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ABRAMI, Janka 1921-1993
Melbourne writer, Holocaust survivor
Photo
I'd Rather be Laughing  (1996)
Moments (1989)
Zat Izz Apples, Sir (1986)
The Two of You

ABRAMOVICH, Dvir 1971-
Melbourne academic + writer

A Touch of Genius: Portraits and Literary Masterpieces

Flashpoints: Israel, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
ADES, David 1956-
Sydney-based poet
Afloat in Light  (2017)

Only the Questions Are Eternal  (2015)
ADLER, Jacques 1927-
The Jews of Paris and the Final Solution  (1987)
ADLER, Louise 1954-
The Politics Of Linking Schools And Social Service  (1994)
AFTERMAN, Allen 1941-1992
American-born poet + legal academic. Lived in Australia 1967-1981
Kabbalah and Consciousness and the Poetry of Allen Afterman   (2005)

The maze rose: Poems 1970-73   (1974)
(The Sun Poetry series)

AJZENBUD, Moshe 1920-2020
Pnina  (2006)

Wanderers and Dreamers  (1998)

The Commissar Took Care  (1986)
Aside from several books published in Yiddish and in English translation, Ajzenbud was an active member of the Yiddish speaking community: President and Honorary Secretary of the Kadimah; first Hon Sec of the Jewish Holocaust Centre.
He edited the Kadimah’s Melburner Bletter Yiddish journal, presented a long running Yiddish program on Radio 3ZZZ, + was an active, leading member of the Bund and a Yiddish teacher at the Sholem Aleichem Sunday School.
Thanks to Kadimah for this summary

Aleyn in Gezeml  (1970)

Gelebt Hinter Kratn  (1956)
ALEXANDER, Goldie 1936-
Melbourne author
Unjust Desserts   (2003)
An adult murder/mystery


Books for adults

Books for middle grade readers

Books for young adults

Books for younger readers

See full bibliography + awards
Ali BERG Melbourne Co-authour with Michelle Kalus
Fancy Meeting You Here  (2022)

While You Were Reading  (2019)

The Book Ninja  (2018)
AMSTERDAM, Steven 1966-
The Easy Way Out  (2016)

What the Family needed  (2013)

Things We Didn't See Coming  (2010)

APPLE, Rabbi Raymond 1935-

Companion to the Machzor for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Education By Degrees: Masonic Notes

Eighty Days and Eighty Nights

Lets Ask the Rabbi

Sabbath in the Home: Songs and Prayers

The Hampstead Synagogue 1892-1967

The Jewish Way: Jews and Judaism in Australia

The Jews:
ARKWRIGHT, Ken 1929-
Perth author
Beyond Survival  (2018)
ARMSTRONG, Diane 1939-
The Collaborator  (2019)

Winter Journey   (2017)

Empire Day   (2015)

The Voyage of their Life   (2015)

Nocturne  (2008)

Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations   (2001)
ATKINSON, Meera Sydney writer
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ATLAS, Zygfryd 1920-
Just One Life  (1999)

BAKER, Mark Raphael 1959-2023
Thirty Days: A Journey to the End of Love  (2017)

History on the Edge (Ed)  (1997)

BAVATI, Robyn Melbourne writer
Within These Walls  (2017)

Pirouette  (2013)

Dancing in the Dark  (2011)
BEARMAN, Margaret 1966-
Melbourne writer
Above the Water   (2002)

BELLAMY, Ros Writer, editor and researcher
BENJAMIN, Elana Sydney author

My Mother's Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi (2012)
BEN-MOSHE, Danny Melbourne academic, writer + filmmaker

Full list of Danny Ben Moshe publications

Israel, the Diaspora and Jewish Identity (Ed) (2007)
BEN-MOSHE, Ros Melbourne lecturer + writer
The Laughter Effect: How to Build Joy, Resilience and Positivity in Your Life  (2023)

Laughing at Cancer  (2017)
BENNETT, Samuel (Shmuel 1919-
Melbourne Yiddish writer + columnist
Chronicles of a life  (1999)

BENTEL, Erica Perth writer
Can You Crack Them?  (2012)
Word Games

BERGNER, Herz 1907-1970
Light and Shadow   (1963)
BESSER, Nathan 1981-
Sydney writer
Man in the Corner  (2017)
BIDERMAN, Abraham 1924-
Melbourne writer
The World of My Past  (1997)
BIRMAN, Lisa Melbourne poet + novelist, lives in Colorado + Australia
How to Walk Away   (2015)

For That Return Passage – a Valentine for the United States of America (2008)
BLACK, Ben Pseudonym
Breaking Ranks – Turbulent Travels in the Promised Land   (2001)
BLAY, Anna Rosner 1947-
Melbourne writer
Not Paradise  (2004)

Sister Sister  (1998 + 2012)

Leo Rosner: A man of note
BLAY, Danny Rosner 1968-
Melbourne author
Drive Around the World : One Family, One Car, One Year, One Planet  (2013)
BLINT, Woolf 1914-
By Jeep to Freedom   (1994)
BLOCH, Felicity Melbourne writer
BLOOM, Norma 1924-
Born in Melbourne, since 1960 in Hobart.
The Larger View (1972) + When I See You (1978)
Widely represented in NZ and Australian literary journals and poetry anthologies.

Her play, 'Ruby', was performed in several Victorian country towns in 1973.
BOAS, Bernard 1911-2011
Melbourne writer + critic
The Five Books of Boas   (2002)

It's Time to Rewrite the Bible  (1994)
BRASCH, Rabbi Dr R 1912-2004
Star of David   (1956)

Rabbi Brasch's published books:
Reminiscences of a Roving Rabbi
The Star of David
The Eternal Flame
How did it Begin?
Mexico - a country of contrasts
The Judaic Heritage
The Unknown Sanctuary
How did Sports Begin?
How did Sex Begin? - the sense and nonsense of the customs and traditions that have separated men and women since Adam and Eve
The Supernatural and You!
Strange Customs
Australian Jews of Today
There's a Reason for Everything!
That Takes the Cake
Mistakes, Misnomers,and Misconceptions
BRETT, Doris 1950-
Melbourne writer + poet
The Twelfth Raven: A Memoir of Stroke, Love and Recovery  (2014)

In the Constellation of the Crab  (1998)

Looking for Unicorns   (1992)

More Annie Stories: Therapeutic Storytelling Techniques   (1992)

All Doris Brett books
BRETT, Lily 1946-
New York-based writer + poet (Melbourne originally)
Things Could Be Worse   (2016)

Lola Bensky  (2013)

Uncomfortably Close  (2007)

You Gotta Have Balls  (2006)

