Special Collections

Israel: The Hijack State – John Rose – 1986

Towards Rescue – 1943

Scheherazade Restaurant 35 Years in Acland Street – 1993

Register of Jewish Survivors II Association of Polish Jews Joint Relief Committee for Polish Jews 1945 The Jewish Agency for Palestine – 1945

Prayers to be recited on New Year and Day of Atonement – Melbourne Hebrew Congregation – Date Unknown

Shem Tov Geffen – The Theory of Pure Prophecy or Mathematical Philosophy of Infinity – Cairo – 1923

Laws and Regulations – Melbourne Synagogue – 1931

The Jubilee of the First Zionist Congress The Executive of the Zionist Organisation 1947 Jerusalem Press Ltd. – Jerusalem

Greeting Cards – Youth Aliyah London – Date Unknown

Habonim Australia Jubilee Reunion Program – 1990

The Sabbath – Israel Porush – Date Unknown

Hagesher – The Bridge Newspaper 1961

The Ten Commandments and Thirteen Creeds – Hebrew Publishing Company – 1928

The Evolution of a Zionist Youth Movement – Shimshon Feder- Betar Australia – 1989

Christian Zionism – Patmos – 1976

Israel and the Holy Land on $5 & $10 a day – Joel Leiber – Arthur Frommer Publication – 1968

Wither Palestine – Evelyn Rothfield – 1947

Proposed Statement of Principals – Jewish Liberation Front – Date Unknown

Jewish Opposition to the Palestine White Paper is Reasonable! – 1939

Jewish Song Book – Date Unknown

Steimatzky’s Palestine Guide – Zev Vilnay – Steimatzky Publishing Co. – Jerusalem – 1942

10th Anniversary Yom Ha’atzmaut Function – Melbourne – 1958

Proposals for Combating Anti-Semitism in Victoria – 1939

Page 2 – Deed of Trust for land in Shepparton which would eventually become the site of the Shepparton Synagogue – 1913

Arab Women in Judea-Samaria and the Gaza District – United Nations Association of Israel – 1980s

The Jews in the War – Israel Cohen – Frederick Muller LTD. – London – 1943

The J.M.H.S Chronicle – September 1938

Survival: Zionist Special – Hillel Press – South Caulfield – 1971

Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs The Jewish National Home in Palestine 1944 United States Government Printing Office – 1944

Greeting Cards – Youth Aliyah London – Date Unknown

The Quest – 1973

Ichud Habonim – 1975

Top of women’s shoes during World War II – made from dried herring

Statistical Abstract of Palestine – 1944/1945

History of the Hebrews Part 1 – SH. Dubnov – Aviv Publishing – Warsaw – 1926

The Demography of Australian Jewry – Walter M. Lippman – The Federation of Australian Jewish Welfare – 1961

The Jewish Image – I. J. Leibler – Date Unknown

Survival: Palestine Special – Hillel Press – South Caulfield – 1971

Letter Envelope – Ben Gurion Airport Featuring Image of the Visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Israel 1977

Never Forget the Nazi Crimes: The 25th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising- Jewish Progressive Centre – 1968 – Alongside a National Socialist Party of Australia Information Promotional Flyer

PLO: A Profile – A. Yaniv – Israel Universities Study Group for Middle Eastern Affairs – 1974

Survival: Is this secular bi-national Democratic? – Hillel Press – South Caulfield – 1972

My Life Story – Arthur U. Michelson – 1943

The Middle East Under Cease-Fire – Julius Stone – 1967

Jewish Settlers in Australia – Charles A. Price – The Australian National University – 1979

Vision and Revision – Newman H. Rosenthal – 1936

The Jerusalem Report – Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin 1995

A collection of Historical Scopus Items – 1970s Scopus Tie – Early 1970s Embroidered Shirt Pocket – Early 1970s Scopus Junior School Cap – Early 1970s Scopus Sports Banner – Early 1970s SCAP (Scopus Magazine) Badges – 1975-1978 Scopus Exercise Book – Early 1970s

Submission of the Zionist Federation of Australia on Australia and the Middle East – Zionist Federation Information Service – 1982

The Jewish Problem – J. Mansfield – Adelaide – 1944

The Bulletin – The Australian Financial Times – 1967

Immigrants in Australia – Jerzy Zubrzycki – Melbourne University Press – 1960

Jewish Historical Society of England – 1932

Wire collected at the site of former internment camp 7 and 8 – Given as a souvenir at the 50th Anniversary of the Internment of the “Dunera” Boys – 1990

