Refugee
Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv. Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg
September 12, 2023, 7:06 am
Eritrean expats riot in Tel Aviv
The Magen David Adom emergency service said the injured included 30 police officers who suffered light-to-moderate wounds. Tel Aviv's Ichilov Medical Centre said it treated 14 seriously injured individuals...
By AJN STAFF
September 4, 2023, 12:20 pm
What’s behind the doll’s eyes?
What happens when a young woman escaping Germany crosses paths with a Yiddish poet fleeing persecution? A love story. But Doll's Eye is so much more than that; it's a commentary on what's really behind what we see in front of our very own eyes. The AJN spoke to author Leah Kaminsky about her latest novel.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Israelis and Ethiopian Jews board flights from Gondar and Bahir Dar to Addis Ababa on August 10. Photo: Israel Embassy in Addis Ababa
August 21, 2023, 7:04 am
Israel rescues 200 from Ethiopia conflict
The operation came several days after a number of Israelis were reportedly rescued from the area. The Foreign Ministry had earlier urged Israelis in Amhara to remain at secure locations and try to maintain contact with the embassy in Addis Ababa, while calling on others to reconsider travel plans to the country.
By LAZAR BERMAN
Marc Chagall in 1969.
August 13, 2023, 1:27 pm
How The Joint found Marc Chagall in its archives
When photo and film archivist Minda Novek spotted children waving American and Portuguese flags on the decks of the Mouzinho in 1940s footage, it led her to the discovery of the repatriation of Russian–French artist Marc Chagall to the USA.
By Carol Saffer
Annetta Able with daughter Daphna Carmi at the launch of The Mosaic of My Life.
July 27, 2023, 7:27 am
Memoir highlights survivor’s amazing life
Born in Czechoslovakia in 1924, Annetta and Stephanie were transported to Theresienstadt in 1942. The following year they were sent to Auschwitz, where the notorious Nazi Dr Josef Mengele experimented on them.
By Danny Gocs
From left: Gali Brooks, Rosemary Kariuki and Ashley Feldman at the screening of Rosemary's Way at the Classic Cinemas in Melbourne.
July 23, 2023, 6:54 am
Addressing loneliness and isolation
"Refugees often arrive in a new country without family or friends, lacking ties or connections, unfamiliar with the culture and bureaucracy, sometimes unable to understand the language and burdened by post-traumatic experiences."
By AJN STAFF
A copy of the file on Ulrich Schnaft that Israel's General Security Agency recently declassified. Photo: Israel State Archives via Haaretz
June 13, 2023, 7:03 am
The former Nazi who enlisted in the IDF
One report said he had shown a picture of himself in "SS uniform or German army uniform" while drunk. Asked about this later, Schnaft said it was just a costume.
By AJN STAFF
Horst Eisfelder.
June 4, 2023, 6:59 am
Lens on wartime Shanghai
Horst Eisfelder is being remembered for his comprehensive photography in the ghetto, which has created a record for posterity.
By Peter Kohn
Lotti Tugendhaft celebrating Purim at Emmy Monash Aged Care in 2018. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 21, 2023, 7:04 am
Survivor mourned at 102
Before the Communists swept across China in 1949, Lotti and Josef left for Australia. Lotti took part in the family's fashion business Delphine for over 20 years
By Peter Kohn
A JDC volunteer delivers lifesaving humanitarian aid to a family in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Supplied
April 26, 2023, 7:21 am
Funds for Ukraine
Beyond the Jewish community, The Joint has also provided winter survival aid to 22,000 people in need, evacuated over 13,000 people and provided baby formula to young mothers.
By AJN STAFF
Elizabeth Risman with her dolls.
October 4, 2021, 9:15 am
‘A hand up, not a hand out’
Social enterprise Made by Many gives migrant and refugee women the opportunity to become financially independent.
By AJN STAFF
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