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The wars & local soldiers, 2007

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Outlook Lebanon War In 1982, the Australian Jewish communal leadership became an unlikely front in the Lebanon War. A quarter-century on, Dr Joachim Schneeweiss, a central figure, shares his reflections with Peter Kohn

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 August 2007 · page 15

AS a doctor of medicine, a Jewish community leader, a warrior against discrimination and a newspaper editor,…

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Migration memories An online exhibition of post-World War II migrants opened on August 15 at the Sydney Jewish Museum

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 August 2007 · page 13

George and Vera Faludi. Sigmund and Bettina Ebert…

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Soldiers honoured for Hebron insubordination

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 September 2007 · page 12

JERUSALEM - An organisation known as the World Headquarters for Saving the Nation and the Land has awarded alternative military…

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More than 60 Israeli soldiers injured in attack

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 September 2007 · page 4

JERUSALEM - More than 60 Israeli soldiers were injured when Kassam rockets launched from northern Gaza landed on a military base…

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Abducted Israeli soldier’s father asks Australia to help

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 September 2007 · page 3

“IF your fate is to be kidnapped, it’s better to be a Jew, because of the solidarity of all the Jewish communities all over the world. It makes us strong.”…

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General meets injured soldiers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 September 2007 · page 12

TEL AVIV - Israel's Chief of General Staff Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi went to Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan to visit IDF soldiers injured in last week’s Kassam rocket attack on the Zikkim military base in the Negev. Ashkenazi greeted the soldiers and their families and wished them a speedy recovery. More than 60…

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Soldier killed in West Bank skirmish

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 September 2007 · page 11

JERUSALEM — An IDF paratrooper was killed during an exchange of fire with Palestinian terrorists in the Ein Beit Ilma refugee camp in Nablus on…

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Challenging Panel - Memories of Children in War

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 September 2007 · page 4

On Sunday 30 September we will present a thought-provoking panel discussion entitled Memories of Children in Wor. The event, commencing at 4.15pm, will highlight three‘survivor’ panelists: John Hemmes, prominent and colourful Sydney Businessman, Hotelier & Entrepreneur; Judy Nachum, Child Survivor…

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What’s on hear war memoirs Sunday, September 30,4Pm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 September 2007 · page 4

Dr Norman Swan (pictured) and others will speaKabout how World War II shaped their lives at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Cost: members $5/non-members $10. Inquiries: (02) 9360 7999…

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Outlook A father's vigil Shlomo Goldwasser, the father of Ehud Goldwasser, one of the two Israeli soldiers whose abduction triggered last year’s war with Hezbollah, visited Australia this month to rally support for their release. He spoke to Peter Kohn

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 September 2007 · page 17

TO ask Shlomo Goldwasser whether his guts have been ripped out by the seizure of his son Ehud in a Hezbollah raid…

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Father of kidnapped soldier speaks Shlomo Goldwasser spoke at an event hosted by the Zionist Federation of Australia and the State Zionist Council of NSW on September 19 at Central Synagogue

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 September 2007 · page 13

Photos: Nadine Saacks From left: Barbara Glover, Michelle and Ophir Marco…

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TV Guide Heroes of World War Ii: the Man Who Stood Up to Hitler Foxtel, The History Channel, Thursday, September 27,7pm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 September 2007 · page 5

In 1944, when uerman generals saw tnat Hitler was leading them on a path to destruction, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Hitler…

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The Last Days of World War Ii Faxtel, The History Channel, Monday, October 8, 4.30pm

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 October 2007 · page 5

This documentary covers the period of March 11-17, 1945, including footage of the horrifying violence that marked the decisive months of the war in Europe…

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Cover story It's a war zone, baby IMPROVISE Melbourne-born vocal-dance artist Aviva Sheb’a performed for troops in Vietnam, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and later a spinal injury. She takes off her dancing shoes and talks to Lexi Landsman about her strength to turn tragedy into personal triumph

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 12 October 2007 · page 6

AVIVA Sheb'a will never forget arriving in Siagon, Vietnam, nearly, four decades ago. She recalls seeing the ows of military planes painted…

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Hezbollah offers hope for kidnapped Israeli soldiers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 19 October 2007 · page 11

JERUSALEM - Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says there has been “positive progress” in negotiations to swap captive Israeli…

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Olmert admits mystery over captive soldiers

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 October 2007 · page 15

PARIS - Israel knows that kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit is alive, but does not know about the fate of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad…

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War the Against the Jews 1933-1945

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 2 November 2007 · page 17

Left: Chaim Weizmann, the first president of the State of Israel. Above: Lucy Dawldowicz’s book... Dawldowicz argued that the use of…

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Newhouse to propose war memorial

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 2007 · page 10

AFTER reading about the Estonian Government’s plans to remove its war memorials to fallen Russian soldiers, former Waverley mayor and current Labor candidate for Wentworth George New-house announced that he intends to work to establish a…

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Iraq media blowback and the Iran debate Media Matters Editors are allowing views on the war in Iraq to cloud their coverage of Iran's growing nuclear ambitions

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 16 November 2007 · page 21

BRITISH historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash is no fan of US President George WBush…

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Iraq War a ‘disaster’, says Labor shadow minister

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 23 November 2007 · page 6

THE danger posed by Iran to security in the Middle East has risen because of the ongoing war in Iraq, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Robert…

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