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Noah Kleinlehrer testifies before the House Committee.
March 21, 2022, 9:00 am
US student’s Shoah bill
Dual US/Australian citizen Noah Kleinlehrer want to leave his mark on his state of Missouri, by spearheading a state bill to mandate a week of Holocaust education in Missouri public schools.
By Gareth Narunsky
Photo: David Batzofin
March 20, 2022, 11:00 am
Exposing the horrors through humour
Could you entertain the commandant if it meant your survival? Can we turn horror into art and, dare we say it, humour? This is the question that Gagman – a uniquely uncompromising book by revered cartoonist Dov Fedler and his daughter Joanne Fedler – poses.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Dvir Abramovich with Holocaust survivors Abe and Cesia Goldberg and Annette Able at the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial outside St Kilda Town Hall. Photo: Peter Haskin
March 10, 2022, 8:43 am
Survivors call for Greens to drop candidate
“The community deserves better from people who aspire to hold office in Parliament..." - Darren Bark
By Gareth Narunsky
Holocaust survivor and Sydney Jewish Museum volunteer guide Eddie Jaku talking with students. He will speak at various 2018 Capital Appeal events in October.
February 20, 2022, 9:05 am
We need more and better Holocaust education
"There is a dwindling number of survivors of the Holocaust who are alive today. It will therefore be a responsibility for people in the world to make sure that their memories and their legacy survives..."
February 15, 2022, 4:00 pm
Don’t ignore research of our own historians
Improving Australians' knowledge of the Holocaust
By Hilary Rubinstein
Anne Frank. Illustration: Adriana Alvarez
February 7, 2022, 10:10 am
Who really betrayed Anne Frank ?
As a Dutch Shoah survivor who endured the horrors of Bergen-Belsen at the same time as Anne Frank, Sydney's Eddy Boas is appalled at the recent discussion over who betrayed the young diarist and her family to the Nazis.
By Eddy Boas
November 26, 2021, 2:00 pm
New programs as museum reopens
The Sydney Jewish Museum warmly welcomed a steady stream of visitors through its doors on November 22, when it reopened to the public.
By AJN STAFF
British public's awareness of Jewish death toll.Chart: Claims Conference
November 24, 2021, 12:30 pm
UK survey reveals lack of Holocaust knowledge
By Times of Israel
Anne, with her imaginary friend Kitty, to whom Anne wrote her diary. Photo: Purple Whale Films.
July 23, 2021, 7:20 am
Revitalising Anne Frank’s story
It's up to each of us to make sure that future generations understand what happened during the Holocaust. A new movie adaptation of Anne Frank's story targets younger audiences.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Yvonne Engelman with Norman Seligman at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
June 24, 2021, 11:10 am
‘We are leaving a legacy’
The NSW government has announced it will give more than $6 million to the Sydney Jewish Museum "to ensure the Holocaust is always remembered by future generations".
By Gareth Narunsky
A Sephardi Torah on display at the SJM.
June 20, 2021, 3:51 pm
Sydney Jewish Museum to receive $6m from NSW govt
"This expansion of the Sydney Jewish Museum will provide a vital link to ensure the Holocaust is always remembered by future generations."
By AJN STAFF
A woman lays flowers at a menorah monument close to the Babi Yar ravine where tens of thousands of Jews were killed during WWII. Photo: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky
April 1, 2021, 3:43 pm
Why we honour the martyred Soviet Jews
'Through these acts of remembrance, we have thwarted the killers who sought to obliterate not only Jewish life but any memory that our people ever lived and died'.
By Alex Ryvchin
Josh Frydenberg and Felix Goldschmied with Elise Archer. Photo: Supplied
March 4, 2021, 8:30 am
‘Every student should learn about the Shoah’
The Morrison government is providing $2 million towards the establishment of a Tasmanian Holocaust Education and Interpretation Centre.
By Evan Zlatkis
Daniel Andrews talking with Holocaust survivor Ana de Leon at the Gandel Holocaust Education Conference in 2019. Photo: Peter Haskin
February 25, 2021, 10:00 am
Ensuring students are a ‘force for good’
Merlino: 'A much greater emphasis on the teaching of the Holocaust will have a big impact on our students’ understanding of how much damage antisemitic behaviour can cause'.
By Rebecca Davis
Lotte Weiss. Photo: Katherine Griffiths
February 18, 2021, 8:00 am
Tributes flow for Shoah survivor Lotte Weiss
Last Friday, Lotte Weiss handed the responsibility of sharing her story to future generations, when she passed away, aged 97.
By Sophie Deutsch
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