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Fires & bushfires, 2000

15 stories in Sydney's papers

Sports Roundup Yearot fires, then blows out Basketball

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 March 2000 · page 38

MIKE Wrublewski has sold his 51 percent share of the Sydney Kings basketball club to former coach Bob Turner for a reported $2.5 million. Wrublewski recently told the AJN that after 17…

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Feature Courage under fire Today’s Israeli soldiers are unique in the history of the Israel Defence Force — they are the first generation to have grown up without experiencing a major war. Has this factor, combined with fear of being killed in Lebanon, harmed the IDF’s legendary fighting edge? Arieh O’Sullivan reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 March 2000 · page 15

ISRAEL’S soldiers are shedding their stoicism and making unabashed confessions. Those who are sent to serve in Lebanon…

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BlueFire on fire

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 April 2000 · page 5

RYAN Glick has a simple explanation for the remarkable success of a young company which has taken Sydney’s IT scene by storm. “We’re mensches who strive not to do…

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Frighted with False Fire

Tharunka · Tuesday 2 May 2000 · page 48

New Year’s eve before 1999 I was trapped in the city. I was trapped amongst a crowd between Circular Quay and The Rocks. Moving towards the train station…

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Melbourne Jewry head under fire over Maccabiah remarks

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 June 2000 · page 11

MELBOURNE Jewish community president Dr Philip Bliss has survived an attempt to move a no-confidence motion in him over a statement that he made to the Maccabiah bridge tragedy…

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Dole bludger with criminal record as long as his fire-starting arms found guilty in fair trial

The Chaser · Monday 10 July 2000 · page 4

CHILDERS, Friday: Robert Paul Long was taken into police custody today after being released from his heavily guarded hospital…

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JNF under fire over tree scam

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 July 2000 · page 6

THE Jewish National Fund is under fire in Israel after Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper published pictures showing that a plant-a-tree scheme was faked…

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“Friendly fire” causes IDF deaths as terrorist escapes

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 1 September 2000 · page 18

JERUSALEM: Israel Defence Force officers believe the three elite soldiers who were killed on Saturday night in a botched attempt to capture the most wanted Hamas…

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The man behind Chariots of Fire Harold Abrahams was immortalised in the award-winning film Chariots of Fire, based on his gold medal for the 100 metre sprint at the 1924 Paris Olympics. But who was he?

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 September 2000 · page 12

UNTIL his death in 1978, Harold Abrahams and his wife had dinner with Arthur Porritt and his wife every July 7 at 7pm — the day and…

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Kosher meat hit by Melbourne fire

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 September 2000 · page 13

SYDNEY’S kosher meat supplies have been affected by a fire which gutted Continental Kosher Butchers’ production factory in Moorabbin, Victoria…

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Fire engines at preschool

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 October 2000 · page 27

PUPILS at Moriah Mount Zion Preschool in Rose Bay were visited by members of the local fire brigade. The firefighters discussed fire safety and allowed the pupils to clamber aboard the…

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Playing with fire

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 November 2000 · page 11

ALLAN Spiegel was eight years old and living in Japan when he began playing with fire. Twenty years later, he has just completed one of the most…

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Living in the line of fire While several Jerusalem neighbourhoods are in the line of fire, none has been targeted as frequently as Gilo since the violence erupted six weeks ago. Avi Machlis spoke to some of the residents

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 November 2000 · page 15

JERUSALEM: Fresh tank treads etched in the pavement on Ha’anafa Street in Gilo are the latest sign that this southern neighbourhood of Jerusalem has been thrust into the front line of…

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Shabbat Shalom the World of Judaism More US Jews accept intermarriage Vice-presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman recently came under fire from Jewish organisations for telling a radio talk show that there is no Jewish prohibition against intermarriage. But was he just being politically astute? Julie Wiener reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 November 2000 · page 31

ACCORDING to a survey released in the United States this week, Joseph Lieberman’s comments minimising negativity towards…

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SBS under fire for Middle East report

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 November 2000 · page 13

JEWISH organisations have formally complained to SBS about a television current affairs segment that “furthered classic antisemitic…

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