Bibliographical Resources

The following selection of resources relating to Australian Jewish women has been extracted from the Australian Women's Register.

NOTE: Details links open in the Australian Women's Register.

A

  • Andgel, Anne, 'The law of loving kindness: a tribute to Dr Fanny Reading, founder of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia in 1923', Journal (Australian Jewish Historical Society), vol. 14, no. 2, 1998, pp. 199-259. Details

C

  • Cohen, Lysbeth, 'Beginning with Esther: Some distinguished Jewish women of New South Wales', in Thompson, Patricia and Yorke, Susan (eds), Lives Obscurely Great: Historical Essays on Women of New South Wales, Society of Women Writers (Australia), NSW Branch, Sydney, 1980, pp. 156-165. Details
  • Cohen, Lysbeth, 'Not merely housewives. Australian Jewish Women. Paper presented to Australian Jewish Historical Society. Meeting (1980: Sydney)-', Journal of Proceedings (Australian Jewish Historical Society), vol. 9, 1981, pp. 8-24. Details
  • The Council bulletin / National Council of Jewish Women, The Council, Melbourne, 1926-. Details

E

  • Eidelson, Meyer, Nation builders : great lives and stories from St Kilda General Cemetery, Friends of St Kilda Cemetery Inc., St Kilda, Vic., 2001, 120 pp. Details

F

  • First Jewish Women's Conference, May 21st to 27th, 1929, Council of Jewish Women of New South Wales, Sydney, 1929, 104 pp. Details
  • Flesch, Juliet, 'Materials for Jewish History at the University of Melbourne Library', The University of Melbourne Library Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1996, pp. 32-38. Details
  • Forever Eve: An Anthology Celebrating NCJWV 75th Anniversary 2002, National Council of Jewish Women of Victoria, Caulfield, VIC, 2002, 134 pp. Details
  • Frenkel, Anna, Soviet Jewish emigrants in Australia : problems of multidimensional integration, Sydney, 1987. Details

K

  • Kirchhof, Astrid Mignon, 'From Germany and Austria to Australia: experiences of Jewish Women Refugees in the 1930s', Journal (Australian Jewish Historical Society), vol. 15, no. 2, 2000, pp. 237-251. Details

M

  • Meeting new migrants on the wharves: A significant part of National Council of Jewish Women history from the 1920s to the 1950s, The Council, Sydney, 2003, 36 pp. Details

N

  • Newton, Marlo Leigh, Making a Difference: A History of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, Hybrid Publishers, Melbourne, 2000, 342 pp. Details

O

  • Official report of the Second Jewish Women's Conference of Australasia : under the auspices of the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, held at Sydney, N.S.W., March 8th to 16th, 1932., National Council of Jewish Women of Australia, Sydney, 1932, 140 pp. Details

R

  • Rutland, Suzanne, 'Perspectives from the Australian Jewish community', Lilith: A Feminist History Journal, no. 11, 2002, pp. 87-101. Details
  • Rutland, Suzanne D., 'The changing role of women in Australian Jewry's communal structure', in Jews in the Sixth Continent, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1987, pp. 101-126. Details
  • Rutland, Suzanne D., 'Jewish Women', in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Judith Smart and Shurlee Swain (eds), Australian Women's Archives Project, 2014, http://womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0403b.htm. Details

Historic Newspaper Resources

The Jewish Herald (Victoria) was published from 1879 to 1920. You can explore the Jewish Herald online through the digitised version in the National Library of Australia's Trove.

Jewish Herald, Victoria, 1879

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia (New South Wales) was published from 1898 to 1953. You can explore the Hebrew Standard of Australasia online through the digitised version in the National Library of Australia's Trove.

Hebrew Standard of Australasia, NSW, 1895