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August 26, 2016 by Nathan Shafir
In June 2015, I started planning a United Israel Appeal Melbourne mission to Israel. I knew it would take a long time to put together. I also knew that the people I was targeting, those in their 50s and 60s, like me, need to plan in advance. We scheduled the mission for June 2016 and I began organising the intricate details of the trip. Read more
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