The Auschwitz Poems   (2004)

Between Mexico and Poland  (2002)

Too Many Men   (2002)

In Her Strapless Dresses  (2001)

New York   (2001)

What God Wants  (2000)

In Full View  (1997)

Mud in My Tears   (1997)

Just Like That  (1994)

Unintended Consequences  (1992)

After the War: Poems   (1990)

Poland and Other Poems  (1987)
BROOK, Steve 1934-2014
Smash the White Eagle!  (2013)
Novel

For Sam   (2009)

Strawberries with Everything  (2005)
Memoir

Bali Sugar  (2004)

McQuail   (2003)
BROUS, Raphael 1982-
I am Max Lamm   (2013)
BROWNE, Ashley 1965-
Melbourne writer + editor
People of the Boot - the Triumphs and Tragedies of Australian Jews in Sport  (2018)

Blue heaven : a celebration of Carlton (Ed)  (2011)

Flying High : The Story of Essendon's 16 Premierships  (2011)

Grand Finals Volume I : 1897-1938  (2011)

THE GOLDEN YEARS : Stories from Hawthorn's Greates  (2011)
BUCKRICH, Judith Raphael 1950-
Melbourne writer + journalist
Collins: The Story of Australia's Premier Street   (2005)

George Turner: A Life   (1999)

The Montefiore Homes: 150 Years of Care   (1998)

BURSTIN, Hinde Ena Melbourne academic + writer
CASTAN, Melissa Melbourne academic + writer
Federal Constitutional Law: A Contemporary View  (2006)

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Commentary and Materials  (2004)

CELERMAJER, Danielle Summertime: Reflections on a vanishing future  (2021)
CIDDOR, Anna 1957-
Melbourne children's author
The Family with Two Front Doors  (2016)

Night of the Fifth Moon  (2007)

Stormriders   (2004)

Wolfspell  (2003)

Runestone  (2002)
COHEN, Anna Sydney author, psychologist
Taming Teens  (2019)
COHEN, Bernard 1963-
Sydney writer
The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies  (2013)

Hardly Beach Weather  (2002)

Snowdome  (1998)

The Blindman's Hat  (1997)

Paul Needs Specs  (1993)

Tourism  (1992)
COHEN, David Phillip 1967-
Brisbane author
The Hunter and other stories of men  (2018)
The Hunter won the 2019 Russell Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Dorothy Hewett Award.

Disappearing off the Face of the Earth  (2017)

Fear of Tennis  (2007)
COHEN, Trevor 1938-
Melbourne author
Mary MacKillop’s Jewish connection
The Greatest Gift – A 200 year Chronicle of My Australian Jewish Family  (2022)
COLLINS, Alan 1928-2008
Melbourne writer
Joshua  (1995)

Going Home  (1993)

The Boys from Bondi   (1987)

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COLLINS, Ros 1930-
Melbourne writer
Rosa - Memories with Licence  (2019)

Solly's Girl  (2015)

Buy Ros Collins books from Hybrid Publishers
CONWAY, Deborah 1959-
Singer, songwriter, author
Book of Life  (2023)
COOKE, Steven Melbourne author
The Interior of Our Memories  (2015)
COOPER, Leo 1922-
Melbourne writer
In the shadow of the crescent : the Arabs, the Holocaust and beyond  (2010)

The Long Road to the Lucky Country  (2005)

In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and beyond  (2000)

Stakhanovites - and others : the story of a worker in the Soviet Union, 1939-1946  (1994)
COWEN, Shimon David 1951
Melbourne author
Aesthetics and the Divine  (2017)
Engaging artists, fostering religious art
CURZON, David 1941-
New-York based poet + editor
View From Jacobs Ladder: One Hundred Midrashim  (1996)

Modern poems on the Bible: An anthology  (1994)
CYKIERT, Avraham 1926-2009
Melbourne writer + Yiddish broadcaster
The Emperor of the Ghetto is a one-man play which deals with Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, the Jewish Leader of the Ghetto of Lodz and his dilemmas in dealing with the Nazis. It was first performed at the Caulfield Arts Centre in 1993, followed by seasons at the George Fairfax Studio (Victorian Arts Centre), St Martin's, the Adelaide Fringe and Tasmania as well as performances in over seventy schools in Victoria and South Australia.
DANNON, Joanne Melbourne writer
See the full list of books on her website
DAPIN, Mark 1963-
Sydney author
From the Trenches: the best ANZAC Writing of World War One  (2015)

R&R  (2015)

Spirit House  (2014)

The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing  (2011)

King of the Cross   (2009)

Fridge Magnets are Bastards  (2008)

Strange Country: Travels in a Very Different Australia  (2008)

The Nashos War: Australian National Servicemen in Vietnam
DAVIS, Peter 1954-2008
Melbourne writer
Abraham's Pictures
DOWSE, Sara 1938-
Canberra writer
Silver City  (1985)

West Block : The Hidden World of Canberra`s Mandarins   (1983)
DREYFUS, Kay 1942-
Melbourne writer + musicologist
Silences and Secrets: The Australian Experience of the Weintraubs Syncopators  (2013)

Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of Australia's All-girl Bands and Orchestras to the End of the Second World War   ( 1999)
DUBAND, Julian 1963-
Melbourne musician, composer, teacher + writer
My Incredible Creation – An IVF Journey 2018
(Illustrated by Jennifer Duband)
ELISHA, Ron 1951-
Melbourne Playwright
Esterhaz  ( 1990)

In Duty Bound  ( 1989)

Safe House  ( 1989)

The Levine Comedy  ( 1987)

Two  ( 1987)

Einstein  ( 1986)
ELLIOTT-KLEERKOPER, Marietta 1937-2019
Melbourne poet
Heirloom: Second anthology of the Melbourne Child Survivors of the Holocaust  (2006)

Island of Wakefulness  (2006)

A Perfect Distortion
EMANUEL, Lisa Sydney writer
The Covered Wife  (2021)
ENCEL, Diana 1928-2013
Sydney author
Peach Stones and other secrets
Jewish country girls: a collection of memories (2005)
ENCEL, Sol 1925- 2010
Sydney Sociologist + writer
Continuity, Commitment, and Survival: Jewish Communities in the Diaspora  (2003)

Out of the Doll’s House: Women in the Public Sphere  (1991)
(with Dorothy Campbell)

A Changing Australia  (1971)
ENGELMAN, Matylda 1914-
Melbourne writer
The End of the Journey: concluding Journey without end, an autobiography   ( 1978)

Journey Without End: an autobiography   ( 1977)
EPSTEIN, Anna 1947
Melekh Ravitsh: The Eccentric Outback Quest of an Urbane Yiddish Poet from Poland  (2019)

