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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1980

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Bloch Concert on Centenary

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 June 1980 · page 17

A concert to mark the centenary of Jewish composer Ernest Bloch’s birth was held at the Sydney…

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Violin Concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 June 1980 · page 16

Noted pianist Itzhak Perlman will present Brahms Violin Concerto in D as part of the regular…

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Concerts set standards

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 June 1980 · page 16

Two of my four concerts last week were of the kind that set standards. In the first case, it was a standard for a trio of violin, cello and piano which the Beaux Arts Trio set once again when they played for Musica Viva in the Seymour Centre…

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Bankstown City Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 26

The Bankstown and District Synagogue will celebrate the recent declaration of Bankstown…

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Rare film about Yiddish Theatre

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 25

A unique film on the history of Yiddish Theatre in America will be presented for one night only, Sunday, July 6, at the Bondi Plaza Cinema…

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US singer for Yeshiva concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 25

Top-rating US singer, Mordechai Ben David, who packed the Clancy Auditorium at NSW University last year, returns for one concert only on August 16…

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Hineni Concert — a Cantorial Delight

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 24

The Sydney Jewish community was given a rare treat of cantorial music last Saturday week when the Hineni youth and cultural organisation presented a concert featuring Cantors Shimon Farkas, Johnny Gluck and Rabbi Phillip Heilbrunn at the Central Synagogue…

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Ottawa Jewry — They Skate to Winter Concerts!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 July 1980 · page 27

Between Montreal and Toronto is Ottawa, the national capital of Canada, which may be likened to Canberra in many ways, as a city of Government with fine public buildings and parks. One big difference is the size of its Jewish…

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Theatre Times Shows opening thick and fast

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 July 1980 · page 17

Legit theatre productions are opening thick and fast in Sydney Town and we’ll be reviewing as…

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Guitar and Violin Concertos

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 July 1980 · page 16

The major concerts last week were orchestral. First I heard the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a blue series concert at which the Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky (now resident in Holland) was soloist…

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Orchestra will back US singer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 July 1980 · page 17

A twelve-piece orchestra of top local musicians is being formed to provide the backing for American…

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Royal Ball

Tharunka · Thursday 31 July 1980 · page 5

London — The Queen gave a glittering ball for 600 people at Windsor Castle to mark her mother’s 80th…

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Drama Students Fast Theatre

Tharunka · Thursday 31 July 1980 · page 9

1980 is the Year of Student Theatre, and to celebrate this the University of New South Wales dramatic…

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Theatre Times Cyrano De Bergerac Is Well Worth the Wait

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 July 1980 · page 17

A preview of the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Edmond Rostand’s classic…

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Le Chatelet devient le Theatre musical de Paris

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 August 1980 · page 10

M. Jacques Chirac, maire de Paris, présenté récemment à la presse le Châtelet Théâtre musical de Paris, sans abandonner…

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Theatre Times Commemoration Evening Proves Good Theatre: Now for a Naked Miss Molly Bloom

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 August 1980 · page 19

We hadn’t intended to cover the State Zionist Council’s Evening [?]edicated to Herzl,…

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Near Top in B’ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 August 1980 · page 27

Maccabi Basketball A-grade team has finished second in the City of Sydney…

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Theatre Times Rabbis Take a Bow for “The Dybbuk” on Stage

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 August 1980 · page 19

It’s not every nignt you read theatre program credits like these: “The Sydney Jewish…

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Concert Success

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 August 1980 · page 15

Visiting American chassidic singer, Mordechai Ben-David will present new songs in…

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Bloody Awful Student Theatre

Tharunka · Tuesday 19 August 1980 · page 5

It is one of the great ironies of this University that student theatre is the disaster that it is. In the past 22 years, the beurecrats…

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