Peter Allen
The headstone of Able Seaman Isaac Herman.
March 20, 2023, 12:37 pm
Ceremony for Jewish Diggers
Operation Jacob continues to pursue the correction of the headstones of Jewish Australian soldiers buried under markers that falsely represent their religion and heritage
By Shane Desiatnik
Sergeant Julie Leder, representative of VAJEX at the gravestone of James Drummond, who was in fact Jacob Sorsky. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 23, 2021, 3:02 pm
Campaign to correct Diggers’ headstones
“I estimate from my research so far that up to 10 headstones of Australian Jewish servicemen need correction,” Jewish military historian Peter Allen says.
By Shane Desiatnik
Private Lawrence Saywell in 1941 at a POW camp in Moosburg, Germany. Photo: AWM
April 24, 2020, 8:56 am
Spotlight on Digger killed on VE Day
'This Anzac Day – with Jewish commemorative services cancelled – I hope we can all find a moment to quietly reflect upon Diggers like Saywell who made the ultimate sacrifice'.
By Shane Desiatnik
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
NSW Governor David Hurley (centre of back row) at Government House with Rona Tranby Trust (RTT) Australian Light Horse Project participants and RTT trustees on April 27.
May 16, 2018, 11:27 am
Indigenous heirs of Beersheba Charge honoured
Eleven Indigenous participants of the Rona Tranby Trust's Australian Light Horse Project, who participated in last October's re-enactment of the Battle of Beersheba centenary commemoration, were honoured at a reception at Sydney's Government House late last month.
By Shane Desiatnik
Artist's impression of the new Australian Jewish War Memorial.
May 3, 2018, 12:01 am
National Jewish war memorial to open in August
THE dedication ceremony of the new Australian Jewish War Memorial in Canberra will be held on Sunday, August 12 to coincide with the commemoration of the Centenary of General Sir John Monash's knighthood, the ACT Jewish Community's secretary Dr Merrilyn Sernack has announced.
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
Senator Eric Abetz prepares to lay a wreath at Hobart Synagogue on October 26. Photo: Tony Lomans/Island 26
November 13, 2016, 12:00 am
Historic day in Hobart
Australia's oldest synagogue proved a fitting venue to host a ceremony that was 100 years in the making for Tasmanian Jewry.
By Shane Desiatnik
Peter Allen with Lambis Englezos at the ceremony in Fromelles, France on July 19.
July 30, 2016, 12:02 am
Jewish diggers remembered at Fromelles
MORE than 3000 people stood at Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery near Fromelles, France, last week to honour the Diggers who died exactly 100 years ago.
May 7, 2015, 1:49 am
PM honours Jewish Diggers at Anzac service
By Gareth Narunsky
April 1, 2015, 12:00 am
Funding for Anzac commemoration
By Gareth Narunsky
March 25, 2015, 12:00 am
Do you know these Diggers?
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
August 8, 2012, 12:00 am
DNA matching for World War I diggers a race against time
SYDNEYSIDER Peter Allen is widening a search for families of Australian Jewish soldiers lost in the bloody World War I Battle of Fromelles in France, and believes he has found evidence of another Jewish digger.
By Peter Kohn
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