Jewish Museum of Australia  (2007 Editor/Coordinator)

From Where We Have Come Portraits of the Australian Jewish Family  (2001 Editor)

The Australian Family Images and Essays  (1998 Editor)

Jewish Museum of Australia Journal  (1993-2012 Quarterly, Editor)
EPSTEIN, Jan Melbourne film writer + critic
Jews and Films in Australia  (1997)
Film writer, reviewer:
"Cinema Papers", "Australian Jewish News", ABC ("filmic representation of history" forum)
Articles
1992. 'Australian Films at Cannes'. Cinema Papers. n. 89 (August).
EPSTEIN, Raphael Melbourne journalist, broadcaster + writer
Prisoner X   (2014)
ERLICH, Rita 1947-
Melbourne journalist + food writer
Melbourne By Menu  (2012)

Colour me Healthy  (2001)

50 Fabulous Chocolate Cakes  (1995)
FACTOR, June 1936-
Melbourne writer
Lols: Best Jokes for Kids  (2012)

Juicy Jumping Joke Book  (2000)

Kidspeak: A Dictionary of Australian Children's Words, Expressions and Games   (2000)

Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?  (1992)

Roll Over Pavlova  (1992)

Australian Childhood: An Anthology (   (1991)

Ladles and Jellyspoons  (1989)

Real Keen, Baked Bean!   (1989)

Summer   (1988)

Micky the Mighty Magpie  (1986)

Unreal Banana Peel   (1986)

All Right Vegemite!  (1985)

A First Australian Poetry Book  (1983)

Far Out Brussel Sprout   (1983)

Big Dipper   (1980-1982)

Cinderella Dressed in Yella
FAGENBLAT, Michael Melbourne academic now based in Israel
A Covenant of Creatures: Levinas's Philosophy of Judaism   (2010)
(Cultural Memory in the Present)

New Under the Sun : Jewish Australians on Religion, Politics and Culture  (2008)
Co-authors Fagenblat, Michael; Landau, Melanie and Wolski, Nathan
FALK, Barbara 1910-2008
Melbourne academic & writer
Caught in a Snare: Hitler's Refugee Academics 1933-1949  (1998)

No Other Home: An Anglo-Jewish Story 1833-1987   (1988)
FEIN, Yvonne 1953-
Melbourne writer
Choose Somebody Else  (2018)

The Torn Messiah  (2008)

On Edge  (1992)

Rachel Racing Time (2014)
FELDSTEIN, Jack Scriptwriter originally Adelaide currently New York
See work + filmography
FENIGER, Saba 1924-2017
Melbourne writer
Short Stories, Long Memories (1999)

The Human Element Project
FIENBERG, Anna 1956-
English-born Sydney writer
Joseph  (2003)

Horrendo's Curse  (2002)

Borrowed Light   (1999)

Tashi  (1995)
Tashi series: Tashi, Tashi & the Ghosts, Tashi & the Genie, Tashi & the Giant, Tashi & the Phoenix and more
FIENBERG, Barbara View bibliography
FINCHLEY (FREILICH), David 1946
Doppelganger  (2017)
FINKEL, Alan 1953-
Australia's Chief Scientist
FINKEL, Elizabeth 1957-
The Best Australian Science Writing   (2012)

The Genome Generation  (2012)

Stem Cells: Controversy at the Frontiers of Science  (2005)
FREADMAN, Richard 1951-
Melbourne academic + writer
This Crazy Thing A Life: Australian Jewish Autobiography  (2007)

Shadow of Doubt: My Father and Myself  (2003)

Threads of Life: Autobiography and the Will  (2001)

Stepladder to Hindsight
FREEMAN, Howard (ed) Melbourne president, Australian Jewish Historical Society
AJHS Journal (ed)  (2018)

AJHS Journal (ed)  (2017)
FREIBERG, Freda Independent film scholar
'Lost in Oz? Jews in the Australian Cinema'
FREIMAN, Marcelle 1951-
Sydney writer
White Lines (Vertical)  (2012)

Monkey’s Wedding  (1995)
FRIEZE, Donna-Lee Melbourne author
The Interior of Our Memories  (2015)
A History of Melbourne’s Jewish Holocaust Centre
FRYBORT, Evelyn 1947-
Sydney - Editor
Memories of Kings Cross – The Jewish Migrant Experience – 1930s – 1960s  (2023)
FRYDENBERG, Erica
FRYDMAN, Gloria 1943-
What a Life: A Biography of Paul Morawetz  (1995)
GARDNER, Helen 1939-
Melbourne writer
My Mother's Child
GARDNER, Paul The Unsung Family Hero  (2020)
The death and life of an anti-Nazi resistance fighter
GAUDRON, Alfred W. 1947-
Sydney poet
Israel and Egypt; A Poet's Journey (1995)

View bibliography
GAWENDA, Michael Melbourne Journalist + author
The Powerbroker: Mark Leibler, an Australian Jewish Life  (2020)

Rocky & Gawenda: The Story of a Man & His Mutt  (2010)

American Notebook  (2007)
GELBACH, Igor 1943-
Melbourne writer
Tsaplin's Testimony  (2013)

Notes from the Esplanade  (2003)
Translated from the Russian by Rae Mathew

Confessions of a Clay Man   (2001)
GENZIUK, Simi Melbourne based children’s author
So She Did (2019)
GETTLER, Leon 1958-
Melbourne journalist & writer
Organisations Behaving Badly: A Greek Tragedy of Corporate Pathology   (2005)

An Unpromised Land  (1993)
GINGOLD, Robert 1949-
Successful Ageing   (1993)
GLASMAN, Eli Melbourne writer
The Boy's Own Manual to Being a Proper Jew
GLAS-WIENER, Sheva 1916-
Children of the Ghetto  (1983)
GOLD, Alan 1945-
Sydney author
The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate  (2006)

Jezebel  (2001)

Berlin Song  (1999)

Minyan  (1999)

The Gift of Evil  (1998)

The Final Candidate  (1995)

The Lost Testament  (1994)

The Jericho Files  (1993)
GOLDBERG, Ashley Melbourne based fiction writer
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Abomination  (2022)

Chicken shit (Short story)
GOLDBLOOM, Goldie 1964-
Writer, editor, teacher Born in Perth
Gwen   (2017)

The Paperbark Shoe  (2011)

You Lose These and other stories   (2011)
GOLDBLOOM, Sandra 1943-
The Book of Rachel   (1998)
GOLDENBERG, Howard 1946-
Melbourne writer
Carrots and Jaffas  (2014)

Raft  (2009)

