Kosher Koala, FEB 2019
Hobart Synagogue, Australia’s oldest synagogue, is set to celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2020 and in preparation they are asking anyone with a family connection to the congregation to get in touch and get involved. And Jody Gorran from Boynton Beach Florida recounts the story of his father’s ancestral village, Khashchuvatye, and the pogroms visited on it in the early 20thcentury,
In News…
• The Wiener Library in London, want your help to identify the subjects of photographs by famous German photographer Gerty Simon
• the National Library of Israel, want your unpublished family history manuscripts, and
• an academic in Perth, is searching for a handwritten challah recipe from the 1950s!
In Sledgehammer, Evelyn Frybort explains how a DNA test confirmed her relationship with cousins in Mexico.
And in DIY, we present a summary of Robyn Dryen’s fascinating talk on Jewish cemetery symbolism and iconography.
