Obituary Bob Greenwood QC
BOB Greenwood QC, former head of the Nazi war crimes Special Investigations Unit (SIU), died from cancer in St Vincent’s Hospital last week, five days after his 60th birthday…
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Obituaries & funerals, 2001
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Obituary Rabbi Eliezer Menachem Shach
JERUSALEM — “We won’t be seeing his likes again” is the kind of elegiac hyperbole that one so often hears at funerals and reads in obituaries. Rarely is it a literal truth…
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MY father, Ron Newman, died suddenly but peacefully at Montefiore Home on November 8 at the age of 87. Ron was born in Hobart on August 25, 1914…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Death of Uncle Chatzkel
Uncle Chatzkel is an award-winning documentary about a search for Jewish roots. The central character in the film is Chatzkel Lemchen (right), who died last week in Vilnius, Lithuania, aged 97. The film was made by Sydney members of his family, with Rodney Freedman (left) the director and co-producer. The photograph was taken at Uncle Chatzkel's home in Lithuania in 1997, when filming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obituary Uncle Chatzkel is a deeply moving film about a search for roots. Chatzkel Lemchen was visited by Emile and Ondine Sherman in Vilnius in 1996; he had not seen any members of his family for 60 years. Sydney members of the family then combined to produce the documentary — Rodney Freedman director and co-producer, Emile Sherman co-producer and Brian Sherman executive producer. The film has screened at 32 festivals and won numerous prizes. Following is an edited extract of a eulogy by Rodney Freedman
CHATZKEL Lemchen touched each of our lives in a particular way. He was a treasured member of the Lithuanian Jewish community who survived the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Obituary Eugen Mencel
ANYONE who experienced the cataclysm that engulfed our people 50 years ago and not only survived, but emerged with his faith in God and humanity intact, and not…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Bereavements Obituary Paul Engel
WITH the passing of businessman and communal activist Paul Engel recently, his family has lost a devoted patriarch and role-model, and the community a tireless and visionary…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Obituary Dr Reuben Hertzberg
DR Reuben Hertzberg, CBE, AM, MB, BS, MSc(NSW), BSc (Syd), DO(Melb), FRAO, FRACS, died recently after a distinguished career as an ophthalmologist…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →OBITUARY Winona Ryder Aspiring shoplifter and actress 1971-2001
The Hollywood retailing community is celebrating today after the death of celebrity thief Winona Ryder. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Obituary Ernst Gombrich
ART history was led by a quartet of Jewish refugees from the European persecution whose contribution was dominant in the 20th century:…
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