War Necessary Evil
ALEXIS Fishman (AJN 14/12), who is a terrific performer, asked the question at the end of her story on her laudable visit to our troops in Iraq and…
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The wars & local soldiers, 2008
60 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
Benefits of War
ALEXIS Fishman is a stunningly good actor and singer. I’m glad her visit to Iraq and Afghanistan prompted her to ask why we need to go to war (AJN…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Community turf war erupts
A JEWISH community dispute has broken out over which body should take the lead on issues of racial vilification and anti-Semitism…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Israeli war film, modern fairytale tipped for Oscars
ISRAELI film Beaufort has been rated a good chance of picking up the Oscar for best foreign language film after being nominated for the gong in Los Angeles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wings at War: the Fight for Britain Foxtel, The History Channel, Tuesday, Febraury 5, 8.30pm
A look at how the Royal Air Force and Allied flyers contributed to the successful outcome of World War II…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World Hezbollah threats lead to fears of new war ANALYSIS
JERUSALEM - In the wake of last week’s assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyah, there are fears in the region that a massive attack by…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →End the turf war
LAST week saw a changing of the guard at the helm of the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), which has a long and proud record of speaking up on issues of anti-Semitism and racism throughout Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In war with Gaza, Ashkelon now the new front line
ASHKELON, Israel - Eighteen-year-old Eden Sharbane awoke before dawn on Saturday to the eerie sound of a “red alert” siren in her Ashkelon…
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THE murder of innocent yeshiva boys in Jerusalem - of all places in a yeshiva, a place of learning - by a lone Palestinian gunman last week is a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Knitting comfort for children of war
IN the aftermath of war, there are few things that can comfort a small child. But a simple woollen doll could do the trick. This was what a small group of 12…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →...ANZAC Day report (continued)
friends and colleagues, gathered at the Avery Restaurant of Rydge's World Square Hotel. The function was honoured by the presence of M. Lionel Majesté-Larrouy, Consul Général de France en Australie, his wife Dr Véronique Majesté-Larrouy, and his two delightful sons, Grégoire and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Anzac Day; Le 2 5 Avril 2008
25 avril 2008, M. Théo Arfaras, Président de l'association des Anciens Combattants de NGS, d'Anciens Combattants soudés ainsi que la jeune relève du souvenir enthousiaste, a su raviver les interactionsfranco-australiennes…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Captive soldiers’ seder to be held outside PM’s home
JERUSALEM — Friends of kidnapped Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit announced their intention to hold…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →By the numbers Anzac Day
25: Anzac Day is the day that Australians remember the original landing on Gallipoli in 1915. April 25 marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anzac Day 2008 Remembering Jewish Anzacs
IN the minds of many Jewish Australians, thoughts of war are likely to conjure up images of the Holocaust. However, there is a group of Jewish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac Day 2008 Australia’s lost Jewish war hero The AJN discovers a lost Jewish-Australian war hero, a Bristol Beaufighter bomber pilot who took on the Nazis and helped defeat Germany in World War Ii. Amran Klein reports
ISRAEL - World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot Amichai Honig is virtually unknown in Australia, but in Israel the Perth-born…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Outlook Three diggers, three decades Peter Kohn examines the exploits of three Jewish diggers from different eras who celebrated Pesach and Anzac Day far from home
AS far as he can determine, Scott Leonard, a major in the Australian army based in the International Zone in Baghdad, is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The war of ideas Pro- and anti-Israel forces have marshalled on campus, just as they did a generation ago. Students need a thick skin, but must also be encouraged to examine the issues and determine their viewpoints for themselves. Dispatches From Home
THE clash of civilisations is being fuelled at our universities, courtesy of our own lobby group, the Australia/Israel…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →L' « Esprit Anzac » Pour La Consule : « Fraternité En Temps De Guerre, Coopération Régionale En Temps De Paix »
La Nouvelle-Calédonie a évidemment participé, comme chaque année à la commémoration (c'était la 93ème) de VAnzac D organisée en cette année 2008par le consultât général de Nouvelle-Zélande : ANZAC DAY, on le sait, rend hommage au coura des soldats de VAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps qui se sont illustrés pour la premièrefois en 1915 Gallipoli, en Turqu pendant la « Première Guerre »…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Monte residents observe Anzac Day
A MOVING Anzac Day service was held at the Montefiore Home In Randwick last Friday. Among those in attendance were (from left) Captain Daniel Mendoza-Jones (grandson of resident Mark Myers), resident Maurice Zamel, Philip Snipellsky, Moriah College student Ben Seldman and Montefiore Home president David Freeman. Three students from the Emanuel School helped bring residents to and from the service…
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