Historic WWII Haggadah donated
WWII-era Haggadah belonging to Jewish Australian airman donated to St Kilda Shule.
A World War II-era Haggadah belonging to a Jewish Australian airman has been donated to Melbourne’s St Kilda Shule for preservation in its War Memorial cabinet.
Local resident Ahron Adelist presented the “Service Edition for Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen” Haggadah to Rabbi Yaakov Glasman in a ceremony held in front of the VAJEX (Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women) Book of Remembrance at the shule’s bimah.
The Haggadah belonged to Adelist’s grandfather, who served in the Royal Australian Air Force during 1944 and 1945.
“My grandfather in 1944 and 1945 was in the air force. And he was a Jewish soldier, and so that’s how it got to him,” Adelist said.
“When they had the Pesach Seder he probably got the Haggadah.”
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