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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 2004

31 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Obituary Irene Engel 1933-2003 Send Obituaries to dschmaman@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 January 2004 · page 11

IRENE Engel was a woman of determination, a good friend and devoted to her family. She was a worker for many…

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Obituary Norman Sandler Send Obituaries to dschmaman@jewishnews.net.au 1917-2004

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 January 2004 · page 11

NORMAN Sandler, King David High School (Linksfield, Johannesburg) founding principal and former South African Board of Jewish Education…

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OBITUARY Israel’s man in Australia Send Obituaries to dschmaman@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 January 2004 · page 11

MICHAEL Elizur, a former Israel ambassador to Australia and Austria, was amongst the Jewish State's first diplomatic recruits after…

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Obituary Reuben Pelerman 1914-2003

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 6 February 2004 · page 15

REUBEN Pelerman was a man with a Yiddishe heart. "To have a charitable nature" would go some way towards an acceptable explanation which…

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OBITUARY Hilde Fisher Send Obituaries to dschmaman@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 February 2004 · page 13

HILDE Fisher was born to Otto and Margareta Groag in Vienna, Austria. At three, you began learning the piano, encouraged by your grandfather, Wilhelm…

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Obituary Bobby Evans 1941-2004

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 February 2004 · page 15

BOBBY Evans was a great father, wonderful friend and charming human being. He had an enormous impact on all who met him and was blessed with…

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Controversial film of murder aboard the Achitte Lauro Opera the Death of Kunghoffer

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 20 February 2004 · page 21

AMERICAN composer John Adams, best known for his Nixon in China and El Nino, created a storm of controversy with his 1991 opera The…

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Grief, shock at funeral

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 27 February 2004 · page 10

FAMILY and friends gathered on Monday at Melbourne’s Chevra Kadisha for the funeral of Mervyn Sharp, 74. But their grief was soon…

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Obituary a guardian angel Send Obituaries to dschmaman@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 March 2004 · page 13

MALVINE Worth was born in Vienna, the middle chid of three. Her mother and older sister, Klara, perished in the Holocaust. Despite her lack of Jewish education she…

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London honour for roving ambassador of stamps Max Stern may be 83, but he still works ‘eight days a week’ in philately - which saved his life during the war. Just back from London, where he was awarded a philatelic honour, his next project is a tri-nation stamp marking the centenary of the death of Theodor Herzl. Peter Kohn reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 30 April 2004 · page 9

MAX Stern, 83, bounds out of the back of a taxi like a man half his age, loping towards me down the driveway of his Caulfield house, hand…

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OBITUARY An outstanding leader Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 May 2004 · page 10

IN a recent Torah reading we read that when the children of Israel were instructed to build the Tabernacle, they were instructed to build a middle bar which had to pass through all…

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OBITUARY Talented karate exponent Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au Gary Feuer

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 May 2004 · page 13

GARY Feuer died recently. He is survived by his mother Shirley and brothers Alan and Adrian, sister in-law Shlomit, niece Shani and nephew Eden…

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Tharunka Exclusive Magro Tonking's Print Diary Time for me to write Howard's political obituary, again

Tharunka · Monday 24 May 2004 · page 1

Hands up everyone who still thinks the budget isn't about oil? Yeah! Some guy who sent me an email said that it was a shame the newspaper…

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Obituary a tower among his peers Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 May 2004 · page 13

ONE of the most outstanding figures in the international medical field and in the Australian Jewish community, Dr Louis Bernstein, died recently in Sydney at the…

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Responding to The Passion The Shalom Institute hosted Bishop Paul Barnett and Rabbi Raymond Apple speaking on “The life and death of Jesus”, organised in response to issues raised in the film The Passion of the Christ

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 4 June 2004 · page 15

Ruth Silver, Edith Port. Bishop Paul Barnett, Peta Jones Pellach, Rabbi Raymond Apple, Dr Hilton Immerman…

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Ten years after Rebbe’s death, Lubavitch grows It is 10 years since the death of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and the work of the Chabad movement continues to thrive. Sue Fishkoff reports

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 25 June 2004 · page 18

TEN years after the death of the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, his influence on the…

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Death of Dunera Boy spokesman

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 July 2004 · page 8

WIDELY-respected member of the community Henry Lippmann OAM died last week after battling cancer for 10 years…

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OBITUARY Stan Newton

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 July 2004 · page 13

SYDNEY bridge identity and founder of the Hakoah Bridge Club Stan…

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Brando corpse demands $20m for funeral cameo

The Chaser · Friday 23 July 2004 · page 2

MARLON BRANDO'S funeral has been delayed after a dispute with the actor's corpse over appearance fees was not…

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OBITUARY The indefatigable spokesperson for the Dunera Boys

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 July 2004 · page 14

1921 - 2004 ONE could make hours of speeches in tribute to Henry Lippmann. There are 16 hours of taped conversation between Henry and Rosemary…

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