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Churches, 1987

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SINGAPORE Church activists framed by Lee's police

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1987 · page 6

In the biggest crackdown on dissidents in Singapore for a decade, 16 church and other activists were arrested…

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Mission fulfilled Wolf Blitzer interviews Ambassador Meir Rosenne

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 June 1987 · page 3

HAVING COMPLETED a fouryear assignment in Washington, Ambassador Meir Rosenne is returning home basically upbeat about…

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Catholic "lifestyle" case

Tribune · Wednesday 15 July 1987 · page 4

A decision is expected within the next couple of weeks about the sacking of a teacher at a Victorian…

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The Catholic Church

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 July 1987 · page 23

Sir, — In interviewing Hugh Schonfield, Jerusalem Post reporter Haim Shapiro made the following unattributed and unsupported allegation:…

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New Catholic-Jewish relations committee welcomed in Sydney

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1987 · page 7

A committee for Catholic-Jewish relations established in Sydney recently by Archbishop Edward Clancy was warmly welcomed by Rabbi Raymond Apple, senior minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney. Rabbi Apple is joint…

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Women's Right Passionate plea for justice in an outdated church

Tribune · Wednesday 9 September 1987 · page 15

As in 1985, the Anglican General Synod recently voted against allowing women to be ordained. And…

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영국교회(성공회) (Anglican Church) 종의회, 여성사제 서품 허가법제정부결

Hanho Tʻaimzŭ = Hanho Times · Friday 11 September 1987 · page 3

지난 8월25일 시드니의 전국에서 200 여명의 교구 대표 사제들이 모여 올린 호주성공회 종회는 단 4표차이로 여성목 사서품 허가법 제정을 부결시켰다…

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gay church

Tharunka · Monday 14 September 1987 · page 11

In exploring one’s sexuality one often faces many dilemmas. One of the most difficult dilemmas facing Christians who might be…

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Seven in the Morning Steve Kilbey of The Church

Tharunka · Monday 14 September 1987 · page 34

In tHe beginning Here was nothing. And God spake unto Himself, There has been no purpose to tHis last eternity. I feel the urge to put my all-powerful self to some use and will create life’. THis decision having been made, God invented time. He invented years…

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Catholic-Jewish dialogue in ACT

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 23 September 1987 · page 12

CANBERRA: An initiative earlier this year by ACT Catholic layman Raphael Brown has led to an ongoing Catholic-Jewish dialogue in the ACT…

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Andy Goldberg profiles a ‘second-to-none achiever’ A woman with a mission

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 October 1987 · page 17

Writing an article about Haviva Avi-Guy is like trying to fit an elephant into a matchbox; certain vital parts just have to be left out. Avi-Guy has done…

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Metal Church: The Dark

Tharunka · Monday 26 October 1987 · page 25

The word I would use to describe this album is ‘humungous’. It Is speed metal, and so far as speed metal goes it’s very good - with song titles such as ‘ton of bricks’ and ‘psycho’ how could it be otherwise. I don’t like to be…

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ECAJ must be more active in work with Australian churches

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 November 1987 · page 3

The attitudes of Christian churches and individual clergymen can play an important role in influencing Australian public opinion and governments, according to retiring Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECJA) president Leslie Caplan…

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Catholic magazine article “offensive”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 December 1987 · page 5

An “utterly offensive” feature article in the Victorian-based Catholic magazine The Advocate has “put Catholic-Jewish relations back to the…

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Outrageous Article must be repudiated by Church

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 December 1987 · page 2

The breathtaking offensiveness of Niall Brennan’s article in the official Roman Catholic newspaper The Advocate is enough to make even the most tolerant of Jews despair…

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Depart En Mission

Le Courrier Australien · Thursday 10 December 1987 · page 9

M. George la Chambre de commerce française en Australie, 1er janvier pour se rendre à Paris où…

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Catholic leaders repudiate Brennan's Advocate article

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 December 1987 · page 3

A vitriolic anti-Jewish article published in Melbourne’s official Roman Catholic newspaper was strongly repudiated last week by a senior leader of the Catholic…

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Arson attack on church

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 December 1987 · page 2

Investigators have released two men suspected of setting fire to St. Paul's Church in Jerusalem early Friday morning, the second arson…

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