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Archive of Australian Judaica
CASUAL BULLETIN NO. 27
September 1998
ISSN 0814 - 8288
Items of Interest
July 4th 1998 marks the sixteenth year of the Archive's existence within
the precincts of the University of Sydney Library. The Archive now has its
own web site at Sydney University, which gives details of catalogue
holdings and archive publications.
We wish to thank Gary Luke for giving the Archive a spot on his website for
Australian Jewish Genealogy for a little over twelve months till the
Archive obtained its own site.
Acquisitions
The Archive collection continues to be supplemented by the donations. We
wish to thank the following:
- Mrs Sophie Caplan for her regular sending of ephemera.
- Mrs Ilana Cohen for additional ephemera.
- Mrs Josie Lacey for From Suceava to Sydney by Fred Grunseit, which
relates the story of her family.
- Mrs Bertha Porush for some papers from Rabbi Porush's collection on the New South Wales Council of Christians and Jews (1943-1948), Russian Jewry and correspondence.
- Temple Beth Israel for a copy of the compact disc: The Musical Tradition of the Jewish Reform Congregation in Berlin. This CD, published by Beth
HaTefutsoth contains a selection of music from the recordings brought by
Dr Herman Schildberger who emigrated to Australia in 1939. Dr Schildberger
had been music director of the Reform Congregation in Berlin, and had
arranged and published a complete anthology of the music used for the community synagogue services. The original recordings were made between 1928-1930 with a professional choir of one hundred voices. Rabbi John Levi of Temple Beth Israel, in Melbourne brought this music to the attention of the Museum in 1994.
- The New South Jewish Board of Deputies, and the Australian Jewish Historical Society for copies of With One Voice, which was edited by Suzanne Rutland and Sophie Caplan and relates the history of the New South
Wales Jewish Board of Deputies over the last half century.
Publications
Mi Adir and Sheva B'rochot and also Phantasia Judaica (Boaz
Bischofswerder), which was initially composed on the Dunera may be
purchased from the Archivist for $20 each plus postage ($5 local, $10
overseas).
The second edition of the Bibliography of Australian Judaica (1991) is
available from: Marianne Dacy. (Address as below), with a $5.00 charge to
cover postage and packaging. Multiple copies of the bibliography will be
sent on request with a cover charge for postage.
Copies of Monograph No 9: Early Australian Zionism. An Annotated Index of
Records in the Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 50pp are also available
from the Archivist for $5.00+ $1.00 postage ($3.00 overseas).
Eight copies remain of Wolf Matsdorf's: No Time to Grow: The Story of the
Gros Breeseners in Australia. vi, 144pp.
($10.00 + postage - $5.00 (Australia) - $10.00 (overseas)).
In addition, Monograph No. 11, Archive of Australian Judaica Holdings
1983-1997, 49p. is available for $15.0 + $2.00 postage (local) - $4.00
(overseas). The updates to the catalogue are now on the internet, only a
limited number of hard copies of the 1997 catalogue, Monograph No.11 have
been printed and are available on request. The catalogue will continue
to be updated on the internet, as well as some copies printed on request.
Three more publications of the Mandelbaum Publishing series have also
recently appeared and are available from Mrs Nancy Hickson , C/ -Semitic
Studies, University of Sydney 2006.
These publications are:
Israel Kipen's: Ahad Ha-am: The Zionism of the Future. 1997 (Mandelbaum
Studies in Judaica no 9) $20.00. Postage $5.00 (Australia) $12.00 (overseas).
Glenn Gordon's: Guardians of Zion: the Shomrim in Australia 1939-1944,
(Mandelbaum Studies in Judaica no 6)
Eliyahu Honig's Zionism in
Australia 1920-1939: the Formative Years. (Mandelbaum Studies in Judaica no 7).
These last two books are priced at $40 each. Postage $5 (Australia) or $A12
(overseas).
Archive Publications in Progress
The editing of the Union list of Australian Jewish Periodicals is almost
completed. It was first published in 1986, and then in 1987 was included as
a section in the first edition of: A Bibliography of Australian Judaica
(Liberman and Young).
A second publication, an expanded listing of Australian Jewish archives in
the Central Zionist Archives is also in progress. It is planned that these
works will be put "on line" on the website. When finances permit,it is
hoped that these will be printed.
Bischofswerder Papers
Naomi Bishops, the grandaughter of the former obercantor of the Berlin
Reform Synagogue is making a documentary on the life of Boaz
Bischofswerder. Featured in the film will be Phantasia Judaica, which was
published by the Archive on the reception of a grant of $1000 from the
Ethnic Affairs' Commission.
The Archive continues to attract a wide variety of users who include
students from overseas universities, as well as local users who include
authors, writers, museum curators, and film makers.
The Archive wishes to thank the University of Sydney Library for its
technical support, especially Ms Kerry Taylor, and the Mandelbaum Trust for
supplying the salary of the Archivist.
SHANA TOVA - Happy New Year 5759 !
CONTACT ADDRESS
Marianne Dacy
Archive of Australian Judaica, C/o Rare Books & Special
Collections,
Fisher Library,
University of Sydney, NSW Australia 2006.
Fax 61 2 9351 2890
Tel 61 2 9351 4162 (Mon-Wed) and Rare Books 61 2 9351 2992 (Thurs-Frid)
mdacy@library.usyd.edu.au
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/judaica
Input Wednesday, 23-Apr-2008 17:03:09 EST. Comments on contents to Marianne Dacy.