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Calendar of Events

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Lecture by Professor David Shneer, University of Colorado Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War and the Holocaust (in conjunction with the Yiddish Book Center, MA, USA)
A discussion on the biographies, stories and images of three Jewish photographers working for the Soviet press who became the first liberators to photograph the Holocaust. Free admission. Booking essential. Phone 9360 7999 or email reception@sjm.com.au
Tuesday 21 February at 6.30pm
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Some of our Previous Events
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Auschwitz Commemoration — under the auspices of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants in conjunction with the Sydney Jewish Museum
Sunday 29 January at 11.00am |
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Book Launch: Nana by Miriam Anseline. The story of Ruth Widder, Holocaust Survivor. All welcome.
15 January 2.30pm
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Anthony Levin, poet and third generation descendant, will speak about his most recent volume of poetry and Holocaust memory.
Wednesday 4 January at 6.00pm |
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The Devil’s Rope – Thoughts on a Cultural History of Barbed Wire A talk and discussion with Dr Alan Krell
Sunday 27 November at 2pm
Dr Alan Krell has lectured extensively in Art History, overseas and in Sydney, where he is Associate Professor at the College of Fine Arts (COFA), University of New South Wales. He is the author of a number of books including Manet and the Painters of Contemporary Life and The Devil’s Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire. His new book, to be published later this year, focuses on the contradictory nature of fire in actuality and in the social imagination.
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Music and the Holocaust: a Symposium
1:00PM Dr Albrecht Dümling: Welcome Enrichment or Annoying Competition? How German-speaking Refugee Musicians were Received by Australia
2:00 pm Dr Joseph Toltz: The Accidental Pioneer: Musical Testimony from David Boder’s 1946 Expedition into the Displaced Persons camps of Europe
Thursday 24 November
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William Cooper Event with Kevin Russell (SJM, AIJAC, JBoD, JNF combined event)
Sunday 20 November at 5.30pm
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Annual General Meeting Sydney Jewish Museum
Sunday 20 November at 4.00pm
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Talk and discussion with Thea Weiss Inspiration in Art
Sunday 13 November at 11.00am
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NAJEX Remembrance Day Commemoration
Sunday 13 November at 9.00am
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Antisemitism in English Literature A talk and discussion with Dr Hilton Immerman OAM
Sunday 30 October at 2pm
Hilton Immerman is the CEO of The Shalom Institute and Head of Shalom College at the University of NSW. He has 7 university degrees from 4 continents, including 2 Masters and a Ph.D. His doctorate is in the area of leadership theory, research and development and he has lectured in a Masters program at the University of New South Wales for 10 years. In the 2004 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Hilton was awarded an OAM (Medal of the Order of Australia) for services to Adult Education and Leadership Development.
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Joint function with JBoD for B’nai B’rith Community Day
Sunday 23 October at 2.00pm
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OlahME - Young Adult Event Sukkot: Building a New World: Biodiversity & ConservationMonday 17th October at 6.30pm |
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Sobibor CommemorationMonday 17th October at 10.00am |
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Opening of the Thea Weiss Exhibition Fire & Ice - Survival of the Spirit Sunday 16th October at 2.00pm |
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OlahME - Young Adult EventRosh Hashana: Awaken, Acknowledge, Act!Monday 26th September at 6.30pm |
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The Mystery of Angels – Exploring the Nature of Angels in Judaism and Other Traditions A talk and discussion with Orna Triguboff
Sunday 25 September at 2pm
Orna Triguboff has a Ph.D. from Sydney University, where she researched the Kabbalah of 16th century Galilee. Orna has received rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Renewal Movement and is a yoga teacher. She is the spiritual director of the Neshama Life Organisation, which conducts courses in Kabbalah, meditation and self-improvement.
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Sanctum of Remembrance Reading of the Names
Sunday 11 September at 10.30am
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Opening of Resistance Exhibition Amidah - Standing Up
Sunday 11 September at 12pm
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Blessed is the Match – the Life and Death of Hannah Senesh Documentary film screening
Sunday 28 August at 2pm
The story of Hannah Senesh, an Hungarian poet who was captured by the Nazis while trying to rescue Jews in WWII. Filmed on location in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Israel. With unprecedented access to the Senesh family archive and through interviews, eyewitness accounts and the prolific writings of Hannah and Catherine Senesh, Blessed Is the Match recreates Hannah’s childhood, her perilous mission, her life and her death. Winner of more than 10 Film Festival Awards. |
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2012 Tour to Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Israel - Information Night
Wednesday 17 August at 7.00pm
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Rededication of the Children’s Memorial & Janusz Korczak Commemoration
Sunday 14 August at 3pm
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Out of Sight: The Civic Legacy of the Convict Era A talk and discussion with Babette Smith
Sunday 31 July at 2pm
Babette Smith is a freelance historian & writer. Her latest book, Australia’s Birthstain, published in 2008, traces the country’s shame about its convict foundations and the distorted history that resulted. This follows her earlier work, A Cargo of Women: Susannah Watson & the Convicts of the Princess Royal. Now living in Blackheath, Babette combines writing with her practice as a mediator of disputes in family law, workplace, health and business matters.
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Charms, Cures, Magic and Mysticism - A Wizard Class in Jewish Studies A talk and discussion with Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence
Sunday 26 June at 2pm
Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence is Senior Rabbi and Chief Minister of the Great Synagogue, Sydney. He serves as registrar on the Sydney Beth Din and is a religious advisor to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) and the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies (NSWJBD). Rabbi Lawrence is a founder member and director of the Jewish Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS).
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OlahME - become a global Jewish citizen a young adult education series
Monday 23rd May, 6.30-8pm |
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Yom Hashoah: Reading of the names
Sunday May 1, 1-3pm |
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Anzac Day Commemoration
Sunday 17 April, 9.30-11am. |
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Lecture: Paul Brunton
Wednesday 13th April, 6.30pm.
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OlahME - become a global Jewish citizen a young adult education series
Monday 11 April, 6.30-8pm |
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Movie: Liberation, Life and Lamingtons
Sunday 3 April, 2pm |
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Lecture: David Cesarani.
Professor Cesarani's research interests fall broadly within the field of modern Jewish history and culture, with an emphsis on ethnicity and 'race', immigration and citizenship, modern German history and genocide.
Sunday 27th March, 4.00pm.
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Primo Levi: His Life and Legacy. By Bob Carr in association with the Italian Cultural Institute
Monday 28th February, 6.00pm.
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