OBITUARY Devoted wife and mother Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
HERTA Arnott was born in Vienna, Austria, to Josef and Elizabeth Rosenblatt…
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Obituaries & funerals, 2005
66 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4
Obituary a scholar of great influence Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
LLOYD Benjamin Davis was a widely-respected scholar with a strong, international profile, a national-award-winning teacher, and a key figure in the successful bid for…
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THE long-time chief rabbi of South Africa, Cyril Harris, has died of cancer at age 68. Harris, who was chief rabbi emeritus when he died last Tuesday, led the Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →OBITUARY An inventor and a fighter for justice Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
HOW strange and validating it is to find out that the thoughts you have about your dad are mirrored in the expressions of so many people. My dad was born and died in Sydney, a city…
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SBS, Tuesday, October 4, 10pm An opera based on the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro by four young Palestinians, who…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Obituary a gentle, dignified man Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
Emanuel Propper is the softest, quietest, gentlest man I have ever met. He passed away suddenly, to the shock of my family in August; we were not prepared for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →OBITUARY Community-minded manufacturer, Holocaust survivor Send Obituaries to dlevin@jewishnews.net.au
ALEKSY (Alex) Skowronski's life story, like those of many Holocaust survivors, is one of courage and determination to survive and to succeed. It's a story of loyalty and devotion to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Obituary a father, a mason... a mensch Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
MY father was born in Grenfell, NSW on April 20, 1919 to Flora and Jacob Leiser Rossen. Unfortunately, he lost his father when he was only a little boy and around…
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DAVID Mendelsohn was born in Sydney in 1917, the middle son of Arthur and Betty Mendelsohn. His parents were third-generation Australians, a fairly-uncommon heritage…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY David Margolis, from hippie to Zionist Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
DAVID Margolis, who lived and chronicled his transformation from 1960s-era American hippie into a deeply spiritual resident of a West Bank settlement, died July 17 at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY Highly ethical ex-serviceman Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
DAD had many sayings, all of which he recited at appropriate moments of our upbringing. They were the cornerstone of our life lessons. They continued for as long as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →OBITUARY Tribute to a TV legend Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au “One of the all-time classic episodes of Get Smart was The Spy from Yenta, which featured a mummy’s boy Israeli spy called Agent $4.98, because that's all he spent on bar mitzvah presents. It was one of many memorable episodes.”
I TURNED on my mobile phone at 6.15am to the surprise of having received 14 messages. My immediate nervous Jewish thought was that someone had died…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Obituary a true raconteur Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
WHEN Howard entered a room people gravitated towards him ready to hear his latest joke or story. It was always hilarious, and it didn't matter whether you'd heard it before - it was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY Survivor, learner and leader Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
LEE Sommer was born Lenin Zomer in Bucharest, Romania on September 22, 1927. He was the third child of Gabriel and Sofia Zomer…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →OBITUARY From the shtetl, with love Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
MALKA Szymenczyk was born in the Polish shtetl of Krzywicze, the youngest of five children. Her father Gregory, who was a pharmacist, passed away suddenly when Mary was only…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY Dunera Boy, family man Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
ALFRED Arnott was born on the May 6, 1921 to Louis and Ella Arnsdorf in Friedland, a small town near Konigsberg in East Prussia, Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY Gifted furniture designer, artist Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
WE are saddened by the recent passing of Ruben Chait, who returned peacefully to the almighty on Wednesday, November 9, aged 74, after a long illness…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →OBITUARY Moriah, Masada teacher missed by students and family Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
PHILLIP Geoffrey Druery was born on April 19, 1952. He was the second son of Laurel and Frank Druery and was born at the Royal Women's Hospital, Paddington…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Obituary a vibrant, passionate man Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
MY father was the cleverest man I know. His knowledge of current affairs, politics, sport and financial markets was encyclopaedic. He devoured the newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →OBITUARY Survivor, volunteer and loving mother Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
AS I bid farewell to my mother, Lucy Gershwin, I said goodbye to an icon of Yiddishkeit and to the final tangible link to my past. I have spent my life trying to block out the Holocaust, as…
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