My Father's Compass  (2007)

A Threefold Cord
GOLDHAR, Pinchas 1901-1947
Melbourne Yiddish writer
The Collected Stories of Pinchas Goldhar = DERZEILUNGEN FUN AUSTRALIE  (1939 - reprinted 2016)
GOLDSCHLAGER, Ron Melbourne author
The Mystery of You
GOLDSMITH, Andrea 1950-
Melbourne author
The Memory Trap  (2017)

The Prosperous Thief  (2004)

Under the Knife  (1998)

Facing the Music  (1994)

Modern Interiors  (1991)

Gracious Living  (1990)

Invented Lives (2019)

Reunion (2009)
GOLVAN, Colin 1955-
Melbourne writer
Copyright Law and Practice  (2008)

An Introduction to Intellectual Property Law   (1992)

The Distant Exodus: Australian Jews recall their immigration experiences  (1990)

Theatre Daze   (1990)

Words and Law   (1989)

Writers and the Law   (1986)
with Michael McDonald, Alan Kirsner and David Williamson.
GONSKI, David 1953-
Sydney business leader + writer
I Gave a Gonski: Selected Speeches  (2015)
GOUCH, Gabrielle Sydney writer
Once, Only the Swallows Were Free  (2013)
GOULD, Dita I Was a Good Girl  (2000)
GOULD, Lucy 1940-
Empty Corners  (2000)
GRAY, Gary 1926-
Melbourne short-story writer
A Spoonful of Soup and Other Stories
GREEN, John M 1953 -
The Tao Deception   (2017)

The Trusted  (2013)

Born to Run   (2011)

Nowhere Man  (2010)
GREENBERG, Nicki 1974-
Melbourne comic artist + Illustrator
The Cursed First Term of Zelda Stitch. Bad Teacher. Worse Witch   (2018)

The Naughtiest Reindeer  (2014)

Hamlet   (2010)

Operation Weasel Ball   (2007)

The Great Gatsby  (2007)

It's True! Squids Suck  (2006)

The Digits  (1990)
The Digits series
GREY-SMITH, Naama (Amram) Perth writer
Sunscreen and Lipstick   (2012)
GRINBLAT, Kathy 1948-
Melbourne writer born in Paris
Children of the Shadows: Voices of the Second Generation   (2002)
GROSS, Dick 1954-
Melbourne writer
The Third Space  (2014)

Godless gospel, a modern guide to meaning and morality   (1999)

Money For Jam: How To Spread It And Not make A Mess  (1990)
HALASZ, George 1949-
Melbourne writer + psychiatrist
Cries Unheard: A New Look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2002)
HARARI, Fiona Sydney journalist & writer (originally Melbourne)
We Are Here: Talking with Australia’s Oldest Holocaust Survivors  (2018)

A Tragedy in Two Acts: Marcus Einfeld & Teresa Brennan (2011)

Elders (Ed.) (2010)
HELFGOTT, Louise 1959-
Mandurah, Western Australian writer, playwright and poet
Thistledown Seed (Memoir)  (2022)

Frames (Play)  (2013)

The Bridge (Musical)  (2010)

A Closer Sky (Play)  (2008)

Estuary Dream (Play)  (2008)

Can You Hold the Sun? (Poetry anthology)  (2004)
HOFFMANN, Catherine 1948-
Crystal (1987)

Forms of Bliss (1988)
HOLKNER, Jean 1926-2004
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HUPPERT, Michele 1939
Melbourne Writer
Malou: French Resistance Fighter  (2021)
INDYK, Ivor 1949-
Sydney literary academic, editor + publisher
Founder of Giramondo Publishing (1995)
JACOB, Angelica 1958-
Sydney writer
Finding Home: Memoir of a Jewish Girl: Bombay to Sydney  (2019)
JACOBSON, Anna 1987-
Brisbane artist & poet
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JAFFE, Meredith View books
JAWARY, Nita Melbourne artist + author
The Perpetual Table
JOEL, Alexandra 1953-
Sydney writer
The Paris Model  (2020)

Rosetta : A Scandalous True Story  (2016)

Parade: The story of Fashion in Australia  (1984 / 1998)

Best dressed : 200 years of fashion in Australia  (1984)
JUBAL, Benjamin Newman 1902-1961
The smile of Herschale Handle (1947)
JUCHAU, Mireille 1969-
Sydney writer
Burning In (2007)

Machines for Feeling (2001)

Selected Writings

The World Without Us (2015)
KAMINSKY, Leah 1959-
Melbourne doctor + writer
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KAMLER, Barbara Melbourne-based poet + academic
Academic publications

Leaving New Jersey (2016)

Love, Regardless (2022)

Surviving, a poetic memoir (2004)

Two Tales of Long Love (2019)
KAPLAN, Dalit Melbourne-based writer + storyteller
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Broken Eggs - A Novel

Online essays
Karen Kirsten US based Australian writer (Melbourne)
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KARIMI, Kooshyar 1968-
Melbourne doctor + writer
I Confess: Revelations in Exile (2012)
KARPIN, Matthew 1959-
In Our Own Day (1995)

The Crisis: How Autism Nearly Destroyed My Family and What We Did

The Right (2009)

The Thesis (2004)
KATZ, Danny Melbourne writer + columnist
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KATZ, Lally 1978-
Melbourne playright
Plays, screenplays + TV scripts
KEESING, Nancy 1923-1993
Sydney author
Shalom: The Acclaimed Collection of Australian Jewish Stories (1988)
KHAZAM, Sandra 1968-
Melbourne author
Drive around the World by Danny Blay, Maddy Raffy Blay, Sandra Khazam

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KIPPEN, Chilli The Captain Loves Caviar

The Chef who made Onions Cry
KOFMAN, Lee 1973-
Melbourne author
View Lee Kofman books
KOHN, Peter 1955-
Melbourne writer
Rachel's Chance (1987)

View from a Sandcastle (1998)
KOHN, Rachael 1953-
Sydney writer & broadcaster
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KOMESAROFF, Michael 1945
Melbourne author
Reds Under the Bed  (2018)
ASIO and an unusual bunch of suspects
KOVAL, Ramona 1954-
View Ramona Koval books
KRAMER, Tom Contributor "Children of the Shadows"

From Emancipation to Catastrophe: The Rise and Holocaust of Hungarian Jewry (2000)
KRANZ, Jaye Melbourne based short story + non-fiction writer
Short story + non-fiction collections
KRASNOSTEIN, Sarah Non-fiction writer
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The Believer  (2021)

