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The wars & local soldiers, 1983

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Impressions of Anzac Day in a Country Town

Tharunka · Monday 2 May 1983 · page 7

An odd collection of people gathered outside the Memorial Hall on a frosty April morning just before dawn. Dear Mrs Eadie was wrapped in…

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War continues in famine-hit Ethiopia

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1983 · page 7

ETHIOPIA: The Ethiopian army is continuing to launch military offensives against liberation forces in Tigrai…

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The right to mourn -- and an end to war

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1983 · page 13

The arrests last week in Sydney and Melbourne of women attempting to march peacefully on Anzac Day, mourning women raped in war, has precipitated much public, and no doubt private, discussion about the right…

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Anzac Day at Home

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 May 1983 · page 8

Residents of the Montefiore Home, some of them true Anzacs, celebrated Anzac Day with a special memorial service at the Home last week. The flag, raised every…

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Kingsford-maroubra Hebrew Congregation 635 Anzac Pde., Maroubra Rabbi D. Freilich Phone 344-0152

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 May 1983 · page 10

SERVICES: Mon., Thurs., and Rosh Chodesh 6.30am. Fri. 6pm; Sat. 9am, Minchah — one hour before sunset…

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Nederlanders eerste keer in Melbourne Anzac mars

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 6 May 1983 · page 3

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New Middle East war danger Torture In S. Lebanon exposed

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1983 · page 7

LEBANON: Israel appears to be gearing up for a fullscale attack on Syria and northern Lebanon, as Syria and the PLO reject the…

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Kingsford-maroubra Hebrew Congregation 635 Anzac Pde., Maroubra Rabbi D. Freilich Phone 344-0152

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 May 1983 · page 30

SERVICES: Mon., Thurs., and Rosh Chodesh 6.30am. Fri. 6pm; Sat. 9am, Minchah — one hour before sunset…

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Syria Readies for War Over Ledanon Peace Plans?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 May 1983 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Israel Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, said here on Monday that Syria was clearly “getting ready” for another war with the Jewish State…

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This Week in Israel Police fear new underworld war in Jerusalem

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 May 1983 · page 10

JERUSALEM: A recent spate of attempted murders in the Jerusalem underworld appears to be connected to the aspirations of a new generation of criminals seeking to…

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Anzac-dag en 4 mei gedachten aan verzet

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 20 May 1983 · page 7

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Anzac Day Institutionalised Masculinity

Tharunka · Monday 23 May 1983 · page 8

War and nationalism go hand in hand, and Anzac Day is a prime example of this. Gallipoli was a boon to ruling class: it provided a tailor-made national folk hero in the "Bronze Aussie Digger" who (unlike his…

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Anzac Day: Selective Property a Day Off Or An Off Day?

Tharunka · Monday 23 May 1983 · page 9

You've heard of us: the 500 women who held a commemorative ceremony in Sydney for women raped all wars, 158 of whom subsequently were arrested on Anzac Day. In the meantime we've had the first…

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US tells Arafat “stop war-talk”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 May 1983 · page 1

WASHINGTON: The United States State Department has called on Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat to abandon his war against the “Zionist-American…

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Kingsford-maroubra Hebrew Congregation 635 Anzac Pde., Maroubra Rabbi D. Freilich Phone 344-0152

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 May 1983 · page 18

SERVICES: Mon., Thurs., and Rosh Chodesh 6.30am. Fri. 6pm; Sat. 9am, Minchah — one hour before sunset…

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War danger grows in M. East, C. America

Tribune · Wednesday 1 June 1983 · page 3

The Middle East and Central America both appear to be on the verge of fullscale war, as Israel and the US look ready to launch new wars that could endanger world peace…

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Reagan beats The war drum Central America Middle East -- p.3

Tribune · Wednesday 1 June 1983 · page 1

A fullscale war could break out between Syria and Israel as Israel demands the right to a buffer state in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, Reagan has thrown his two cents worth in by deploring the "Soviet-Syrian arms build-up". But in Central America, Reagan himself is fanning the flames of war by arranaino…

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Israel Alert 10 Syrian War Threat

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 June 1983 · page 3

JERUSALEM: Reports from Lebanon about Syrian intentions and about the renewal of Christian/Druze fighting in the Shouf mountains are producing a wariness in government circles…

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Kingsford-maroubra Hebrew Congregation 635 Anzac Pde., Maroubra Rabbi D. Freilich Phone 344-0152

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 June 1983 · page 20

SERVICES: Mon., Thurs., and Rosh Chodesh 6.30am, Fri. 6pm; Sat. 9am, Minchah — one hour before sunset…

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Wouk’s Winds of War now TV epic on TEN

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 June 1983 · page 18

The Winds of War, the much acclaimed TV mini-series from the best-selling Herman Wouk novel of the same name, begins on Channel 10 this Sunday at 8.30pm. It’s 18 hours of drama…

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