The National Library of Israel (NLI) is embarking on an initiative to document the impact on local diaspora communities of October 7 and its aftermath. Bearing Witness: Documenting October 7 and Its Aftermath – The Experience of Jewish Communities Worldwide AJHS is partnering with NLI to gather documentation from Australia. Our first step will be […]
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Intern Olivia Gibson shares her experience working with The North Shore Temple Emanuel Collection
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Intern Olivia Gibson describes what she has learned from working with Hans Jensen’s Personal Papers collection.
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By Professor Suzanne Rutland OAM William (Bill) Rubinstein passed away on Sunday 30 June 2024, leaving a significant gap in Australian Jewish intellectual life. From the time that he settled in Melbourne with his wife Hilary, he sought to improve Jewish academic research. An American political scientist, he immigrated to Australia together with his librarian-historian
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Over 13,000 photos with 9500+ people identified added to collections.
Photos added to collections Read More »
Since 2022, AJHS has partnered with several universities both nationally and internationally to provide internship placement programs for those studying within the Masters of Information Studies, Museum and Heritage Studies and History and Archaeology and Honours in Arts & Humanities.
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The AJHS website has added an exciting feature that gives further context to some of our large datasets. Many AJHS burial and marriage records now include a link to relevant newspaper articles. To show you how this works, let’s look at Mark Rosenberg‘s burial record from 1919 in Broome. On the left-hand side below the
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AJHS is fortunate to have a large and diverse collection of records available online. New data is continuing to be added. To ensure users can find the information they’re seeking most efficiently, this post demonstrates some recommendations for searching and browsing records. When you go to https://collections.ajhs.com.au/ you will see a prominent search box in
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Thank you to those who attended the 20 August 2023 Falk Lecture, “The Australian Jewish Chaplains of the First World War” given by Judge Dr. Jonathan Lewis. The video of this lecture can be viewed below. In addition, the transcript of the presentation is available as well. AUSTRALIAN JEWISH CHAPLAINCY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
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On Friday night 11 August, 60 Jews from as far afield as Perth and Gold Coast gathered to bring in the Shabbat. This was the first Shabbat service in the old Broken Hill Synagogue since the Ark Congregation of Melbourne visit of March 2018. The Synagogue on Wolfram St built in 1910 was active until
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