The Trauma Cleaner  (2017)
KRAUS, Paul 1944
Sydney poet
Poetic Medicine  (2017)
Touching our innermost being
KROUK, Nora 1920-
Sydney poet
I am writing in English about Russian China: Poems and memoirs (2013)

Skin for Comfort

Warming the Core of Things
KUNA, Miriam Died 2017
Melbourne author
Medusa Wins

North Carlton, my nation state. Reminiscences of Jewish life in North Carlton before 1939
Journal of the Australian Jewish Historical Society
LANDSMAN, Lexi Sydney writer
Listen
LAVI, Tali Melbourne based writer, critic + interviewer
Articles by Tali Lavi
LAZAR, Joel The New Australian Haggadah (Editor)  (2015)
LAZAR, John 1801-1879
Sydney + Adelaide
Theatrical writer (Pantomimes)
LEIGHTON, Harry
LESER, David 1956-
Byron Bay journalist + author
David Leser books
LEVI, Dr. John 1934-
View Dr John Levi's books
LEVY, Barry Brisbane author (originally Johannesburg)
As If! (2008)

Burning Bright (2004)

Sawdust (co-author) (2013)

Shades of Exodus (2011)

The Terrorist (2012)
LEW, Dr Henry (Harry) R. 1948-
Melbourne author
Patterson of Israel  (2020)
Coming 2020
Horace Brodzky (1987)

Imaging the World

In Search of Derwent Lees (1996)

Lion Hearts

Smitten by Catherine

The Five Walking Sticks (2000)
LEWIN, Zwi Melbourne author
Melbourne author  (2019)
As told to Joe Reich
LEWITT, Maria 1924-2020
Grandmother's Yarn (for children)  (1985)

No Snow in December: An Autobiographical Novel  (1985)

Come Spring  (1980)

Just Call Me Bob  (1976)

About Maria Lewitt

Obituary - Sydney Morning Herald
LIBERMAN, Cassie Le Lourve The Women Behind the Icon
LIBERMAN, Karen
LIBERMAN, Serge 1942-2017
Melbourne doctor & author
All Serge Liberman's writings

Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788–2008, The

The Storyteller: Selected Stories

Where I Stand – Serge Liberman
LICHTENSTEIN, Bronwen 1947-
Alt. name Sarah Ebenor
Bronwen Lichtenstein publications

The Mazel Tov
LICHTER, Ida 1947-
Ida Lichter articles in The Spectator Magazine, Australia

Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression (2009)
LIPSKI, Sam Melbourne based Journalist + Editor
Speaker profile
Let My People Go  (2015)
Co-author with Suzanne Rutland

Selected articles in The Australian Jewish News

Sydney Institute speeches
LURIE, Morris 1938- 2014
Melbourne writer
Cleaning the Stables  (2015)

Hergesheimer in the Present Tense  (2014)

To Light Attained  (2008)
MANE, Gilbert Sydney writer
Gilbert Mane books
MANN, Leon 1937-
Melbourne academic & author
Jews of the Outback (co-authour)  (2010)

Decision making: A psychological analysis of conflict, choice and commitment. Co-authored with Irving Janis.
MARCUSON, Steven 1959-
Perth author
The Bunting Quest  (2016)
MARGO, Jill 1954-
Articles in The Financial Review

Jill Margo publications
MARGOLIN ROYAL, Linda 1962-
Sydney author, historical Fiction
The Star on the Grave  (2024)
MARIN, Bernard 1950-
Melbourne writer
Click here to buy Bernard Marin books
Letter to my Father  (2020)

Good As Gold  (2019)

Stories of Profit and Loss  (2019)

Stories of Remembering and Forgetting  (2019)

My father my father  (2002)
MARKS, Harry 1923-1977
The Heart Is Where the Hurt Is (1966)

Unicorn among the Wattles (1979)
MARKS, Stan 1929-
Melbourne writer
God Gave You One Face (1964)

The Holocaust and 21st Century
MARKUS, Andrew Melbourne academic + writer
A Second Chance: the Making of Yiddish Melbourne

Australia's Immigration Revolution

Immigration and Nation Building: Australia and Israel Compared

John Howard

Surrender Australia:

View further Andrew Markus publications
MARTIN, David 1915-1997
View list of David Martin publications
MAX, Helen Melbourne writer
Searching For Yesterday
MEHLMAN, Chaim Melbourne Writer + Video Producer
Larger Than Life: The Story of Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner OBM  (2022)
MELTZER, Gloria Nimbin, NSW writer
Only in Sri Lanka (2015)
Michelle KALUS Melbourne Co-authour with Ali Berg
Fancy Meeting You Here  (2022)

While You Were Reading  (2019)

The Book Ninja  (2018)
MILLER, Deborah Masel 1957-2011
In the Cleft of the Rock: Writings on the Five Books of Moses (2009)

Soul to Soul: Writings from Dark Places (2011)

The Maisonettes (2004)
MILLINGEN, Dalia 1922-2014
Melbourne author (d)
The Changing Form of Clouds  (2011)
A memoir of life, love and longing
MOSHINSKY, Romy 1970-
Melbourne-based writer, editor + publisher.
Co-founder of Real Publishing.
MOSHINSKY, Sam 1934-
Melbourne writer
Hello, Australia  (2023)

Goodbye Shanghai  (2016)
MOUSTAFINE, Mara 1952-
Sydney writer
Secrets and Spies (2002)
MYER, Rod 1955-
Melbourne writer
The Story of Victor Smorgon: Living the Dream   (2000)

In Full Stride: The Life and Times of Baillieu (Bails) Myer
NASEBY, Eileen 1943-
Ursula: A Voyage of Love and Drama (2006)
NAYMAN, Michele Michele Nayman books
OLIVER, Isabel Esther 1965 -
Works in remote Aboriginal Lands Schools in NT + WA
PALTI, Uri 1939-
Melbourne author
Does Life Have Fiction Moments?  (2014)
Changing Faces Changing Paces (2014)
Mikhtavim be-kivun ekhad: mikhtavim she-nikhtevu mi-tahat ha-shamayim va-asher nishlehu me'al le-'ananim (1997)

Dream is another word for Hope (2013)

The Lady from Mt. Tamborine (2013)

Where the Cranes Fly (2008)
PEARLMAN, Jonathan Sydney based writer + editor
Australian Foreign Affairs (Editor)

Jewish Quarterly (Editor)

