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Obituaries & funerals, 1989

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Bereavements House of Books founder dies Obituary

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 42

ROSE FAEN, founder of the House of Books, the first Jewish book outlet on the north shore died last week after a long illness…

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Death of Karl Rodny ends chapter of soccer history

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 May 1989 · page 40

THE RECENT death of Karl (Karel) Rodny ended a chapter in local Jewish soccer history which started way…

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Tuesday, May 9, 1989 Death of a soldier

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 May 1989 · page 24

AT THE mature age of 41, Israel remains the most powerful state in the region. Having so far made peace with only one of its Arab neighbours, constant vigilance is still Israel’s first imperative. This is…

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Obituary

Tribune · Wednesday 24 May 1989 · page 9

The following is based on the tribute paid to Ralph Gibson by George Zangalis on behalf of the Victorian State Committee of the CPA at the…

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Communal leader dies Obituary

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 May 1989 · page 33

COMMUNAL LEADER Dr Hanns Wachtell of Bondi died last week. He was 81. Since his arrival in Australia in…

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OBITUARY Vale Hugh Fay

Tribune · Wednesday 31 May 1989 · page 11

Well-known communist and ex-AMIE Union secretary, Hugh Fay, died in Townsville on May 13, 1989. Hughie was one of that brand of country-reared…

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OBITUARY Vale Rohan Byrnes

Tribune · Wednesday 7 June 1989 · page 11

The left and labor movements suffered a tragic loss last week with the untimely death of Rohan Byrnes, aged 25, in a car accident on…

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Death of the Ayatollah

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 June 1989 · page 12

THE DEATH of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Teheran this week has hardly been an occasion for universal mourning. In little more than a decade, his maniacal bid to turn…

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■ NEWS Iranian diplomat speaks to AJT after death of Khomeini Iran: no change toward Israel likely

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 June 1989 · page 3

A SENIOR Iranian diplomat sees little prospect that Iran will alter its uncompromising opposition to Israel now that despotic Islamic…

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OBITUARY Vale-Graham Smith

Tribune · Wednesday 26 July 1989 · page 11

The movement for peace, democracy, socialism and the liberation of humankind will be saddened by the passing, on July…

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OBITUARY Tribute to Graham Smith

Tribune · Wednesday 2 August 1989 · page 11

On behalf of his many comrades and friends in the Communist Party of Australia, the National Executive wishes to salute Graham Smith's…

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OBITUARY An air of truth

Filmnews · Friday 1 September 1989 · page 16

"If Joris Ivens has made die most beautiful documentaries dud anyone has ever seen, that's because the films are composed, worked out, and they have an air of truth."--Georges Franju…

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Bereavements Death of Wolf Matsdorf in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 September 1989 · page 36

WOLF SIMON (Bill) Matsdorf, a pioneer Australian Jewish social worker and more recently an Australian Jewish Times…

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Filmnews · Wednesday 1 November 1989 · page 12

As a child growing up in New York in the forties, Martin Scorsese was bewitched by the trademark of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film company. The…

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Obituary Sydney Jewry loses top educator

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 10 November 1989 · page 33

PROMINENT Jewish educator and Moriah College’s first headmaster Harold Nagley died on Monday. He was 75…

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OBITUARY Bill McDougall

Tribune · Wednesday 15 November 1989 · page 15

The death of Bill McDougall just short of his 86th birthday has taken a working class stalwart who will be sorely missed by his…

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Arts Entertaining White THEATRE Happy birthday to no one The Ham Funeral by Patrick White Sydney Theatre Company at The Wharf

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 24 November 1989 · page 26

IT IS tempting and would be facile to go along totally with the comment of a colleague on the way to the bubbly party at The…

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Obituary Farewell Patricia Haas

Tribune · Wednesday 29 November 1989 · page 11

Patricia Haas, a member of the CPA for 50 years, died on October 27 at the age of 68, after a long battle with cancer…

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Obituary Ewan MacColl

Tribune · Wednesday 6 December 1989 · page 11

Ewan MacColl, British radical songwriter and folk-singer, died in October at the age of 74. His Left political activities and songwriting…

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