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Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL June 19961996 Volume XIII PartPart2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Introduction ............... ................... .. .. .. ................................. 169169 The Honourable Maurice Salom: An Anglo-Jewish Gentleman and a South Australian Pioneer Margot Salom ............................... ..............................................................173 173 Sir Julian Salomons, 1835-1909:1835-1909: A Brilliant Lawyer and Parliamentarian M.Z. Forbes ............................. ................................................................191 The Turbulent History of the Central Synagogue George Keen ............................................................................................ 226 History of the NSW Friends of the Hebrew University Alan K Milston ........ ..................... ......................................... ................ 264 Dr Fanny Reading v Smith's Weekly Morris S. Ochert ........................................... ................................. ......... 308 BOOK REVIEWS: There Was No Farewell by Marian Pretzel Helen Bersten .. ................. ................ ....................................................... 343 Pages of History: A Century of the Australian Jewish Press by Suzanne Rutland Dennis Bluth ................... ..... ............ ......................................................344 The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtnay Ruth Mandelberg ............... ....................................................................346 168 Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal Far From the Promised Land: Being Jewish in New Zealand by Ann Beaglehole and Hal Levine Irene Rothenberg .................................................................................... 347 Addenda and Errata ........ ....... ................... .. ................... .. .................349 Speech at the Official Opening of the Society's Rooms: Mandelbaum House Helen Bersten .. .......................... ............. .............................................. .. 351 President's Report ..............................................................................353 Genealogical Enquiries ..... ............................... ......................... ........356 New Members ........................... .......... ....... ..................... .. ...................357 Donations Received as Result of Special AppealAppeal. ...................... 358 Contributors ...... .......... ... ..... ... ... ................................. ....... ..................359 Opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not refiectreflect the official position of the society. AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL November 1996 Vol. XIII PartPart 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE EdEditor'sitor's Introduction..Introduction ............................................................. .............. 365 1.I. Early Melbourne and the Benjamin Brothers Rodney Benjamin .... ............................................................................. 367 2.2. The Life of Jacob Frankel (1812-1899) ............................................... 395 3. Shipboard diary of Henry Lippmann, 18571857 KurtKurt Lippmann ...................................................................................... 413 4. Australian Zionism:Zionism: ideas and debate in the pre-Balfour-Balfour period Bernard Hyams ............................................... ...................................... 416 5. "A Noble Sight to See":See": Philo-SemiticPhilo-Semitic rresponsesesponses in late 19th and early 2020thth century Australia to Jewish crises overseas HiHilarylary L. Rubinstein . ........ ............................. .............. ............ ............. 424 6. The rescue of thethe TaftfamilyfromTaft family from the Ukraine in 1921-221921- 22 RonaRonaldld Taft .. ..... ....... .. ... .. .. ... .. ......... ....... .. ... .. .. .. ... ... .. .. .. ..... .. ... .... ... .. ... 463 7.7. My Father My MotherMother Lou Jedwab ........................................................................................... 474777 8. Two pioneers of AustraAustralian lian Jewish histohistoriography:riography: Alfred Newton Super and Hirsch Munz MalcolmMalcolm J. TurnbullTurnbull . ..... .. .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ............ ....... ... ................... ........ 486 9.9. Nikolaus Pevsner and Melbourne: a 1930s resettlement scheme at the University of Melbourne forfor academics flfleeingeeing Nazi Germany George TibbiTibbitsts .. .. .......... ..... .. .. ....... .. .. .. ... ... .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... 500 10. Some reflections on the DemidenkoDemidenko affair Philip Mendes .................................................. ............ ............ ............. 509509 11.11 . Jubilee of Kfar Kfar Monash, 1946-961946- 96 Elizabeth DuneDurre.............................. ....................................................... 518 12. 100 Years Ago Lorraine FreemanFreeman.. ............................................................................... 521 Book Reviews 1.1. W.D. RubinsteinRubinstein.......................... ............................................... 529 Andrew Moore, The Right Road Jost, Totaro & Tyshing, The Demidenko File Natalie J. Prior, The Demidenko Diary Andrew Riemer, The Demidenko Debate Robert Manne, The Culture of Forgetting 2. Malcolm J. Turnbull........Turnbull .......................................................... 532 Amirah Inglis, The Hammer & Sickle and the Washing Up Tommy Tycho, The Tommy Tycho Story Hedi Fixel, Hobart Hebrew Congregation W.D.W.D. Rubinstein, Judaism in Australia Stephen Levine, A Standard for the People W.D.Rubinstein, A History of the Jews in the EnglishEnglish-Speaking-Speaking World: Great Britain Shirley Fitzgerald & Garry Wotherspoon, Minorities: Cultural Diversity in Sydney Joseph Fox, The Seventh Son of the Seventh Son Mark Verstandig, I Rest my Case Maurie Hoffman, Keep Yelling: a Survivor's Testimony Keila Pruzanski, Sunshine and Shadows Lionel Fredman, Newcastle Synagogue 70th anniversary 3. Judith O'Donnell..O'Donnell ..................................................................... 538 Judy Cassab, The Judy Cassab Diaries 4. lsidorIsidor SolomonSolomon................... ........................................................ 539 Kurt Lippmann, Our0 ur Lippmann Family Gloria Frydman, What a Life: a Biography of Paul Morawetz 5. Freda FreibergFreiberg.... ....................................................................... 541 Bitter Herbs & Honey (film) Other Material 1.I. Obituary: Henry ShawShaw. .............................................................. 542 2. Report to MembersMembers........ ............................................................. 543 3. New Members ............................................................................ 544 4. ContributorsContributors.......... ...................................................................... 545 Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Society. AUSTRALIAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL June 1997 Volume XIII PartPart4 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editor's Introduction ...... ...... ...... ....... ..... ... ...... ..... .............. ........549 Darling Downs Jewry and the Toowoomba Hebrew Congregation by Morris S. Ochert OAM .. ..............................................................552 Jews in Rural New South Wales Helen Bersten .... ..................................................................... ......... 596 Jacob Glass and the Cinema Robert Parkinson ........................................................................ .... 635 Lincoln, The Descendants of Nathan Ben Elijah and Australia: A New Appraisal Anthony Jospeh ............... ................................... ............................. 641 The Emergence of Ultra-OrthodoxUltra-Orthodox Judaism in Post-WarPost-War Australia Suzanne D. Rutland ..................................................... .. ................ .650 Some Historic Houses, Formerly the Proud Residences of Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Jewish Families in Sydney Louise Rosenberg ..............................................................................663 An Enthusiastic Amateur of the Arts: Eliezer Levi Montefiore in Melbourne 1853-711853-71 Nicholas Draffin ....................................................................... .......687 548 AustAustralianralian Jewish Historical Society Journal BOOK REVIEWS: The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker Marian Pretzel ..................... ...... ..................................................... 706 Edge of the Diaspora: Two Centuries of Jewish Settlement in Australia, by Suzanne D. Rutland Sol Encel ......... ............................. ................................... ................ 709 Stelle E Strisce E Stella Di David Nella Croce Del Sud (Stars and Stripes and the Star of David in the Southern Cross) by Rosanna Rosini Helen Bersten ..................................................................... ............. 710 A Glance over an old Left Shoulder: Harry Stein Remembers Sophie Caplan ............. ... ................................................................. 715 Correspondence .. .. ......................................................... .. .. .......... 718 Errata ......... .................................................................................... 721 Genealogical Enquiries ...............
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