The Saturday Paper (World Editor)
PERLMAN, Elliot 1964-
Melbourne author
Three Dollars  (1998)
The Reasons I Won't Be Coming (1999)
Seven Types of Ambiguity (2005)
The Street Sweeper (2012)
Good Morning, Again
PERLSTONE, Phyllis You Chase After Your Likeness  (2002)
The Edge of Everything (2007)
PILA, Ron 1965
Melbourne writer
Under a Lucky Star  (2020)
PIZER, Marjorie 1920-2016
Sydney poet
A Poet’s Life  (1963-2005)
Seasons of Love (1975)
Selected Poems 1963-1983 (1984)
Equinox (1987)
Journeys (1992)
To You the Living, Poems for Comfort and Healing (1992)
Below the Surface; Reflections on Life and Living with Anne Spencer Parry (1994)
Await the Spring (1998)
A Fortunate Star (2001)
POLACK, Gillian 1961-
Canberra academic & writer
See all publications
POLLAK, Cynthia After the death of your child: A Jewish mother’s Perspective  (2018)
Jewish Bereaved Parents Inc.
PRESSER, BRAM 1976-
Melbourne author
Range of published works

The Book of Dirt
PRICE, Margaret Broken Hill author
Jews of the Outback (co-author)  (2010)
PRINCE, Frances 1958-
Writer - Melbourne + Jerusalem
GIFT OF TIME. Discoveries from the Daily Ritual of Reading with my Father.  (2021)
RAFAEL, Rivqa Sydney Editor & Writer
Rivqa Rafael publications
RAVER, Miki 1945-
Listen to Her Voice

She Is Wisdom: A Celebration Of The Feminine Divine (2004)
REICH, Joe 1940-
Ein Stein: A novel  (2021)

My Sack Full of Memories  (2019)

Building Bridges  (2016)

Book of the Weak (2013)

I Know Precious Little (2011)
REITER, David 1947-
Brisbane award-winning writer + publisher
David Reiter publications
RICHTER, Anne Asian arts expert
Arts & Crafts of Indonesia (1994)
RIEMER, Andrew 1936-
The Habsburg Cafe (1993)

Inside Outside: Life Between Two Worlds (1995)

Between the Fish and the Mudcake (1999)

A Family History of Smoking
ROSENBERG, Jacob 1922-2008
Melbourne author
Lives and Embers

East Of Time


ROSENTHAL, Lesley Sharon 1953-
Melbourne writer, originally from England
Milkshakes, Men and Melodies: an American affair (1994)
Schmattes : Stories of Fabulous Frocks, Funky Fashion and Flinders Lane

Misadventures of Esmeralda Bloom Lesley Sharon RosenthalPublications (1991)

Netting Your Guy Lesley Sharon Rosenthal (1997) short story
ROSS, Dina Melbourne playwright
Chrysalis (2008)
RUBENSTEIN, Kim 1965-
Academic + writer
List of publications
RUBIN, Halina 1939-
Melbourne author
Journeys with my Mother  (2015)
RUBINSTEIN, Dr Hilary L. 1946-
Historian, author + editor
Catastrophe at Spithead: The Sinking of the Royal George  (2020)
British Naval History

The Durham Papers (compiler and editor)  (2019)
Selections from the Papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham G.C.B. (1763-1845)
British Naval HIstory


The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History (co-author)  (2011)
Anglo-Jewish History

A Time to Keep. The Story of Temple Beth Israel: 1930 to 2005 (co-editor)  (2005)
Australian Jewish History

Trafalgar Captain: Durham of the Defiance  (2005)
British Naval History

The Jews in the Modern World: A History since 1750 (co-author)  (2002)
General Jewish History

Philosemitism: Admiration and Support in the English-Speaking World for Jews, 1840-1939 (co-author)  (1999)
Anglo-Jewish History

Menders of the Mind: a history of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1946-96 (co-author),  (1996)
Australian history

The Jews in Australia: A Thematic History Volume One: 1788-1945  (1990)
Australian Jewish History

Chosen: The Jews in Australia  (1987)
Australian Jewish History


The Jews in Victoria, 1835-1985  (1986)
Australian Jewish History

The Jews in Victoria, 1835-1985  (1985)
(boxed hardback edition)
Australian Jewish History

Captain Luckless: James, first Duke of Hamilton (1606-49)  (1975)
British History
RUTLAND, Suzanne 1946-
Academic + writer
Lone Voice: The Wars of Isi Leibler  (2021)

Jews of the Outback (co-author)  (2010)

Pages of history: A century of the Australian Jewish Press  (1995)
With one voice: A history of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies (1998)
Edge of the Diaspora: Two Centuries of Jewish Settlement in Australia (2001)
If You Will It, It Is No Dream: The Moriah Story 1943-2003
The Jews in Australia (2006)
Triumph of the Jewish spirit: 40 years of the Jewish Communal Appeal 1967 - 2007
Let My People Go (2015) Co-author with Sam Lipski
Articles:
Postwar anti-Jewish refugee hysteria: a case of racial or religious bigotry?: An article from: Journal of Australian Studies
Three "rich uncles in America": the Australian Immigration Project and American Jewry.: An article from: American Jewish History
SACKVILLE, Kerri Sydney writer & columnist
Out There: A Survival Guide for Dating in Midlife (2018)
The Little Book of Anxiety: Confessions from a Worried Life (2012)

When My Husband Does the Dishes (2012)
SAFRAN, John 1972-
Depends What You Mean by Extremist

Murder in Mississippi
SAFRANSKY, Rosa 1948-
SCHWARTZ, Baba 1927-2017
Melbourne writer
The May Beetles: My First Twenty Years (2016)

The Lost Art of Baking with Yeast (2010)
SCHWARZ, Michelle 1966-
Melbourne writer
A Question of Power: The Geoff Clark Case (2008)

One Split Second: The Death of David Hookes and the Trial of Zdravko Micevic (2006)

SEBBAN, Shira 1963-
Sydney writer + migration agent for refugees
Vietnam’s Modern Day Boat People: Bridging Borders for Freedom  (2024)

Unlocking the Past: Stories From My Mother’s Diary  (2018)
SEMEL, Nava 1954-2017
Israeli author (d)
Paper Bride  (2012)

And the Rat Laughed  (2008)
SHAIAK, Gedaliah 1905-1983
Born in Poland, arrived in Australia 1949
Force and Defiance - Der opgot in fayer (Yiddish) (1982)
SHARAFSKI, Ben Israel-Australian writer based in Sydney
Returning to Carthage
edited by M.A. Hisflop
NEW 2021
SHAVITSKY, Ziva Melbourne Academic + writer
The Mystery of the Ten Lost Tribes

The Mystery of the Ten Lost Tribes
SHEFTALOVICH, Zoya Sydney journalist
SHOLL, Natasha Melbourne freelance writer + author
Found Wanting  (2022)
SINGER, Ivan 1922-2008
My Father's Blessing, My Salvation (2002)
The Colour of Liberty (2006)
A sequel of the first book. It deals with 20 years of life after the war.
SINGER, Peter 1946-
Philosopher + writer
Full list of publications
Practical Ethics (2017)

