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Welcome to the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation – the Jewish Heart of the City and the gateway to Jewish Melbourne. Known as the Melbourne City Synagogue, it is modern orthodox and the only Shule in the inner city area. The historic and architecturally significant synagogue is within walking distance from the city’s hotels, hospitals and universities and serves as the City’s Jewish 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
