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Shows & fairs, 1989

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Carnival Comments

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 28

SPARE A thought for Warren Baffsky, one of the hardest-working members of the 56th Australian Maccabi…

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Carnival Comments

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 24

WHEN world-ranked karate champion Danny Hakim made his short acceptance speech on being…

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Carnival story in pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 25

BREAKFAST... Victorian tennis player Samantha Hall is served pancakes during the 56th Carnival breakfast in the Hakoah Club where interstate and overseas competitors met NSW team members during a novel “official” welcome and “get-to-know-you” function. ALL IN the family... three generations of the York family were involved in the organisation of the 56th Carnival and…

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They had a (masked) ball at the Carnival Ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 25

DRESS AT the 56th Australian Maccabi Carnival masked ball varied from formal wear to opennecked shirts and sports trousers…

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They danced in the aisles at opening of the carnival

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 27

A MARCHPAST of 1200 competitors and an inpromptu dance were just two of the colorful highlights of the opening…

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Thrilling end to 56th Carnival men’s point shield competition NSW easy in women’s cup

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 January 1989 · page 28

NEW SOUTH WALES needed last-day wins in tennis, cricket and soccer to snatch the men’s shield from Victoria at the 56th…

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Carnival pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 25

PHOTOGRAPHS taken during the 7th Junior Carnival will be available on Tuesday, January 17, from 7.30pm in the Hakoah…

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Carnival Comments

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 31

IT’S OFFICIAL... the 56th Australian Maccabi and 7th Junior Carnivals in Sydney were the best ever held…

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Carnival Comments

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 25

At THE JUNIOR carnival’s New Year’s Eve celebration at Pyrmont Wharf 13, thousands of kosher meat burgers in bread…

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Very junior carnival

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 29

YOUNGEST... 10-month-old Jason Abbott is given a glass of orange juice by his mother Cheryl at the 56th Carnival breakfast in the Hakoah Club, while his father, Paul, was miles away teeing off for Victoria in the golf tournament at Monash Country Club…

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Carnival picture parade

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 29

Mandy Cohen, 7, of Maroubra, was at the junior carnival swimming events to watch her 13-year-old brother Anthony but she found time to enjoy…

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More carnival pictures

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 28

Deep in thought, Steven Groffman (Qld) and Simon Schwarz (NSW), during the final of the 7th Australian Maccabi Junior Carnival chess in the Hakoah Club. Queensland won 2-1 in extra boards after the scores were tied 6-all. The US tennis team which competed in the 56th Australian Maccabi Carnival at the Maccabi Courts was coach Bill…

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Junior carnival reprieve

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 30

From page 32 The first Maccabi Youth Games was to have been staged in Perth next year. It is possible that…

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Friendship from carnival

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 28

These youngsters pictured at the closing ceremony of the recent Maccabi Sports Carnivals in Sydney obviously have made a lasting friendship…

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Perth next carnival host

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 31

EXPERIENCED Western Australian Maccabi administrator Marc Adonis has been named manager for the 57th Australian…

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56th carnival winners can smile

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 January 1989 · page 31

NSW team manager Peter Herman (left) proudly displays the women’s shield and Victorian team manager Morris Klooger holds the men’s shield won at the 56th Australian Maccabi Sports Carnival, which ended in Sydney last week. Also sharing their delight are carnival manager Tom Goldman and Australian Maccabi Federation president Bernie Gold (right)…

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Jewish immigrants’ story part of exhibition in 1990 The long sea voyage to Australia celebrated in new Maritime Museum

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 January 1989 · page 5

AN EXHIBITION on Long Sea Voyages planned for the Australian' National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbor, will…

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First Carnival veteran

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 40

Joe Abadee (centre), who took part in the first Sydney interstate carnival in 1927, pictured with two other carnival veterans, Marjory Reston and Anne Dryen (right), at the reunion during the recent 56th Australian Maccabi Sports Carnival in Sydney…

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First win in carnival volleyball

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 27 January 1989 · page 39

Victoria's 17-year dominance in women’s interstate volleyball was broken when NSW won the gold medals at the just completed 56th Australian Maccabi Carnival in Sydney. It was Victoria’s first defeat in the women’s event since it introduction in 1971. NSW won the final against Victoria 15-2, 15-7 in the final after beating South Australia and Wester Australia in the round-robin series. Picture shows NSW coach Michael Safro with Simon Grunschlag, Diana Varger, Alis…

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Deft touch in new show Theatre Peter Morrison

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 February 1989 · page 23

BRISTOL-BORN entertainer Glynn Nicholas, now more or less a resident in Australia (and that’s a decided plus for us), starts his…

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