed away on Wednesday – were shared at the launch of his book, titled To Life L'Chaim, at the Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM) in late December last year.
Professor Frederick Ehrlich.
November 19, 2017, 12:00 am
Ehrlich’s tremendous legacy
Tributes have flowed in for communal stalwart Professor Frederick Ehrlich, who passed away on November 2, aged 85.
Yisrael Krystal, the oldest man in the world, has died in Haifa.
August 17, 2017, 12:00 am
World’s oldest man mourned
Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor from Haifa who was recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest man in the world, has died, a month before his 114th birthday.
The only wartime photo of Francine, taken in Brussels in 1942.
July 13, 2017, 12:01 am
A child survivor’s story
Through the kindness of strangers, toddler Francine Lazarus was able to survive World War II, and recounted her amazing story to Yael Brender.
By Yael Brender
Moira Blumenthal.
April 27, 2017, 12:01 am
Playing up the Wagner debate
'You Will Not Play Wagner' is set in Tel Aviv, where Ya’akov, a young Israeli upstart played by Benedict Wall, causes a storm by selecting to perform Wagner in the finals of an international competition for conductors.
By Yael Brender
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump for the 2016 Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo: EPA/Justin Lane.
January 20, 2017, 12:01 am
The First Children
Jared Kushner, an Orthodox Jew and grandson of Holocaust survivors who arrived in America in 1949, is to be Trump’s senior White House adviser.
Shmuel Rosenkranz.
October 14, 2016, 11:30 am
Farewelling Shmuel
Tributes have flowed for communal stalwart Shmuel Rosenkranz, who passed away late last month, aged 93.
By Peter Kohn
An award-winning photo of Herschel Balter and his granddaughter Tori by Kristian Piccoli.
September 20, 2016, 12:00 am
An award-winning image
A photo of Holocaust survivor Herschel Balter and his eight-year-old granddaughter Tori has received a Silver Distinction award at the Australian Professional Photography Awards.
The moment when young Yazidi woman Nadia Murad met Holocaust survivor Luba Marczak in her Sydney apartment on August 22. Photo: Noel Kessel.
August 25, 2016, 12:00 am
Survivors of a different kind
The simple act of holding hands has rarely meant so much. When Holocaust survivor Luba Marczak met 21-year-old Yazidi woman Nadia Murad – who survived a massacre of her family members by ISIS in 2014 – they didn’t need words to exchange their stories and give each other strength.
By Shane Desiatnik
Leon and Sharon Milch (front) in Krakow with members of their extended family.
August 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Survivor returns to Podhajce
Holocaust survivor Leon Milch needed some convincing to set foot again in his childhood shtetl of Podhajce.
By Shane Desiatnik
Masha Zeleznikow.
June 24, 2016, 12:00 am
Mourning Masha Zeleznikow
Tributes have flowed for Holocaust survivor, community volunteer and restaurateur Masha Zeleznikow, who died last Saturday, aged 89.
By Peter Kohn
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