Welcome to the education website
of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies
Information and educational resources about Judaism and the history of Israel.
Resources designed to meet the requirements of the NSW secondary school syllabus in Modern History and in Studies of Religion.
IJS – Israel and Judaism Studies website is a service of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, the official roof-body of the Jewish Community in New South Wales. The site provides basic information about Judaism and the history of Israel.
Jewish Immigration after the Second World War
The Australian Jewish community today is a migrant community that is still growing in size. Its growth started during the pre-war years when Jews escaped Nazi rule seeing refuge in Australia. Prior to 1933 the community’s size decreased .
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The Biblical Narrative
As the only sustained literary source, the Hebrew Bible, described by Christians as the “Old Testament”, has to be the inevitable starting point for the historical investigation required by the syllabus. Of course the Biblical account is both much more and much less than historical narrative.
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Golda Meir 1898-1978
The Australian Jewish community today is a migrant community that is still growing in size. Its growth started during the pre-war years when Jews escaped Nazi rule seeing refuge in Australia. Prior to 1933 the community’s size decreased resulting from the high rate of inter-marriage and assimilation.
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Judaism Studies
WWII and The Nazi Holocaust
Origins and Early History of Israel
Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1948-1996
Personalities of the 20th Century
Resources for Teachers
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