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The wars & local soldiers, 1969

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 July 1969 · page 20

Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Regular services are held. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. Headmaster…

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My oath it's anti-war!

Tribune · Wednesday 23 July 1969 · page 11

"ANTI-WAR -- my eye!" says John Penman, of Burwood (Tribune, July 2) and declares that "anyone who has…

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Spock Appeal Win Blow to War Party

Tribune · Wednesday 23 July 1969 · page 12

THE REJECTION of all charges against Dr. Benjamin Spock by a United States Federal Appeals Court last week is an event which could hardly have been foreseen a year ago, when it seemed certain that…

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Tourists not worried by war

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 July 1969 · page 11

JERUSALEM: Tourists are obviously not impressed by Arab attempts to create a war-like atmosphere around…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 July 1969 · page 18

Fri., 6.30 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Regular services are held. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. Headmaster:…

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Escalation to War Growing, Say Israelis Major Confrontation Feared

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 July 1969 · page 1

Tel Aviv. The Israeli High Command does not regard the Egyptian success last week, in a raid near Port Tewfik in which six Israelis were killed, four wounded and another captured (who later died), as marking any change in the situation along the Suez Canal line…

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War, Racism on Stage

Tribune · Wednesday 30 July 1969 · page 7

IF the two plays now showing at Melbourne New Theatre are a sample of work being written in England for…

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24 hours against the war

Tribune · Wednesday 30 July 1969 · page 4

TWELVE HOURS in the open spaces of Adelaide's Victoria Square and the other twelve in…

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War in M.e. 'Inevitable'

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 July 1969 · page 5

“A war in the Middle East is inevitable in the near future,” Mr. Shimon Tsur, Jewish Agency Youth and…

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Dayan: Egypt Drags Arabs Into Full-scale War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 July 1969 · page 1

TEL AVIV—"It is not impossible that Egypt will drag other Arab countries to the east and north of Israel, into a full-scale fourth-round war. But if it Comes to that, there can be no doubt that we shall…

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Origins of the Vietnam War

Tharunka · Tuesday 5 August 1969 · page 9

In 1946 the Republicans won the Congressional elections for the first time in 20 years— on the 'soft-on-Communism' theme. Anti-communism had become…

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The Origins of the War in Vietnam We Wish to Remind Readers That Discussion Is Invited on All Articles Presented in “Tharunka”

Tharunka · Tuesday 5 August 1969 · page 8

WE HAVE SEEN that throughout the Geneva Conference of April to July, 1954, the American representatives sought two aims: to bring…

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SPORTS Comment Soccer starts a war, boxing begets a fiasco

Tribune · Wednesday 6 August 1969 · page 12

THE OLD IDEA of sporting competition, exemplified by the Olympic spirit, used to be to do your damnedest on the field but forget and forgive afterwards and not to worry about who the winner was. In today's sporting world,…

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The Israeli-arab War of Words

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 August 1969 · page 11

“Every Member of the British Parliament who supports the Arab side does so at tremendous cost of his chances, of winning the next election.... Any MP who supports the Israeli side does so at a gain. It’s just that simple.” Or so the BBC would have us believe…

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No Change in War Memorial Council

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 August 1969 · page 3

The executive and council of the NSW Jewish War Memorial were re-elected at the forty-eighth annual general meeting last week. In his report the president,…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 August 1969 · page 18

Fri, 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. New Members: Contact the…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 August 1969 · page 19

Fri, 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Classes: Sun., 9 a.m. New Members: Contact the…

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“Egyptians sick of war,” says writer

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 August 1969 · page 1

LONDON.— “A picture that is often presented abroad is of Nasser as a moderate, holding back, with increasing…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 August 1969 · page 18

Fri, 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. New Members: Contact the President, Lionel Alexander, phone…

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Letters to the Editor "I Won't Register for Immoral War"

Tribune · Wednesday 3 September 1969 · page 11

WITH THE release of John Zarb coinciding with the election year, I feel now is the time for an…

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