Prayers the Aged's Way of Doing “War Effort” Succoth in Israel
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 October 1973 · page 2
Succoth was celebrated in Israel last week, but it was only old men and women in the synagogues, GREER FAY CASHMAN reported to Sydney in a telephone call from Jerusalem. They all showed signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spirit High Among Israeli's Warriors Israel at War Australian Jewish Times Israel correspondent, Greer Fay Cashman, was one of the first civilian journalists to be allowed near the front line in the Sinai Desert. THIS dramatic eye-witness account was cabled late last week as Israeli Defence Forces in the north were recovering the Golan Heights, but it was the Sinai front which was causing Israel the most concern. Yet, there, the Morale Was High, Greer Cashman reported
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 October 1973 · page 2
Morale amongst Israeli troops stationed in Sinai is High. I had the privilege last week of being one of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUCCOT and WAR
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 1
This graphic picture was published by the Jerusalem Post last week. It shows Israel Defence Force Reservist, Shalom Cohen, of Ramie, called back to the army. A lulav in one hand, he uses the other to thumb a lift to get to his unit…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydneysider sees war
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 19
A Sydney tourist, Mrs Eric Davis, of Mosman, has just returned after spending the first days of the “War…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →WAR and PEACE
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 2
It is possible that by the time this newspaper reaches readers hostilities will have ceased once again in the Middle East. It is to be seen, however, whether another ceasefire will bring the prospect of a real peace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Israel at War Israel's Fighting Generals
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 9
JERUSALEM: Israel’s generals in direct command on the fighting fronts are all fairly new to their posts and at least two of them are a new breed of purely professional soldier with few of the traditional political affiliations dating back to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Israel at War Stench of Death in Battlefields
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 2
This graphic eyewitness report by AJT correspondent, GREER FAY…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Israel at War Syrian missile hits children’s compound
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 11
KIBBUTZ GVAT: A Syrian missile which exploded in children's compound of this Jeireel Valley Kibbutz early in war caused more than $500,000 worth of damage, settlers timated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Knesset’s Thanks to World Jewry Israel at War
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 7
JERUSALEM: A special session of the Knesset has adopted a resolution, expressing the Israeli Parliament's appreciation for "the stand taken by the Jewish people wherever they are, demonstrating their identification…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldier-patients prefer gifts to be sent to the front
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1973 · page 7
TEL AVIV: Wounded soldiers at Hadassah (Balfour) Hospital here refused to accept gift packages from Soldiers’…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leaders Visit Wounded
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 7
JERUSALEM: The President and the Prime Minister joined the ranks of public figures who are visiting the wounded in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Israel at War - Pictorial
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 9
Above: Volunteers in the Orthodox town of Bnei Brak give blood for the war effort. Left: A lull in the fighting on the Syrian front and the slant of a tank turret allowed one soldier to lean back…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →$1400m. is war cost
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 1
UNITED NATIONS: Israel lost $700 million worth of war equipment in the latest Middle East…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rabbis to decide on issues of halacha v. war
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 7
TEL AVIV: The Tel Aviv Religious Committee is setting up an emergency committee to decide how people should act…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War and Ben-gurion Last Week David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister who led the country to victory in its first two wars, celebrated his 87th birthday. Here, Avraham Avi-hai, a former member of Ben-Gurion's staff, examines the “Old Man’s” thinking during the critical mid-’fifties on the subject of war
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 November 1973 · page 12
IN AN ADDRESS to the Knesset in November 1955, David BenGurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, made a classic…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wounded Father at Son’s Brith
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 10
An unusual brith mila ceremony took place in the Ophthalmology Department of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital at the bedside of the proud father, Shimon, wounded in a tank battle at the Canal. Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Reporting the War the Media and the Message
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 13
A world enormously eager for news of the Yom Kippur War received its reports via a press corps that quickly swelled to 800. They did not have a particularly easy time with the Israeli Military Spokesmen, for reasons that often, but not always, had to do with the War. REX DALNY discusses with some…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Oil trouble the cause, not result of war
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 14
Israel was taken unawares by the war largely because we underrated the Arab military machine and the resources prepared to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Nsw Jewish War Memorial Marks 50-Year Milestone
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 7
The NSW Jewish War Memorial in Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, this week reaches its Golden Jubilee but planned celebrations have been "toned down"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →UN Forces face dilemma Soldiers or Police? Greer Fay Cashman reports from the West Bank of the Suez.Canal
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1973 · page 11
JERUSALEM: United Nations Forces stationed in the Suez Area are receiving all their supplies, including trucks, from Egypt…
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