Animal Liberation: The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement (1975)

Writings on an Ethical Life
SINGER, Renata 1947-
Older and Bolder: Life after 60 (2015)

The Front of the Family (2001)
SKOVRON, Alex 1948-
Melbourne poet
The Poet  (2005)

See all Alex Skovron books
Autographs: 56 poems in prose (2008)

Infinite City (1999)

Sleeve Notes (1992)

The Rearrangement (1988)
SLONIM, Eva 1931-
Melbourne writer
Gazing at the Stars  (2014)
SPRING, Joseph 1927-
From Berlin to Biere : growing up in the Holocaust  (2009)
SPUT-STERN, Anya 1921-
Melbourne author
The Clan  (2016)
STEIN, Darren 1973-
Sydney artist, writer + poet
The Nut House poems  (2014)
STONE, Deborah Melbourne journalist + editor
Selected Articles
STONE, Nina (ed) 1935-
Silent no more: Melbourne child survivors of the Holocaust : anthology  (1999)
Born to survive : a long journey to freedom (2015)
STRUM, Andrew Melbourne editor
Eshkolot  (2002)
Essays in memory of Rabbi Ronald Lubofsky
SUGARMAN, Nancy Melbourne based ESL teacher + writer
Common Ground: An Anthology of Stories Written by Assyrian, Jewish and Sudanese Women  (2006)
SUTTNER, Immanuel Sydney poet
Learn About South Africa  (2007)
Cutting Through the Mountain: Interviews with South African Jewish Activists

Biographical details:
Immanuel Suttner was born in South Africa, lived in Israel for ten years, and now resides in Sydney. He has published fiction and non-fiction for children, and a collection of verse, Hidden & Revealed (Quartz/Snailpress 2007).
His poems have also been published in literary journals in South Africa, Israel and Australia, and anthologised in several collections.
His most recent book was "The African Animal Football Cup", which won the Inaugural Fiction Prize at the Woollahra Local Writer's Word Festival.
SVED, Miriam Melbourne-based writer
SWAN, Norman 1953-
So You Want To Live Younger Longer? The Ultimate Guide to Longevity  (2022)

So You Think You Know What's Good for You?  (2021)

The Politics of Subtraction: Public Hospitals in Australia  (1985)
SZEGO, Julie Melbourne writer
The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama  (2014)

The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama
TAFT, Margaret 1953 -
Melbourne writer
A Second Chance: the Making of Yiddish Melbourne (2018)
TAKAC, Esther Melbourne psychologist + writer
Genesis-The Book With Seventy Faces: A Guide for the Family  (2008)
TEDESCHI, Mark 1952-
Sydney barrister, photographer + authour
Murder at Myall Creek  (2016)
Eugenia : A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage (2012)

Shooting Around Corners (2012)
TEDESCHI, Simon 1981-
Sydney classical pianist + writer
Fugitive  (2022)
TORSH, Daniela 1946-
Sydney writer
A Women’s Education Catalogue  (1976)
School’s Out with co author Ken Newcombe (1975) A book about what Australian kids would like their school to be.
TRAJSTMAN, Albert 1946-
Melbourne author
Faraway Places  (2018)
TROPE, Nicole Sydney author
Home Sweet Home  (2021 (to be published))

Forgotten  (2017)

Blame  (2016)

The Boy Under the Table  (2013)
TUMARKIN, Maria 1974-
Melbourne writer
View books + articles
ULMAN, VIvienne 1948-
Melbourne writer
Alzheimer's: A Love Story  (2010)
UNGLIK, Ari Melbourne writer
Henderson's: The First 100 Years  (1993)
Between a rock and a hard place: The story of the development of the EPA (1996)
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses : A Recipe For Success : Four Generations Of Baking Excellence (1997)
Building A Life: Ted Lustig's Story (2001)
VAJDA, Frank 1935-
Melbourne neurologist & writer
Saved to Remember : Raoul Wallenberg, Budapest 1944 and After  (2016)
VALENT, Dani Melbourne cooking writer
See all Dani's cookbooks  (2011, 2013, 2017)
VALENT, Paul 1938-
Melbourne psychiatrist & writer
In Two Minds: Tales of a Psychotherapist  (2009)
From Survival to Fulfilment: A Framework for the Life-Trauma Dialectic (Series in Trauma and Loss) (1998)
Child Survivors of the Holocaust (2002)

VARGA, Susan 1943-
Sydney writer
Happy Families  (1999)
Heddy and Me (1994)
VEROLME, Hetty 1930-
Perth-based writer
Hetty: A True Story  (2010)
The Childrens House of Belsen (2000)
Now published in Australia, England, Holland, Germany, Italy and France.
A film is in the works: stay tuned to this page for details as they come to hand.
VERSTANDIG, Mark 1912-2002
I Rest My Case  (1995)
VIDAL, Sara 1945
Melbourne author
Bella and Chaim  (2017)
The Story of Beauty and Life
WATEN, Judah 1911-1985
Melbourne writer
Publications  (see list)
Alien Son (1952)
Unbending (1954)
Distant Land (1965)
So Far No Further (1971)
WELDON, Andrew 1998-
Melbourne cartoonist
I'm so sorry little man, I thought you were a hand-puppet  (2002)
The Kid with the Amazing Head (1998)
Clever Trevor's Stupendous Inventions (1999)

WEYLAND, Marcel 1927-
Sydney writer
Read more
The Boy on the Tricycle  (2016)
My Animated Life - Yoram Gross (2011)
Polish Poetry : From World War I to the End of World War II, Plus a Postscript (2010)
WOLSKI, Nathan Read more
Melbourne academic + writer
A Journey into the Zohar: An Introduction to the Book of Radiance  (2010)
New Under the Sun : Jewish Australians on Religion, Politics and Culture (2006)


WRIGHT, Clare 1969-
Melbourne Historian
You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World  (2019)

We Are the Rebels: The Women and Men Who Made Eureka  (2015)

Beyond the Ladies Lounge: Australia’s Female Publicans  (2014)

The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka  (2014)
Democracy Trilogy, Book One
WYNHAUSEN, Elisabeth 1946-2013
Melbourne writer
The Short Goodbye: A Skewed History of the Last Boom and the Next Bust  (2011)
Manly Girls (1989)
Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market (2005)
On Resilience (Little Books on Big Themes) (2010)

