Eliezer Levi Montefiore – Artist & Patron
Artist and patron who helped to establish the Victorian Academy of Art
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Rabbi Dr David Hailperin – A Colourful Life
Among the many colourful Jewish figures to appear in the annals of Australia’s early history, David Hailperin remains unique. He was an ‘’old world’’ rabbinic scholar-turned-Kabbalist mystic and ‘’quack’’ physician. He lived in Australia for only five years, but in that short time, he managed to establish an enduring legacy.
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The Montefiore Family in Australia
Joseph Barrow Montefiore, his wife Rebecca and their first two children, Georgiana Judith Barrow and Esther Hannan Barrow, arrived in Sydney on 22 February 1829.
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1894 Rosh Hashanah in Coolgardie
Possibly one of the most unique High Holiday services ever held in Australia took place in 1894 in Coolgardie WA for Rosh Hashana. The services were not held in a synagogue, nor in a home — in fact, not even in a building. The service, in which eleven men participated, just surpassing the bare minimum required, was held in a tent during the time of the WA’s gold rush period.
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The Moses family of Van Diemen’s Land
From Australia’s Jewish Past: The Moses family of Van Diemen’s Land First published in J-Wire August 24, 2021 Samuel Jacob Moses (born 1807) and his wife, Rosetta Blanche Moses (born 1820), arrived in Sydney from London in early November 1840. Within a couple of months, they sailed to Hobart with their three children, arriving there
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Ida Cohen – a legend of Tamworth
Ida Cohen was renowned for her commitment to a wide range of charitable and community causes in Tamworth right up until her final years. Not one to ‘stay home and wipe marks off mirrors’, she found lifelong employment in such work.
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Julia Levy – Philanthropist
Julia Levi, known as the “Grand Woman of Sydney Jewry” gave to every worthy cause and whilst she supported so many institutions, her greatest love was the New South Wales Board of Jewish Education. Even when her husband, Lewis, passed away, Julia continued her philanthropic work and gave over half the income left to her.
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Florence Anderson – Pioneering Trade Union Secretary
Florence Anderson was born in 1871. Her claim to fame was becoming the first female trade union secretary in Victoria, and the only female trade union secretary in Australia.
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Maurice Abraham Cohen – Sydney’s First Jewish Educator
Maurice “Moses” Abraham Cohen was a noted linguist and a pioneer of Jewish Education in Sydney. He also edited some of Sydney’s pioneer Jewish newspapers and campaigned for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
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Rose Shappere – Fearless nurse, Jewish adventuress
Ballarat-born Rose Shappere, had a serious taste for adventure. The young Jewish nurse resigned her position at Adelaide Hospital, made her way to South farica and attached herself first to a Boer commando unit, and then to the British volunteers, travelling alone throughout the country by rail and steamer to reach the front lines at Ladysmith.
Her persistence paid off, and whilst she saw many nurses being turned away by the British authorities, she was determined to serve and her efforts to do so were rewarded with success.
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