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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
76 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4
MY grandfather Harry Zworestine was born in Jassy, Romania, on February 6, 1920. His parents Sophia and Carol Zvoresteanu provided for his fine education until the age of 16…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →ARTHUR Kohn was born in Elbing, Germany in 1923. He was raised in a staunchly religious Jewish home and would often reminisce about pre-Pesach preparations in his parents’ home,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →HELENE was a child genius; from the age of eight she won innumerable prizes for dancing and singing. Additionally, she won the Dame Nellie Melba scholarship in 1932…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →SANDRA Bardas, champion of Aboriginal education, avid supporter of the arts, philanthropist and humanist died at age 66. Bom October 5, 1941, in Melbourne to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →IT was my personal privilege to meet Chazan Alexander Singer at the very beginning of my career in 1966 when I was invited to blow the shofar during the high holy day services…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →IDA Menash was a woman who was truly good to life. She brought sunshine, colour, beauty and energy into the world and sprinkled everyone she encountered with her own…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →GWENDOLEN Goldsmith was bom in Wellington, New Zealand, on Anzac Day, April 25,1921. Her family was well known throughout New Zealand, in both the Jewish and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →FAE was born in Camperdownon October 20, 1925, the second child of Golda and Abe Sonenfild. Not long after, they moved to a family-owned block of flats in Sir Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THE death of David Burnett is a tragedy; more so, because of the special kind of person he was. He was not an avid shul-goer, but when he…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →WE read in the Torah how Abraham planted an eshel (a tree). Why does the Torah bother to tell us that Abraham planted a tree or did something that seems so insignificant? I have…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →NO other name would have done: Sydney Friedlander, born in 1921, was one of his city’s proudest sons. Seminal childhood moments, such as standing amid the crowds…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THROUGHOUT her life, Gerty Sussman was a vibrant, energetic, fun-loving and very capable woman who filled the room with her larger-than-life presence. She was a hard worker, a…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →ROBERT Klarnet made an extraordinary contribution to Sydney and Australian Jewry during more than 20 years as a senior public relations professional, and his untimely…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →HYMIE Edelsten was a quiet achiever - never boasting, he was his own man. He applied his concentrated focus on whatever he did - in business and his social life…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →JEWISH tradition tells us that we all have three names: the first is the name which our parents call us; the second is our public persona; the third is the name by which others…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →JEFFREY Allan Eisman, (Avraham Yehoshua), was a man with a strong spirit and vivid humour. His humour engulfed both the good and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →TALIA Goldberg was bom in Rehovot during the period of the British Mandate. The large and close Harlap family of which she was a member had roots in Palestine that could be…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →MARNA was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her parents had both emigrated from Europe in the late 1930s under very stressful times. They had to present themselves to the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →HOW can I capture in a few words the essence of a life as remarkable as my father’s? His story is the epitome of the huge highs and lows of the 20th century — the story of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →FOR others, Philip Rabinowitz’s achievements and accomplishments over many years will be remembered. But for his family, we will remember the enthusiastic tone of his…
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