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The new Israeli ambassador to New Zealand recently hosted a function to introduce himself to the local Wellington community.
Ambassador Shemi Tzur and DCM Teddy Poplinger
Together with his Deputy Chief of Mission Teddy Poplinger, Ambassador Shemi Tzur met with more than 60 members Wellington’s Jewish community at the Wellington Jewish Community Centre.
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
