A year after the bridge
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Railways, roads & transport, 1998
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Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy Will Australia be there in 2001?
ACCABI Australia will send a team to the 2001 Maccabiah Gaines only if it is satisfied that its athletes will be safe. Australia last year had the third-largest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maccabiah Bridge Tragedy “There needs to be a positive legacy”
WHAT was to have been the highlight of the Games proved to be one of the low lights of our lives.” This is how Australian team manager Harry Procel, writing in the 1997 Victoria Maccabi Yearbook, described the bridge collapse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Jewish News Special Supplement A[?]stralia 15Th Maccabiah Israel 1992 the Maccabiah Tragedy one year on a Year After the Bridge
Yehonathan Tommer EXHILARATION turned to disbelief and then tragedy when the temporary footbridge over the Yarkon River collapsed on July 14 last year. Walking over it were 100 members of the 370-strong Australian team,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring World Farewell Ferry
THE motoring world is mourning the death of Professor Ferdinand “Ferry” Porsche, founder of the Porsche sports car brand and honorary chairman of Porsche AG. He died recently at…
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BRIDGE competition, commencing August 6 for four Thursdays. Pam 9365 9934. WHAT’S ON is a free service for communal organisations, not private…
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“Why so glum?” “My wife is on a diet again and so I am too." “What is she aiming for?” "She wants to be wiehged and found wanting."…
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THE Maccabi World Union has disbanded its inquiry into the Maccabiah bridge disaster which killed four Australians and injured 70. This means that there is no inquiry currently…
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BRIDGE competition, commencing Augusl 6 for four Thursdays. Pam 9365 9934. WHATâS ON is a free service for communal organisations, not private or…
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JERUSALEM: The Knesset last week inched closer to a parliamentary inquiry into the Maccabiah bridge collapse with a proposal by its principal advocate, Labourâs Micha…
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THE religious-secular divide in Israel has made its mark on driving licence exams. JTA’s Gil Sedan reports that an…
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“At my doctor’s suggestion, I have taken up regular exercise.” “How do you feel?” “I now have the zest and energy of a man…
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FED UP carting the family around in your tank-like wagon? Cars to make you feel as good as gold are back, crowding showrooms across…
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B'NAI B'rith Jerusalem Unit annual charity bridge night, Grand Slam Bridge Club, 20 Cross Street, Double Bay. August 16, $20 includes supper. Tom Sinclair 9318 1118;…
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“My doctor expressed concern about my level of fitness. He suggested I play 36 holes a day." “Are you following his advice?” “Yes. I have bought a harmonica.”…
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JERUSALEM: The Knesset was this week due to approve the establishment of a long-awaited inquiry into the Maccabiah bridge collapse, prior to dispersing for its three-month…
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B’NAI B’rith Jerusalem Unit charity bridge night, Grand Slam Bridge Club, 20 Cross Street, Double Bay, August 16, S20 includes supper. Tom Sinclair 9318 1118;…
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A luxury package THE Alfred Dunhill Aston Martin DB7 package doesn’t bother too much about the car or the performance. This is left to Ford (now the owner of this legendary marque) and its publicity machine. What the Dunhill connection has done, however, has been to equip the DB7 with the…
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THE families most directly affected by the 15th Maccabiah Games bridge collapse have welcomed the Knesset inquiry, which was announced last week after a year of intense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One year after the bridge: World Maccabi responds VIEWPOINT
WE write in reference to the various articles which appeared in the special…
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