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Sydney · Weddings

Weddings, 1985

4 stories in Sydney's papers

Pre-wedding gift

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 March 1985 · page 42

The first Magen David Adom (MDA) members’ prewedding party was successful according to NSW MDA president, Diana Freilich. MDA hopes to host another prewedding party in the future. Picture shows Mrs Freilich…

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ACT couple’s 65th wedding gift sponsors JNF park in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 May 1985 · page 11

The Jewish National Fund will build a four-acre picnic and recreation area in Galil Australia, following an endowment by a well-known Canberra husband and wife to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary…

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Communal couple’s Golden Wedding

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 May 1985 · page 15

Communal personalities, Dr and Mrs Hanns Wachtell, celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary this week…

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Checked mates Arranged marriages succeed, matchmakers say, because there are nosurprises and in any case real love comes only after the wedding. Leah Abramowitz describes how some ultraOrthodox couples are matched

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 July 1985 · page 20

ARRANGED marriages, a thing of the past for most westerners, are still the norm in most ultra-Orthodox circles. The advantages are outlined…

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