Mark Dapin
Keynote speaker at the NAJEX Jewish Remembrance Day service, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 8, 2018, 12:01 am
Reflecting on Armistice centenary
SYDNEY'S Jewish Remembrance Day service is always deeply moving, but it held even more resonance in its latest chapter at the Sydney Jewish Museum last Sunday – almost 100 years to the day since the guns fell silent at the end of World War I, and 95 years since General Sir John Monash officially opened the NSW Jewish War Memorial.
By Shane Desiatnik
Jules Hoffman points to his brother Adolf's name on the National Jewish War Memorial. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos
August 16, 2018, 11:20 am
Honouring our fallen Diggers
JEWISH history was made in our nation's capital last Sunday when Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove officially unveiled the first ever Australian Jewish War Memorial (AJWM), which commemorates all 341 Jewish Diggers who are known to have died on active service for their country from 1900 to today.
By Shane Desiatnik
Lancaster Bombers. Image: Janzerd/Dreamstime.com
April 27, 2018, 1:27 pm
The high flying Jewish Anzac
The dramatic true story of Cyril Borsht's experiences as a Lancaster bomber pilot on dangerous missions over Nazi-occupied Europe is just one of hundreds included in Mark Dapin's landmark book Jewish Anzacs.
By Shane Desiatnik
The Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience travelling exhibition, which will be in Sydney from April 15-27.
April 14, 2017, 12:00 am
Jewish Diggers feature in Anzac exhibition
A section devoted to telling the stories of some of the almost 1600 Australian Jewish men and women who served in the Great War is being included in the Spirit of Anzac Centenary Experience, which will be on at Sydney’s International Convention Centre from April 15-27.
By Shane Desiatnik
The cover of Jewish Anzacs, by author Mark Dapin.
April 7, 2017, 12:00 am
Landmark book on Jewish Diggers
Jewish Anzacs, the most comprehensive book detailing the lives and remarkable stories of mateship, sacrifice and valour of Jews who served in the Australian military, hit bookshops across the country on April 1.
By Shane Desiatnik
March 25, 2015, 12:00 am
Do you know these Diggers?
By Gareth Narunsky
September 5, 2014, 12:00 am
Hero’s medals go on display
THE NSW Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women (NAJEX) is set to present a set of medals of a Jewish World War II hero to the Sydney Jewish Museum.
By Gareth Narunsky
July 14, 2014, 12:00 am
Dapin signs on for Jewish military history book
A BOOK chronicling the history of Jews serving in Australia’s military is a step closer to becoming reality after popular Jewish author Mark Dapin officially signed on as author.
By Gareth Narunsky
September 7, 2011, 10:21 am
Spirit of a wartime hero
May 13, 2011, 1:32 pm
Authors flock to festival
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