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June 22, 2023, 12:26 pm
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‘Being alive, I find this a personal triumph’
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April 14, 2022, 10:08 am
‘Keep the memory alive’
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April 14, 2021, 1:17 pm
Memorialising destruction with creation
Remembrance can take many forms. With the community marking Yom Hashoah last week, The AJN explores three unique and creative ways Holocaust memory is being kept alive.
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Sophie Deutsch
January 25, 2021, 12:12 pm
Prime Minister to join virtual commemoration
PM Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will address a first-ever Australia-wide online event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
By
Peter Kohn
June 4, 2020, 9:51 am
SJM’s pandemic pen pals
School students across Sydney have been exchanging letters with Holocaust survivors through the Sydney Jewish Museum’s pen pal project.
By
Sophie Deutsch
April 23, 2020, 7:20 am
NSW govt to investigate swastika ban
'To flaunt the emblem in today's Australia is a sickening promotion of what the Nazis stood for ... it is imperative to explore the possibility of outlawing this symbol'.
By
Gareth Narunsky
December 17, 2019, 10:44 am
‘Be the mensch our world needs’
The Sydney Jewish Museum has launched the 'Be a Mensch' campaign that encourages people to practice small acts of kindness on an everyday basis.
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AJN STAFF
March 15, 2019, 3:46 pm
‘No excuse for the harm that I’ve caused’
AFTER touring the Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM) on Tuesday, human rights advocate and paediatrician Dr Paul Bauert, who compared the suffering of refugees on Manus Island and Nauru to Holocaust victims at Auschwitz in an interview with Sky News, said he now has a deeper understanding of how his comments upset people.
September 17, 2018, 2:26 pm
Compelling program for Capital Appeal
THE Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM) - established 25 years ago and visited by more than 27,000 students each year - is on a mission to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive for future generations, and it needs your help.
By
Shane Desiatnik
July 12, 2018, 12:00 am
Women of Worth weekend set to inspire Sydney
More than 20 inspiring Australian Jewish women from all walks of life will headline the inaugural Women of Worth (WOW) festival's 14 sessions on July 28 and 29 as part of The Great Synagogue's 140th anniversary celebrations.
By
Shane Desiatnik
February 1, 2018, 12:00 am
Survivors and leaders mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD) was marked with poignant and moving commemorations in Sydney and Melbourne on January 28.
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Rebecca Davis
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Shane Desiatnik
February 3, 2017, 12:03 am
‘We can never remain silent’
“To speak about Auschwitz isn’t easy and it never will be easy,” said Holocaust survivor Olga Horak in her testimony. “Our generation was betrayed by mankind."
By
Yael Brender
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