Memoirs of a doctor from the Vilna Ghetto – Dr Avraham Weinreb – Tel Aviv – 1979

Survival: Jewish Resistance – Hillel Press – South Caulfield – 1972

The Australian Jewish News – The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin 1995

Australian Jewry Five Years Later – Walter M. Lippman – Federation of Australian Jewish Welfare Societies – 1966

Zionist Seminars – 1988

A Jewish Child’s Book Katherine Myrtilla Cohen 1913 The Jewish Publication Society of America – Philadelphia

Albert Einstein – Zelman Cowen – 1983

Monash Jewish Student’s Society Magazine – 1973

Eminent Scientists Endorse Kosher Killing Method – Date Unknown

Letter from Moshe Dayan to Zionist Federation of Australia after visit to Australia – 1976

How Judaism Teaches Kindness To Animals – Rabbi L. A. Falk – Date Unknown

Prayer Book for the Solemn Days for Jewish Members of the Australian Fighting Forces The Australian Army Chaplains’ Department 1943

Tradition and Challenge: Agenda for Jewish Students Today – Handbook for the 21st Annual NUAJS Conference – 1972

Pesach – United Jewish Education Board – 1933

10th Anniversary Yom Ha’atzmaut Function – Melbourne – 1958

Judaism: The Faith of a People! – Newman H. Rosenthal – 1930

Destruction and Revolt of Polish Jews during the Hitlerian Occupation – B. Mark – Warsaw – 1955

Israel’s Policy on the Palestinian Question – Date Unknown

Jewish History Ethically Presented – H. Pereira Mendes – New York – 1909

The History of Jewish Self-Defence in Palestine – Eliyahu Golomb – The Zionist Library No. 4 – 1921

The Walls of Jerusalem: A Drama in Two Acts – A. Ashman – World Zionist Organisation – 1958

Report on a Pastoral Tour of Australia and New Zealand by Chief Rabbi Dr. Immanuel Jakobovitz and Mrs. Jakobovitz – 1971

Rembrant’s Work and it’s value to Judaism -Yavneh Publications – Berlin – 1923

Restoration of the Jews – Rev. Dr. Cairns – 1854

Yom Ha’atzmaut – The Israel Aliyah centre – Melbourne – 1975

The Well of Purification – Rabbi Hirsh Hurwitz – Federation of Synagogues Leeds – Leeds – 1921

21 Questions on Liberal Judaism Answered – 1969

Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs – United States House of Representatives – The Jewish National Home In Palestine – 1944

The Rules of Tashlich – Trnava, Slovakia – 1927

Proposed Constitution of Radical Zionist Alliance – Radical Zionist Alliance – Date Unknown

Judaism in Islam – Abraham I. Katsh – Bloch Publishing Company – 1954

Israel Reborn – Evelyn Rothfield – 1948

Register of Jewish Survivors II Association of Polish Jews Joint Relief Committee for Polish Jews 1945 The Jewish Agency for Palestine – 1945

Victory Year: The Story of Melbourne Jewry’s Contribution to Overseas Relief – United Jewish Overseas Relief Fund – 1945

Jewish Self-Hatred – Dr. Lionel Kochan – Noah Barou Memorial Lecture – The World Jewish Congress – 1970

Minutes of Student General Meeting – M.A.S. – 1973/1974

Magen David Part III: The Phenomena of Black September – The Monash Jewish Student’s Society – Date Unknown

Zionism and the Jewish Religion – F. S. Spiers – The Zionist Organisation – London – 1918

The Arab View – Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Jerusalem – 1974

Hagesher – The Bridge Newspaper 1960

The Sabbath: The Cornerstone of Jewish Life – Israel Porush – Jewish Ministers Conference of Australia and New Zealand – 1947

Monash Jewish Student’s Society Magazine – 1973

German Resistance Against Hitler – Central Association of Democratic Resistance Fighters and Persecutees’ Organisations – Bonn – 1968

The PLO and the Palestinian Family – Asher Susser – The Anglo-Israel Association – 1989

His Excellency Mr A. Kidron Ambassador of Israel – Yom Ha’atzmaut Function – Melbourne – 1981

What Do Australians Know About The Holocaust? – Jennifer Golub and Renae Cohen – 1994

