From Australia’s Jewish Past: Joseph Jacobs First published in J-Wire March 7, 2023 Shlomo (Samuel), the son of Michael and Rivkah Weintraub, was born on 4 April 1891 in Ushimow near Lodz, Russia (Poland). His father died when Shlomo was a child, and his mother and two sisters brought him up. He received a religious […]
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Joseph came to be regarded as one of the foremost experts on English folklore as well as one of the leading authorities on fairy tales and the migration of fables.
A successful businessman who was known for his fair dealings. He was also one of the founders of the St Kilda Congregation
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The business known as ‘Percy Marks’ has become one of Australia’s most respected family jewellers – with four generations of the Marks family standing behind it
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Subsequent to receiving a much-needed LotteryWest grant towards hiring a professional archivist, in February JHGS-WA (Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society of Western Australia) president Michelle Urban hosted the archivist from the Australian Jewish Historical Society (AJHS), Sabrina Elias. Sabrina’s role was to check through JHGS-WA boxed archives and decide what she will ship back to
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Born in Sydney in 1893, Arthur Leslie Benjamin was an accomplished composer.
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Jacob Barrow Montefiore founded the Adelaide Marine Insurance Company and the railway linking Adelaide and Port Adelaide.
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Joseph Montefiore, successful trader and landowner, was one of the earliest free Jewish settlers in New South Wales and was active in Jewish communal life from the start.
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Judah Solomon came to Hobart as a convict and his legacy is integral to the history of the Hobart Synagogue.
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Members of the Jewish community are invited to attend the consecration of the official war grave of Jewish First World War veteran, Augustus Solomon Lipman, on Sunday 23 March 2025 – more than 75 years after he was buried in an unmarked grave in Orange NSW. Mr Lipman died in Orange Base Hospital in 1949,
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