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The Zionist Council of NSW is hosting a Festival and Show to celebrate Israel’s Independence Day…
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Nov-21 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
Dec-29 11:20pm SBS-TV: Uri Geller’s Secret Treasures
Uri Geller, the man who bends spoons, reads minds, and can stop your watch. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more
It’s nice that there are several prominent organisations who have agreed to sponsor the celebration. However, I can’t understand how the SZC could allow Gelatissimo among its sponsors.
Surely the SZC should not be promoting a company that sells non-kosher food?
What kind of message does it send to participants at the event when one of the corporate sponsors is in conflict with Jewish ideals?
Love for Israel shouldn’t come at the expense of a respect for 3300 years of Jewish tradition…