Sydney Jewish Museum (SJM)
Major General Jeffrey Rosenfeld delivering the keynote address. Photo: Shane Desiatnik
November 17, 2023, 10:37 am
Special centenary marks Remembrance Day
The service included, as always, components such as the Last Post, a minute’s silence, and the lighting of candles in memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice when serving in Australia’s armed forces.
By Shane Desiatnik
Harry Fransman being honoured by Dutch King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima in Sydney in November 2016. Photo: Elin Bandmann Photography
September 21, 2023, 11:06 am
Beloved Holocaust survivor dies aged 100
A founding member of the Sydney Jewish Museum, Harry Fransman, passed away five days shy of his 101st birthday.
By Shane Desiatnik
The Kol Halev launch at St Kilda Town Hall. Photo: Dean Schmideg
July 12, 2023, 6:34 am
Voice as a threat to democracy ‘a nonsense’
Stand Up CEO Courtney Winter-Peters drew parallels between Jewish displacement and the plight of First Australians. "We ourselves have travelled the path of an anguished heart … We will not be bystanders."
By Peter Kohn
The Sydney Jewish Museum welcomes children to a range of holiday activites.
June 29, 2023, 11:58 am
School holiday programs
There are three workshops to choose from, giving children a chance to learn about the Jewish custom of naming, discover their own family stories and explore important concepts like kindness
By AJN STAFF
Sydney United coach Miro Vlastelica (left) with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark at the Sydney Jewish Museum. Photo: Flavio Brancaleone/The Sydney Morning Herald
June 29, 2023, 6:25 am
Soccer club Sydney United visit Sydney Jewish Museum
Meeting at SJM with the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies was part of the club's way of making amends through compulsory education and training with Jewish and First Nations groups.
By Carly Adno
The Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters at the SJM.
June 22, 2023, 12:26 pm
Firefighters deeply moved by doing course
"There wasn't a dry eye in the room when 96-year-old survivor, Olga, shared her story – and that's from a group who, as firefighters, are used to going to horrific situations," Vaysbakh said.
By Shane Desiatnik
June 13, 2023, 7:24 am
A link to the past to look to the future
Tulips for Breakfast is set in Amsterdam during WWII, during which the main character Adelena lives in hiding. She has been left in the care of a non-Jew as her parents believed that was her only chance of survival.
By Jessica Abelsohn
Macnamara MP Josh Burns (left) and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
June 7, 2023, 9:00 pm
Attorney-General launches Federal Bill
'There is no place in Australia for symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust, and there is no place for those who seek to profit from the trade in these evil symbols or use them to promote their hatred'
By Peter Kohn
Rebecca Kummerfeld recently left the Sydney Jewish Museum after nearly seven years.
June 4, 2023, 7:14 am
JCA puts the pieces together
Spending her first weeks reading Holocaust history and listening to survivor testimony, she realised that the past came alive in a way it didn't in her reading.
By AJN STAFF
Greens MP Kobi Shetty (left) with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark at the Sydney Jewish Museum.
May 31, 2023, 7:16 am
A ‘moving and powerful’ experience
"This process was one of the positive outcomes that has come out of the dialogue between Greens NSW members of Parliament and the Jewish Board of Deputies," Shetty said.
By Carly Adno
Professor Yossi Garfinkel.
May 5, 2023, 7:07 am
Unearthing Judea’s biblical past
Speaking to The AJN, Garfinkel detailed his findings at the archaeological site of Tel Lachish in Israel's south, which he has been exploring.
By Peter Kohn
Abraham Rose (centre) and Kenzie Dvy reading Torn Apart By War at the Wollongong community's Yom Hashoah commemoration. Behind them is Professor Greg Rose.
May 4, 2023, 11:41 am
Local community members attend ceremony
AUJS student Mima Schwartz opened proceedings with a moving tribute to her Hungarian family, a number of whom perished at Auschwitz.
By AJN STAFF
Reverberations: A Future For Memory. Photo: Katherine Griffiths
April 27, 2023, 9:50 am
AJN to host special tour
Go behind the scenes with the curator to learn about how this exhibition was developed and the many ways the museum is using technology to keep survivor testimony alive for generations of the future.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Michael Samaras, former Wollongong councillor, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark and Konrad Kwiet.
April 5, 2023, 8:38 am
Kwiet details Nazi collaborator’s wartime past
Sydney Jewish Museum's resident historian Professor Konrad Kwiet visited the Wollongong Art Gallery to deliver a lecture about Bronius Sredersas to a packed audience.
By Carly Adno
Sydney Jewish Museum's resident historian Konrad Kwiet.
April 4, 2023, 6:41 am
SJM presents Sredersas’ story
"I anticipate there will be a keen level of interest from those who want to learn more about the man whose donation of artworks helped establish Wollongong Art Gallery..."
By AJN STAFF
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