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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
78 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4
DAVID was born in Odessa on June 8, 1913. His family was subjected to Bolshevik pogroms and many of his relatives, including his parents, were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →SARA Fryher was bom in Kremenchug, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Raisa Rapoport. She had three brothers — Gedalia, Pesach and Itzhak. When she was a small child, the family…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →BARON Guy de Rothschild, the patriarch of the French branch of the famed Rothschild banking empire, died on June 14 in Paris at the age of 98…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →ILONA Kirby (nee Eichenbaum) led a courageous life, using her determination and intelligence to overcome many obstacles and heartaches to enjoy the many successes she…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →MELBOURNE - The Jewish community marked a once-in-a-generation event this week with the first funeral at Melbourne Chevra Kadisha’s (MCK's) new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Syda Selinger was bom in Krakow in Poland on April 22, 1922. Her parents were Yaakov and Blumah Florenz. She had an older brother, Benno and a younger sister, Eda…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →HARRY Leslie (Zilesnick) was born in England in 1919, the youngest of nine children, the grandson of a rabbi and the seventh son of a Russian Army bandmaster. Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →JACK Brandon was bom in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. His parents were devoted to him, and he was a wonderful son. When Jack was 14 years old, he left school…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →AT the memorial service for my father, my brother Isaac made an observation that our Dad, Aron Joseph Podjarski, outlived the Soviets. Indeed, his remarkable life can be…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →REPORTS, photos and eulogies of the state funeral of an extraordinary Australian Jew will be online on Thursday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMMUNAL veteran and former Victorian Government minister Walter Jona died at his Toorak home on Sunday night, five days after his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A STUDENT once asked the Baal Shem Tov, “Rebbe, what is the Jewish response to death?” Replied the Baal Shem Tov, “Crying, silence and song.”…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SEVERYN Pejsachowicz was born in Vohene, a village in rural Poland, on April 12, 1912, the youngest of four children. His father Hershel worked as a tailor and his mother Yochevet…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →DURING the last few weeks of his life, Walter Jona was able to say farewell to loyal and loving friends. He was courageous and clear minded, well read and interested in everything…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →AMOS Manor, who from 1953-63 served as head of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), died last week at the age of 89. The Romanian-born Manor arrived in Israel in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →FREDA Isaacs was the 11th child of Leon and Sara Altshuler. She was born in Harbin, China on August 19, 1911. Freda came to Australia in 1925 and settled…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →NEVILLE Milston was born in 1920 in his Leichhardt home located above the familyâs store. Neville attended school until the age of 14 when, in the midst of the Great Depression…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →ADDY Fisher was bom in Berlin on September 1,1910 to Solomon and Fanny (n6e Reiner) Frischer, Polish-bom Jews who operated a furniture store on Berlin’s…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →GERTRUDE Bock was bom on November 9, 1911 in Mulheim, Germany. As a young woman, Trude worked at EPA department store with her cousin, my father…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →RUZENA was bom to Zigmund and Linka Junger on November 11, 1915 in Stara Lubovna, Czechoslovakia, the fifth of seven children. Ruzena was the sole survivor from…
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