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Mining & the mines, 1987

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Jerusalem the city of gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 September 1987 · page 14

Like a picture on the wall, I saw in my dream the western wall. Everyone came to sing and pray, on that special Jerusalem day. We all sang the same song "to you,…

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COAL Miners dig in for national strike

Tribune · Wednesday 9 September 1987 · page 4

Coal miners are preparing for a national strike, as Tribune goes to press, to pressure the federal government and employers into controlling the coal crisis. The mining unions National Liaison Committee is meeting…

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Savage sabras ’Today, there's an Israeli entity which is different from American Jews or French Jews... and they read books like mine, because these books are them’ Novelist Yoram Kaniuktalksto The Post's Edward Grossman

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 September 1987 · page 15

ALMOST ALL the characters in Yoram Kaniuk’s new novel, the bestselling Bitto (His Daughter); speak coarsely and behave cruelly…

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COAL Govts meet mining unions

Tribune · Wednesday 16 September 1987 · page 5

The federal and NSW governments are meeting mining unions as Tribune goes to press, in response to the week-long…

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BOOKS Women digging in for coal miners

Tribune · Wednesday 16 September 1987 · page 11

With a national coal strike taking place in Australia this is a timely book. The 1984-5 strike documented in…

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Mine off Tyre

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

TEL AVIV. — The crew of an Israeli Navy patrol boat sailing off the coast of Lebanon recently discovered a naval mine near Tyre, and…

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COAL Mining unions await govt strategy paper

Tribune · Wednesday 23 September 1987 · page 5

Mining unions are awaiting a federal government discussion paper on the coal industry before deciding whether or not to take…

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COAL Blockading steam rail closure

Tribune · Wednesday 30 September 1987 · page 5

NEWCASTLE: Historians, rail workers and local residents combined last week in a blockade against the closure of…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 October 1987 · page 24

RECENTLY spent a weekend in Sydney and had a very Maccabi-involved Sunday. First went to Bondi to the opening of the new-look Sydney Maccabi tennis courts, then in the afternoon out to Kensington Oval…

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Netanya's mayor heaps scorn on the Gold Coast

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 October 1987 · page 4

The mayor of Israel’s Netanya doesn’t think much of Surfers Paradise, even though it is his city’s Australian twin. Mayor Joel Elroy was…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 14 October 1987 · page 40

REPORTS from Adelaide indicate that plans for the forthcoming 6th Australian Maccabi Junior Carnival from January 10-20 are well in hand. The community is expected to give full support to organisers South…

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Young wrestlers get hold of gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 14 October 1987 · page 40

Sydney wrestling coach Alex Sher and his team of young Jewish wrestlers have returned from the Australian Wrestling Union championships in Melbourne with…

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Aborigianl People Mining exploration banned

Tribune · Wednesday 14 October 1987 · page 2

PERTH: The Burke government has placed an indefinite ban on mining exploration giant CRA in a section of the Rudall River…

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Golan wine wins gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 October 1987 · page 6

LONDON. - The Golan Heights Winery has won Israel’s first ever gold medal in the prestigious International Wine and Spirits…

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Sumptuous Tracks to the Promised Land edited by Nachman Ran. Tel Aviv, Terra Sancta Arts. 140 pp. 270 prints, 150 in colour. 10 pages gold embossed. Hebrew and English editions. NIS 99

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 October 1987 · page 18

THIS IS A sumptuous but strange book. Sub-titled “The Land of Israel - Ancient Maps, Prints and Travelogues Through The Centuries,” it…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 October 1987 · page 23

WITH just eight weeks to go to the commencement of the 55th Maccabi Sports Carnival in Melbourne it is all systems go for the busy organising committee. Team nominations have been received from all five…

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Record number at Gold Coast

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 November 1987 · page 15

Record numbers of people have been attending synagogue at Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation president Alex Goldstein reported at the annual general meeting…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 November 1987 · page 24

BACK in Melbourne after a four-day visit to Perth as 55th Australian Maccabi Carnival manager and incoming president of the Australian Maccabi Federation (AMF). The hospitality of the Perth community…

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Gold Over Australia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 November 1987 · page 24

CARNIVAL officials are anxiously awaiting to hear if the president of the Maccabi World Union Marcos Arbaitman (from Brazil) will attend the carnival in Melbourne…

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Gold Coast queries readiness for rabbi

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 December 1987 · page 4

GOLD COAST: The appointment of a permanent rabbi for the Temple Shalom would depend on “increased interest” in communal acitivities by the congregation, its president Paul Dreyer…

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