OBITUARY An extraordinary life Send Obituaries to diane@jewishnews.net.au
IN her 80 years, Gerda was many things to many people. She was a daughter, an only child who, at the age of 13, convinced her parents to leave…
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IN her 80 years, Gerda was many things to many people. She was a daughter, an only child who, at the age of 13, convinced her parents to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →MOST days, you stare at the headlines. But once in a blue moon, a headline stares at you. You blink your eyes, rub them a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SARA Mangel (Sala), was born on May 1, 1912 in Kroscienko, Poland. She was one of eleven children (8 boys and 3 girls) born to Alexander and Kraindel Sussman…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →BORN on August 23, 1905 in Karachi to Moses Joseph Henry Somake and Mary Fanny Wise, Kathleen Clare Somake grew up in British India immersed in Jewish culture. Both her parents…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →DAVID Shadier was one of Sydney Jewry's quiet achievers. He was a gentleman and a gentle man. In this week's parsha, we read that "Jacob departed from Beersheba and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →WE thought he had beaten the odds. Two years ago David Harris, a New Zealander who made Melbourne his home, was diagnosed with the deadly asbestos-related…
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