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Floods & storms, 2005

19 stories in Sydney's papers

Outlook After the deluge

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 January 2005 · page 16

THERE are few, if any, words available to describe the tidal wave of biblical proportions which claimed the lives of more than 150,000 people in almost a dozen countries across two continents on Boxing Day. And yet, out of the carnage that has been wrought across…

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Engaged couple survives Phi Phi storm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 January 2005 · page 6

LESS than 48 hours after Leonard Hamersfeld proposed to his girlfriend, Tanya Bensimon, at the beach on Phi Phi island, they faced a decision which…

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In the eye of the Sri Lankan storm VIEWPOINT Greens MP Ian Cohen - one of only four Jewish parliamentarians in Australia arrived at the Sri Lankan beachside town of Hikkaduwa just hours before the tsunami struck. He reflects on his survival and his continuing efforts to see aid delivered to those who need it most

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 January 2005 · page 17

I ARRIVED at Hikkaduwa at 4am on Boxing Day. After a few hours sleep I got up and was waxing my surfboard. The next thing I knew the…

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Bridging the distance between Germans and Jews After the deluge, Sydney holidaymaker lends a hand This week Temple Emanuel Woollahra president Norbert Schweizer celebrates 54 years since he arrived in Australia on Australia Day in 1951. He spoke to Lorin Blumenthal about the reasons behind his efforts to create links between Germans and Australian Jews

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 January 2005 · page 4

ALTHOUGH Norbert Schweizer's parents fled Germany in the wake of the Holocaust, he has no discomfort with German associations today…

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At Auschwitz, the shadow of the past still looms large A survivor’s personal storm on re-entering Auschwitz-Birkenau, 60 years on. VIEWPOINT

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 February 2005 · page 15

WE meet at the new terminal at Ben-Gurion Airport in the early hours of January 26. I am overcome with emotions. Feelings…

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Landau’s fundraising storm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 March 2005 · page 14

ISRAELI economist Pinchas Landau incurred the wrath of Australian Zionists by declaring at a public forum in Melbourne last week that Diaspora fundraising for Israel is “utterly irrelevant” to Israel’s economy. This newspaper, reporting on Landau's comments, received numerous…

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Jews Vs Jews: Top Brass Go at Each Other Jewish Agency: aliyah comments create storm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 March 2005 · page 12

NEW YORK — The leader of the North American Jewish federation system has apologised for blasting the Jewish Agency for Israel…

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Masada student takes Lions competition by storm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 March 2005 · page 6

AFTER winning two regional heats of the Lions Club Youth of the Year Quest, Masada College Year 12 student and prefect Brett Karney will next compete in the Sydney…

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A flood of interest in community harmony

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 18 March 2005 · page 3

ORGANISERS of a Harmony Day poster competition are “overwhelmed” by the response it has received from school students. Some 1800 entries were received…

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Baking up a Purim storm at the Great

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 March 2005 · page 14

ABOUT 25 men, women and children were at a hamentaschenbaking session at the Great Synagogue last Sunday. They were preparing mishloach manot parcels for congregants, which will be delivered this week by rabbis Mendel Kastel and Jeremy Lawrence…

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Emanuel girls storm home in touch

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 15 April 2005 · page 22

A FLAWLESS performance from Emanuel School’s Year 8 girls’ touch football team saw it easily win the UNSW Eastern Suburbs schoolgirls…

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Storm over plan to demolish Arab houses in East Jerusalem

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 June 2005 · page 12

JERUSALEM - A long-standing Jerusalem municipality proposal to demolish more than 80 illegally-built Arab homes in the east…

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Kicking up a storm Australia's Maccabiah Games karate team packs a real punch as it prepares to take on the Jewish world’s best in Israel next month. Brandon Cohen reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 17 June 2005 · page 26

MARTIAL artist Arthur Leithman lives, eats and breathes…

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Dégonfler Le Cyclone Avant Qu'il Ne Tombe: Beaucoup D'idées, Peu D'espoir

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 July 2005 · page 30

Répandre une marée noire, alourdir la pluie, refroidir la mer ou même déclencher la guerre nucléaire météorologique: certains inventeurs déploient trésors d'imagination pour trouver une parade aux çyclones et à leur de dégâts matériels et humains…

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Cricketers storm into final after openers set record

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 22 July 2005 · page 22

TEL AVIV - Australia’s cricketers are set to play off against South Africa for the gold medal this week after making Maccabiah history in the…

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Israeli military chief’s pledge on hesder yeshivot As disengagement approaches, hesder programs are in the eye of the storm, report Arieh O’sullivan and Yaakov Katz

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 July 2005 · page 18

AMID growing refusal by religious soldiers to participate in the Gaza disengagement, Israel Defence Forces (IDF)…

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End of an era at Flood Street

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 29 July 2005 · page 7

AS July draws to a close, the Yeshiva Centre will vacate one of its buildings on Flood Street, which is slated for…

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Remembering life before the storm Poet Jacob Rosenberg explains to Deborah Stone how a man can emerge from Auschwitz and write about beauty

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 August 2005 · page 20

JACOB Rosenberg is a man with a smile on his face. Optimism seems too light a word for the sense of good which shines from his gentle, lived-in…

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This Summer’s Storm Golda, by Spielberg

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 9 December 2005 · page 2

AMERICAN actress Lynn Cohen portrays legendary Israeli prime minister Golda Meir, pictured here, surrounded by Israeli generals and Mossad operatives,…

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