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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1979

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Laughs at Q Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 May 1979 · page 35

The lighthearted comedy “How The Other Half Loves” by Alan Ayckbourn opens the 1979 season of the…

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His most important goal was against Australia Still on the ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 May 1979 · page 31

Mordechai Spiegler and Giora Spiegel were members of the Israeli national soccer [?]am which reached the final 16 of the World Cup way back in 1970. Now, aged…

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Panov's life story to Dance by Valery Panov with George Feifer (Hutchinson) $19.70

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 May 1979 · page 34

Valery Panov is equally well known as an outstanding dancer and as a man of great courage and…

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New Chilean Song Concerts

Tribune · Wednesday 9 May 1979 · page 8

I do not sing for applause, I sing of the difference Between what is true and false;…

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Children’s Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 May 1979 · page 13

Drama students occupy the stage of the former Independence Theatre on Saturday afternoons, with…

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Hazak dance — Israeli style

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 May 1979 · page 17

Participants in the annual Hazak fundraising supper-dance are being encouraged this year to wear blue and white outfits to enhance an Israeli atmosphere…

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Theatre Nola Rae

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 May 1979 · page 15

Nola Rae is a worthy pupil of the great master Marcel Marceau. She succeeds in a field…

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Shapirra — farewell concerts in Sydney

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 May 1979 · page 15

The final tour of Elyakum Shapirra, as chief conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, brings him to Sydney next week. The concert on May 25 at…

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Council Dance

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1979 · page 15

The National Council of Jewish Women Eastern Set will hold a dinner dance at Council House, Woollahra,…

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Coogee Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1979 · page 14

The Coogee Synagogue will hold its 19th annual ball at the Hakoah Club on June 23…

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Book Reviews Israel in Pictures Israel — Faces and Places (Weidenfeld & Nicholson) $25.95

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 May 1979 · page 12

The book has been “presented” by the late Golda Meir: she wrote the introduction and gave her…

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THEATRE ‘American Buffalo’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1979 · page 15

The latest production of the downstairs Nimrod Theatre evokes feelings of disappointment and frustration. “American Buffalo” is…

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Jerusalem Day Youth dance in Martin Plaza

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 May 1979 · page 1

Dancers of the Zionist Youth movements, Betar, B’nei Akiva and Habonim, staged Chassidic and traditional Israeli numbers in two lunchtime performances in Martin Plaza last…

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Sports Basket Ball

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 June 1979 · page 16

Battue par les Etats-Unis (80-59), l'équipe de France a terminé septième et dernière de la poule finale championnat d'Europe féminin,…

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James Griffin in Concert

Tharunka · Monday 4 June 1979 · page 22

James Griffin's performance on the Library Lawn last Tuesday day was almost as good as cracker night on Thursday…

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Theatre the Devil’s Disciple

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 June 1979 · page 9

The Q Theatre Company has certainly expanded its scope from lunchtime shows to a highly ambitious production of George Bernard Shaw’s “melodrama” about Americans during the War of Independence…

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Theatre Schweik at ‘Q’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 June 1979 · page 15

“The Good Soldier Schweik”, a satirical story about the only loyal citizen in the Austrian army of 1914 is the second play of the Q Theatre’s 1979 season…

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Singing Rabbi’s Sydney Concerts

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 June 1979 · page 4

Singing rabbi, Shlomo Carlebach, will visit Sydney later this month for two special concerts at the Goodman Hall, Central Synagogue. An alumnus of…

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Theatre ‘The Sea’ at Nimrod

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 June 1979 · page 15

The Upstairs Nimrod’s latest production, “The Sea”, by Edward Bond, is an allegory of human strength and its ability (or inability) to accept change…

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Britain to seek concerted common market policy

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 June 1979 · page 8

LONDON: A posse of Arab Ambassadors from Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and (somewhat surprisingly also) Morocco has called on the Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington. They presented to him…

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