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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
66 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
ALTHOUGH I am only related to Avadya by marriage, he was an integral part of our lives since the day I met him, when he was 12 years old…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →ANTHONY Jubilee Blashki was so named because he was the 50th grandchild of Hannah and her husband Phillip Blashki, who was, at the time, Victoria's Chief Stipendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MOSES Maimonides, known as the Rambam — an abbreviation for Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon —died in Tevet 1204, but he’s never…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →HELENE Wechsler was born into a loving family in Vienna, Austria. She was the fourth of five children of Paula and Samuel Furnberg. A patriot, Samuel had contributed much of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ARTHUR Miller, one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, died of heart failure at the age of 89 in his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, last…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →OUR grandmother never shied away from a challenge. No matter the magnitude of the challenge, she always seemed to emerge triumphant…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEW YORK — Arthur Miller will be remembered for his deft dramatic rendering of the American everyman, yet his writing was infused with Jewish characters and themes, both explicit and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEW YORK - A defining moment in the life of Max Fisher, the son of immigrants who became a Jewish icon, came in a meeting with former President Eisenhower in 1965…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →GEORGE (Jiri) Fantl was a survivor, able to take whatever life dealt him and adapt to new and challenging situations. Born in 1914 in the small Czech town of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE last flicker of that blazing beacon that was Steve still dances in the hearts of so many. He is and always will be an inspiration. Always happy, always funny, always lovely…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →“At this hour of sadness... His Holiness Pope John Paul is particularly close to the deceased’s family, the Authorities and the Palestinian People…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IN 1868, my mother's paternal grandfather was the leader of the Jewish community in Besterce Banya (now in Slovakia). He gave a congratulatory speech in the synagogue on the occasion of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →TWIST the dial of a radio in Israel, and song after song written by Ehud Manor will waft over the airwaves. The prolific lyricist died last Tuesday, but…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DURING his long life, Ron Mendelsohn, a weedy schoolboy almost always at the bottom of his class at Sydney's Fort Street high school, developed into one of Australia's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →I REMEMBER walking back from Balmoral with mum a few months ago, a walk we enjoyed together many times because we would talk and connect with each other surrounded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →HE was the ultimate Israeli high flyer, literally as well as metaphorically, shepherding and shaping the Jewish state through war and peace with a singular, sometimes mordant charm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →DR Ian William Black was one of Australia's finest academic cardiologists. When Dr Black passed away recently at the age of 43 the world lost a leading medical academic and his family…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ROSE Rooz was an amazing woman, full of joy, smiles and vitality. She enjoyed simple things; walking in the Botanical Gardens and Centennial Park, visiting Manly, and her daily…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BORN in Hungary in 1924, Alex Goldstein survived the Holocaust, but his parents and three sisters were killed in Auschwitz. He emigrated to Australia in 1951 and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →LIONEL Hodes had an extraordinary life - one that spanned eight decades, five continents and the best and worst of a tumultuous century…
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