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An undefeated champion
TRIBUTES from across the political divide have flowed for Michael Danby, who announced last week that after seven elections, 20 years and thousands of communal gatherings, he will be bowing out of politics at the next federal election.
national
Aussie pollies hold talks in Israel
IT was a meeting of former prime ministers when Israel’s Ehud Olmert and Australia’s Tony Abbott took the stage to address the Strategic Leadership Conference gala dinner at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday.
sport
Levy earns spot for Para Pan Pacs
Matthew Levy has earned a place in the Australian team for what will be his third consecutive Para Pan Pacs, to be held from August 9 in Cairns.
Klinger blasts back into T20 form
Good news regarding his wife Cindy’s health has allowed opening batsman Michael Klinger to head over to the UK and lead Gloucestershire once again in the T20 Blast.
international
Israeli tech aids Thai cave rescue
Technology powering the Thai cave rescue was provided for free, because the Israeli man who developed it wanted to act “Jewish.”
Yad Vashem slams deal with Poland
The Polish government hasn’t really backed down on its Holocaust law, and it is “trying to literally change history”, Yad Vashem historian Havi Dreifuss has told The AJN.
arts
Ghil’ad’s Indigenous language game changer
As the nation celebrates NAIDOC Week – honouring the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – Shane Desiatnik speaks with an Israeli-born linguistics professor who is breaking new ground in Indigenous language reclamation, and in the process, helping the Barngarla people reconnect with their long lost mother tongue.
Messing with morals
In the upcoming production of The Man in the Attic, a German couple deceive a Jewish man who they are hiding into thinking that the Nazis have won the war. Incredibly, the play is based on a true story.
competitions
Win tickets to the Sydney Dog Lovers Show
The Sydney Dog Lovers Show will be bounding into the Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion August 4 & 5, with the the inaugural Sydney Common Woof Games headlining
opinion
Farewell Michael Danby
For all the mud that has been thrown at him – and there has been a fair bit – Michael Danby has put in the hours, not just for Australian Jewry but for the public as a whole as a hard grafting politician, who has remained true to his conscience whatever the fallout.