The Jews in Australia
The Jews in Australia

Author: Suzanne D. Rutland

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-01-23

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781139447164

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Jews form only a tiny proportion of the Australian population, yet they have made outstanding contributions and have influenced Australian society immeasurably. Stories such as that of Sir John Monash, Australian commander-in-chief during World War I, whose legacy continues through Monash University, show how Jews have reached the highest echelons of Australian society. The Jews in Australia explores what makes the Australian Jewish community different from other Jewish communities around the world. It traces the community's history from its convict origins in 1788 through to today's vibrant Jewish culture in Australia, and highlights the social and cultural impact the Jews have had on Australia. As well as looking at the emergence of a specific faith tradition in Australia, the book also explores how Jews, as Australia's first ethnic group, have integrated into multicultural Australia.

The Jews in Australia
The Jews in Australia

Author: W. D. Rubinstein

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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A discussion of the history of Jewish settlement in Australia from convicts arriving with the First Fleet to the present. Shows how the "Anglo-Saxon" and assimilationist character of Australian Jews changed with the arrival of Jewish survivors of Hitler's Europe, with Jews becoming more committed to their religion and culture yet combining the reaffirmation of their identity with full participation in Australian affairs.

Let My People Go
Let My People Go

Author: Sam Lipski

Publisher: Hybrid Publishers

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1742984541

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For 50 years, until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, the Soviet Union ran a campaign of repression, imprisonment, political trials and terror against its 3 million Jews. In Australia, political leaders and the Jewish community contributed significantly to the international protest movement which eventually triumphed over Moscow's tyranny and led to the modern Exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel and other countries. Lipski and Rutland make this largely unknown Australian story come alive with a combination of passion, personal experience and ground-breaking research. "The struggle for the freedom of Soviet Jewry was one of the most powerful displays of strength and solidarity by the world Jewish community... even those intimately familiar with the struggle will be surprised to discover in Let My People Go how the Australian Jewish community and its leaders were among the campaign's initiators, and how they saw it through to its successful conclusion. This is a unique testament to how a small group can play a big role in history." - Natan Sharansky, Chairman Jewish Agency for Israel, Prisoner of Zion (1977-86)

Hebrew, Israelite, Jew
Hebrew, Israelite, Jew

Author: David Mossenson

Publisher: ISBS

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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An historical account of Jewish experience in Western Australia, from early settlement until the present day. The title, taken from a 1901 census classification, emphasizes the diversity of Jewish pioneers separated by rivalries and tensions until their eventual amalgamation into an important regional ethnic minority. Includes statistical tables and bibliography.

Jews and Australian Politics
Jews and Australian Politics

Author: Geoffrey Brahm Levey

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2004-12-13

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1837642389

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Explains the contemporary politics of Australian Jewry. This book situates the politics of Australian Jews through comparisons with general patterns in Australian politics, the politics of other minorities in Australia, and the politics of other Western Jewish communities. It contains an appendix of Jewish Parliamentarians.

Jews and Australian Politics
Jews and Australian Politics

Author: Geoffrey Brahm Levey

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 276

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Explains the contemporary politics of Australian Jewry. This book situates the politics of Australian Jews through comparisons with general patterns in Australian politics, the politics of other minorities in Australia, and the politics of other Western Jewish communities. It contains an appendix of Jewish Parliamentarians.

These Are the Names
These Are the Names

Author: John Levi

Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 1165

ISBN-13: 052286418X

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Between 1788 and 1850, more than 1500 Jewish men and women were either transported to Australia as convicts or arrived as free settlers. This important biographical dictionary presents the details - occasionally sketchy but sometimes extensive - of more than 1500 of these pioneers. Rabbi John Levi's painstaking research through the fragmentary and often contradictory colonial records has culminated in an invaluable reference work and resource. A wealth of information, including birth names, extra names, nicknames, aliases and maiden names, together with details of marriages, children and occupations, makes These are the Names a major contribution to an important but little-recognised aspect of Australia's settlement history. For the first time, the earliest generation of Jews to settle in Australia is named and remembered.

From Assimilation to Group Survival
From Assimilation to Group Survival

Author: Peter Medding

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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A study based on a survey of the Melbourne Jewish community conducted by Medding in 1961-62 in part fulfillment of the requirements for an M.A. degree at Melbourne University. Ch. 3 (p. 55-75), "The Politics of Representation, " discuss the actions of the Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies to combat antisemitism which, however, was a minor phenomenon. It was confined mainly to manifestations of verbal prejudice, social exclusion, and the dissemination of antisemitic literature. Pp. 220-234 deal with Soviet antisemitism and actions undertaken by the Board to combat it.