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Jessica Abelsohn spoke to several creatives about their experiences.</a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Jessica Abelsohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/jessica-abelsohn/">Jessica Abelsohn</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-journey/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2023/11/Gawendaathisboo_48252-e1699570410671-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Michael Gawenda at the launch of his book." decoding="async" title="Michael Gawenda at the launch of his book." /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">November 9, 2023, 4:28 pm</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-journey/"> Michael Gawenda’s Jewish journey </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/jewish-journey/">In his new autobiography My Life As A Jew, Michael Gawenda writes how the left, in which he once felt kinship, increasingly came to demonise Israel.</a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/in-his-own-words/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2023/10/RonCastan_46865-400x250.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Ron Castan." decoding="async" title="Ron Castan." /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">October 5, 2023, 9:42 am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/in-his-own-words/"> In his own words </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/in-his-own-words/">Jewish barrister Ron Castan played a leading role in the Mabo Case, which culminated in the 1992 High Court judgement that overturned terra nullius. 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An illustration from Ryan Abramowitz's book, Elegy for an Elephant." /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">September 7, 2023, 9:39 am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ryans-elegy-for-an-elephant/"> Ryan’s elegy for an elephant </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/ryans-elegy-for-an-elephant/">Elegy for an Elephant is Melbourne-based artist Ryan Abramowitz's debut picture book – inspired by the passing of his father to suicide. 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Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg" decoding="async" loading="lazy" title="Demonstrators wave large Israeli flags during a protest against the Netanyahu government's overhaul of the judicial system, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on Monday, July 24, 2023, as parliament passed the 'reasonableness' law. Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg" /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">July 31, 2023, 10:50 am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/the-wounded-jewish-psyche-and-the-divided-israeli-soul/"> The wounded Jewish psyche and the divided Israeli soul </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/the-wounded-jewish-psyche-and-the-divided-israeli-soul/">Understanding Israel’s moment of truth – from the war on Start-up Nation, to the moral crisis in Orthodox Jewry, to the author’s personal failure of empathy for political opponents</a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Yossi Klein Halevi" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/yossi-klein-halevi/">Yossi Klein Halevi</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-story/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2023/07/Sam-2-2023-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Sam Moshinsky today. Photo: Peter Haskin" decoding="async" loading="lazy" title="Sam Moshinsky today. Photo: Peter Haskin" /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">July 20, 2023, 9:49 am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-story/"> Australian story </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/australian-story/">From his youth in Shanghai to a dynamic life in Australia in the corporate world and in multiple Jewish organisations, Sam Moshinsky has a colourful narrative to share. </a> </div> <div class="byline"> By <a title="Peter Kohn" href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/writers/peter-kohn/">Peter Kohn</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="item template1 news"> <div class="media"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/maurice-moved-by-full-circle-mission/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/ajn/uploads/2023/07/HezbolahTunnels_23636-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Maurice Fremder in a former Hezbollah tunnel." decoding="async" loading="lazy" title="Maurice Fremder in a former Hezbollah tunnel." /></a> </div> <div class="item-content"> <div class="date">July 13, 2023, 6:45 am</div> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/maurice-moved-by-full-circle-mission/"> Maurice moved by ‘full circle’ mission </a> </div> <div class="underline"> <a href="https://www.australianjewishnews.com/maurice-moved-by-full-circle-mission/">In April, 93-year-old Maurice Fremder – who lost all his family in the Holocaust and fought in Israel's War of Independence – experienced the trip of a lifetime with his son Michael on UIA Australia's Yom Ha'atzmaut 75th Anniversary Israel Mission. 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