LJLA Book Club

LJLA Book Club

The LJLA Turning The Pages Book Club is back again! Join us on the new date of November 28th for an enlightened discussion about Kirsty Manning’s ‘The Jade Lily’ Book Club will commence from 10:30am at the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. If...
April Book Club

April Book Club

The LJLA Turning The Pages Book Club is back again! Join us on May 30 for an enlightened discussion about Tom Keneally’s ‘The Dickens Boy’. Book Club will commence from 10:30am at the Lamm Jewish Library of Australia. If you’d like to find out...
Chinese exile : my years in Shanghai and Nanking 1938 to 1947

Chinese exile : my years in Shanghai and Nanking 1938 to 1947

Berlin, 1938… With every other door closing to Jewish people trying to escape the tightening Nazi grip on Europe, Shanghai was the only alternative left for 13 year old Horst – also known as Peter – and his family. They began to rebuild their lives in that exotic and...
Run Henry run

Run Henry run

Born in Lvov, Poland, at the beginning of World War I, Henry Barclay’s youth was happily spent in the warmth of his Jewish family. When increasing anti-Semitism threatened their happy life, Henry was excited at being accepted to study in France, although sad at...
The Five books of Boas : an autobiography

The Five books of Boas : an autobiography

“One man in his time plays many parts” and Bernard Boas has done so over nine decades of living to the full. He has been an industrial scientist, Torah scholar, author, free-mason, psychologist, marriage guidance counsellor and much else, often at the cutting edge of...