Independence Day: Two Years of Statehood – 1950

Instructions for British Servicemen in Germany 1944 – Foreign Office – 1943 – Reprint 2002

Palestine Miscellany 1 – Palestine Pioneer Library – Tel Aviv – Date Unknown

The Jews and the War – Date Unkown

Melbourne Jewish Literary Society Meeting Notes 1894-1898

Local Postage Stamp Featuring Polish, Russian and Yiddish text Date Unknown

The Zionist – A Monthly Review of Jewish Affairs 1950

Daily Telegraph – World War II Begins 1939

The Jewish Cook Book – Florence Kreisler Greenbaum – New York – 1928 – Pupil Cookery Certificate from the Education Department of Victoria, given to Leiba Sheller in 1933

Arab-Jewish Unity – Judah Magnes and Martin Buber – 1947

Tenth Anniversary Salute to Israel Script (As part of the pageant to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of Medinat Yisrael at the Melbourne Olympic Pool) – Script by M. Rath – 1958

Zionism & Jewish Identity – Selected Sociological Readings into the Major Areas of Jewish Thought – The Australasian Union of Jewish Students – 1973

Problems of Zionist Policy – Dr. J. M. Machover – 1943

Australia and the Jews – Len Fox – 1945

Classified Palestine Songs The Jewish National Fund 1943

Where Are The Jews To Go? – J. N. Steinberg – 1937

Songbook – The State Zionist Council of Victoria – 1990

The Australian Magazine – 1996

The Australian Soldiers’ Pocket Book – Date Unknown

Independence Day – Yehuda Haezrahi – Education Department of the Jewish National Fund – London – 1951

Operation Murder – Anatole Goldstein – World Jewish Congress – New York – 1949

Theodor Herzl: A Memorial – Edited by Meyer W. Weisgal – The New Palestine Publication – New York – 1929

Revolt in the Ghetto – Reca Stone – 1944

Suggestion for Israel Independence Day Ceremony – World Zionist Organisation Information Department – 1967

Alternative To Suez Pamphlet The Zionist Federation of Australia and New Zealand 1957

Shefi Shapira Dance Group – Yom Ha’atzmaut Function – Melbourne – 1981

Steimatzky’s Palestine Guide Zev Vilnay 1941 Azriel Press – Jerusalem

Proposals for Combatting Anti-Semitism In Victoria Report – The Victorian Jewish Advisory Board – 1940s/1950s

10th Anniversary Yom Ha’atzmaut Function – Melbourne – 1958

Palestine Explored James Neil M.A. 1904 James Nisbet & Co. Limited – London

Ye Are My Witness – Keren Hayesod – 1963

Day of Awe High Holy Days Prayer Book – Date Unkown

Monash Jewish Student’s Society Magazine – 1972

Newcastle Synagogue Jubilee Program – 1977

Yiddish/English Manual – Joseph Jacobs and Hermann Landau – 6th Edition – London – 1910

United Israel Appeal letter and enclosed copy of No Peace, No War by Julius Stone – 1969

A Night with Elie Wiesel Souvenir Brochure – 1988

Apathy Apartheid Racism? – Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies – Hashomer Hatzair – 1971

No Peace No War in the Middle East – Julius stone – Maitland Publications – 1969

Is Evolution True? – Mount Scopus College – Date Unknown

Radio 3CR and Anti-Semitism: the Danger to an Australian Minority Group – The Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies – 1984

Intermarriage – Rabbi Jacob Danglow – Date Unknown

Service Pamphlets from World War II Office of the Chief Rabbi – London 1945/1946

Zionism – A. L. Patkin – 1942

The Story of Ruth – American-Palestine Art Publishing Company – New York – 1930

The Jewish State – Theodor Herzl – 1896

United Israel Appeal Letter Regarding Charitable Housing Development Project in Israel – Date Unknown

Collection of badges and items from Habonim Dror Australia – 1950s-1980s

Invitation to Evening Function in Honour of the Anniversary of the death of Theador Hertzl – The Australian Zionist Federation Queensland Branch 1930

JNF Mini Manual – Date Unknown

Rabban Gamaliel Ben Simeon – Hebrew Publishing Company – New York – 1941

The Case For Israel – 1956

Israel and the Middle East – R. J. Hawke – 1974

Deed of Trust for land in Shepparton which would eventually become the site of the Shepparton Synagogue – 1913

Palestine Exploration Fund Annual Report – 1912/1913