Gutman, Margaret (née Nebenzahl)

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Margaret GUTMAN (née Nebenzahl)

Housing: 1 folder Period: 1951 - 1975.

Before returning to Australia in 1955, Margaret Gutman worked in the Information Department of the United Nations in New York. She was the first executive director of the N.S.W. Jewish Board of Deputies, appointed in April 1983 and retiring in 1999. In addition, she was the first woman to edit the B'nai B'rith Journal of Australia and New Zealand, and launched a double page feature in the Jewish Times called "Paging Women." Being actively involved in many Jewish and ethnic organisations, she has broadcast on SBS ethnic radio in the Jewish Radio Hour from1978 until recently. Her contribution to the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies and the Jewish community was recognised with an OAM in 1993. The collection consists mainly of a scrapbook and copies of the columns for the Women's page of the Australian Jewish Times written between 1951, and January 26th. 1975.

ProvenanceGUTMAN, Margaret (GUTMANM)
Dates(s)1951 to 1975
Scope & ContentThe collection consists mainly of a scrapbook and copies of the columns for the Women's page of the Australian Jewish Times written between 1951, and January 26th. 1975.