ZABLE, Arnold 1947-
Melbourne writer
The Fighter  (2016)
Glenn's Story (film script, 1979)
Clown Boy (children's book, 1982)
The River Man (children's book, 1982)
Jewels and Ashes (Scribe, 1991)
Wanderers and Dreamers: Tales of Yiddish Theatre in Australia
Café Scheherazade (2001)
The Fig Tree (2002)
Scraps of Heaven (2004)
Violin Lessons (2011)

ZAIL, Suzy 1966-
Melbourne author
Inkflower  (2023)

Arabella’s Alphabet Adventure  (2022)

I am Change  (2019)

Alexander Altmann A10567/Saving Midnight  (2014)

Playing for the Commandant  (2012)

The Wrong Boy  (2012)

Smitten  (2010)

All You Need is Love  (2008)

The Tattooed Flower  (2006)

ZASLAVSKY, Alice Melbourne food writer
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In Praise of Veg  (2020)

Alice's Food A-Z  (2015)

ZAWATZKY, Joan Melbourne writer
A compassionate guide to dealing with depression  (2013)
Scent of Oranges (2006-2011)
The Third Generation (2012)

There’s a Light at the End of the Tunnel: Self-help and hope for sufferers of depression: Stories, solutions and strategies  (2002)

ZOHAR, Seree Australian born poet based in Israel
And While Vivaldi Plays
Benita
Encaged
The Haircutter
ZUCKERMAN, Ghil'ad 1971-
Adelaide based academic & writer
Israelit Safa Yafa (Israeli, A Beautiful Language)  (2008)
Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew (2003)
ZWI, Rose 1928-2018
The Umbrella Tree  (1990)
The Inverted Pyramid Ravan Press (Johannesburg, 1981)
Exiles Ad Donker (Craighall, South Africa, 1984)

Biographical notes
Born in Mexico, Zwi moved with her parents, who were originally from Lithuania, to South Africa in 1930. In 1949, she moved to Israel in an effort to move away from Apartheid, spent some time in London, and then moved back to South Africa in 1953. Zwi graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) in 1967 with an Honours degree in English Literature. She worked as book editor at Ravan Press between 1979 +1981, and began visiting black townships to take part in illegal poetry readings.
In 1988, Rose moved to Australia, where she continued publishing her books. Rose has also written short stories, including "Stones", which won the Thomas Pringle award for best short story.


ZWICKY, Fay 1933-

Fay Zwicky: Poems 1970-1992 (1993)

Isaac Babel's Fiddle (Poetry, 1975)

Journeys: Poetry of Judith Wright, Rosemary Hobson, Gwen Harwood and Dorothy Hewitt (Editor, 1982)

Kaddish and Other Poems (Poetry, 1982)

Picnic (2006)

The Lyre in the Pawnshop: Essays on Literature and Survival 1974-1984 (Critical Essays, 1986)

Write Your Story

The program of the Makor Jewish Community Library, Melbourne.

Both the Lamm Library and Jewish Holocaust Centre Library assist local Jewish writers seeking to publish their memoirs.

The Holocaust Centre helps to publish memoirs written by Holocaust survivors who are directly engaged with the Holocaust Centres as current or past volunteers.

The Lamm Library, through their continuing Makor Write Your Story program, fosters the publication of Jewish non-fiction stories of a vast array of Jewish topics by the Melbourne Jewish community.

Authors include:
Ajzen, Chaim Chaim Ajzen Remembers
Ajzner, Hania Hania’s War
Altman, Kitia Memories Of Ordinary People
Arnstein, Lenke Recurring Dreams
Barnett,Mel Arnaff Good f'r a Dalston Boy: An East London Childhood
Beckwith, Doreen Full Circle: The Story of a Chained Woman
Benjamin, Sydney A.B. A Full House
Boas, Bernard A. The Five Books Of Boas
Buckner, Ille Starts and Pauses
Censor, Maria Letters To My Mother
Cherny, Sylvia Who is Sylvia?
Cooper, Leo The Long Road to the Lucky Country
Eidelson, Meyer Books, Tanks and Radios
Eisfelder, Horst ‘Peter’ Chinese Exile: My Years in Shanghai and Nanking
Erlanger, Arnold Choose Life
Fabian, Garry A Look Back Over My Shoulder
Fisher, Myra Cossacks, Cockneys And Colonials
Friedmann, Jakob Reluctant soldier : a Jewish Partisan’s Story
Gardner, Helen My Mother’s Child
Ginzburg, George A Will to Live: Autobiography
Goldberg, Paulette Just Think It Never Happened
Goldrei, Naomi The Champions Of My Childhood
Goldstein, Guta There Will Be Tomorrow
Gould, Lucy Empty Corners
Gray, Gary A Spoonful of Soup: and Other Stories
Grinblat, Ian Nachum Zalman Gurewicz : a life
Gust, Itzhak Such Was Life
Haberfeld, Lusia Lauferin : The Runner Of Birkenau
Harari, Mayer Second Exodus
Jawary, Sabiha Baghdad I Remember
Kay, David as told to Ian Grinblat Tough Kid : Surviving Siberia in Style
Korda, Teri My Dear Andrea And Andris
Korn, Henri Saviours, the Story of a Jewish Altar Boy
Kozminsky-Meyerowitz, Mena Keeping the Promise: Memories of a War Bride from Israel
Leperere, Helen Memoirs And Reflections
Mandelbaum, Rae Echoes From The Past: The Rifka Norman Story T
Marks, Eva A Patchwork Life
Max, Helen Searching For Yesterday: a Photographic Essay about My Mother, a Holocaust Sorvivor
Philips, Hartog (Harry) Just Call Me Harry: Growing Up in A Dutch Village
Randles, Shirley No Locked Doors
Reisman, Kathy More Than Nine Lives
Robin, Moshe and Stefa Stepping Into Life
Rosenberg, Elfie Serry And Me: Kindertransport and Beyond
Rosner, Maurie The Bell Tolls For Thee and Other Short Stories
Roth, Marianne An Intricate Collage
Rubin, Wolf Wolf: Surviving By Art
Schimmel, Marilyn Pola’s Story
Schreiber, Vera The Porcelain Doll
Schwartz, Schmul Under Red Skies
Schwarz, Tess The First Forty Families: Bringing My Family Tree and Forest to Life
Searle, Freda Memory’s Wings And Apron Strings
Skall, Lily My Story
Stern, Max My Stamp on Life
van Rijsdijk, Mink The Shoes of a Foundling
Wroby, Godel My Battle for Survival
Zylberman, Halina Swimming Under Water

THANK YOU

Thank you to those readers who contributed suggestions, corrected links and love this database!
Special special thanks go to David Ades, author of "Mapping the World" and a great friend of this project.




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