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Name: Steve Lewis
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996
E-mail: Steve.Lewis@granadatv.co.uk
Comment: I'm coming to Australia for a holiday for 3 weeks from mid Jan. It would be great if I could look up events/social activities which I could attend with people my own age (29).

Any info appreciated! Thanks
Name: arthur coleman
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996
E-mail: arthur_coleman@juno.com
Comment: very thrilling, keep up the good work.
Name: Massoud Yallouz
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996
E-mail: yallouz@netfly.com.br
Comment: I am an egyptian born sephardic jew living in Brazil. Hag Chanukka Sameach to the Australian Jewish Comunity and all AM ISRAEL. I have "Benzaken" relatives in Australia. If any of them is on the Web, please contact me. Shalom to all .
Name: L. Browning, Ph.D., R.D.
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996
E-mail: librown@sat.net
Comment: I was interested in what you had to say about Lyndon Larouche. Could you please let me know particulars other than you really think he is anti-Semitic? In what way? Like how? This is not a challenge, I would really like to know. Thank you.
Name: Howard Leader
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996
E-mail: hleader@dataworks.com
Comment: I am American Jew being transferred to Australia.. I am interested in information on Jewish Day schools, Is there an area where jewish families live? Any assistance would be appreciated! My company currently has its office in Pymble.
Name: gafsou benjamin
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996
E-mail: benmesga@b3e.jussieu.fr
Comment: i'd like to congatulate everybody who took in the achievement of this so beautiful server
good luck for everything
`ben
Name: Marcia Conron Baum & Douglas Baum
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996
E-mail: dmbaum@erols.com
Comment: Please: We're so excited to come across your wonderful site via Yahoo's Jewish Organizations list.
We are in the States, and hoping somebody out there may know Doug's great-uncle, Alex Weinstock, last known address of E. St. Kilda.
Uncle Alex is a Holocaust survivor, an artist, and I would estimate he would be somewhere around 80+ these days.
Does anyone out there know of him, his children (our cousins), or can lead us further in the direction.
Any and all leads would be much appreciated by us, new web surfers. Telephone # and anyone's e-mail address in his extended family would be helpful to reunite the family.
His sister Pauline is Douglas's grandmother.
Todah Rabah, and a Yacher Koach on the site.
Name: Taryn Resnick
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996
E-mail: tatty@wolfenet.com
Comment: Hello from rainy Seattle from this native New Yorker!! I am a 34 year old Jewish woman, in shape and fit, and invite greetings from Australian Jewish guys close in age to me!!
Name: David Bermeister
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996
E-mail: "davidb"@webspace.com.au
Comment: HI Naomi,

Congratulations on your site. It's fantastic! I'm really glad you brought it to my attention. I have added your site to our links page too.
If you haven't already checked out our links page, it is worth while to. We have a really comprehensive lists of Israeli, Jewish and Aussie sites on the web.

Thanks Again,
Adelaide Habo
(Gail)
Name: Colin Marks
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996
E-mail: cbm@zip.com.au
Comment: I would like you to know that I appreciate the JOIN Web pages.By the way my interest in getting connected to the Internet in the first place was initiated by a JOIN presentation at the Powerhouse Museum during the Jewish festival. I am sure all the work is done by a small group of enthusiasts!
It would be a useful addition if a "Directory of Communal Services" could be included for NSW as for Victoria.
Good wishes Colin Marks
Name: Rachel Maddox
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996
E-mail: Maddog1418@aol.com
Comment: I am 9 years old and Jewish. I lived in the Outback of Australia for two years, and now live in the U.S. I would like to find a girl pen pal in Australia for my Sunday School. Can you help me? Thank-you.
Name: dennis roberts
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996
E-mail: denniswr@mail2.quiknet.com
Comment: Hello.

I am seeking information about Rabbi Michael Alony, who I believe served as a rabbi for several years in the Sydney area in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Can you help me? Thank you.
Name: Ian Bessarabia
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996
E-mail: ibessarabia@rmbam.co.za
Comment:
Name: Les Clark (Acharone)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996
E-mail: LClark9247@aol.com
Comment: So, I'm looking for museums around the world so I can find dinosaur info for my grandson and as usual, I start wandering and found you. I'm Jewish, Leslie Arnold Clark, named for my father's uncle, Lewis Arnold. I live in Lawrence, MA, USA. lawrence is 20 miles north of Boston. While my first marriage was Jewish, my second wife is Catholic with a deep interest in the Holocaust. We have visited the old temple in Budapest when we were there in 1990 and now my wife wants to visit the Memorial in Washington, DC. I would love to correspond with anyone in Australia on any wide variety of topics. I am 56, my wife is 47 tomorrow and we are raising a 7 year old grandson, currently having a day's worth of grime hosed off. Shalom to all.
Name: Mark Owen
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996
E-mail: mowen@student.gu.edu.au
Comment: An excellent publication.
Name: Sarah Rembiszewski
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996
E-mail: anti@post.tau.ac.il
Comment: We very much enjoy your web-site. We will surely visit frequently.
Shan-Tova,
Sarah Rembisewski
Name: Anne Ranbom
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996
E-mail: alanne@ix.netcom.com
Comment: Are there any Jewish Seniors in Australia that would like to correspond with another Jewish senior. No, I am not single, and very happily married, but for the most part the pen pals listed in the www are not "againeh" and I would enjoy hearing from my contemporaries in my age category (I'm a retired secretary, my husband is a retired civil engineer, we are parents of 4 and have 7 grandchildren. Pen pals, anyone?
Name: jacobo(yaacob)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996
E-mail: sara@mpsnet.com.mx
Comment: its a great mitzvah,im proud of you.shalom from Mexico.
Name: Terri Ginsberg
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996
E-mail: tjg9373@is2.nyu.edu
Comment:
Name: Navin Raj
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996
E-mail: st963e35@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au
Comment: Hi,
I really enjoyed reading your pages/
Thank you
Name: Jen
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996
E-mail: Jbutton@aol.com
Comment: Anyone interested in a Jewish E-mail pen pal from the USA just for the heck of it? Jbutton@aol.com
Name: Ralph Ketwig
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996
E-mail: k2018e5@c210.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at
Comment: Have you checked out the following Jewish www-site?
http://www.yashanet.com/index.htm
God bless Israel!
Greetings from Europe/Austria!
Ralph
Name: Marvin Feldman LOGDIV
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1996
E-mail: marv@navmat.navy.gov.au
Comment: Thank you for sending me the article on Antisemitism in Australia. As an American posted in Canberra with the U.S. Embassy, I had no idea of the extent of antisemitism detailed in your article. I must say I am pleased to find the high level of Jewish activity here in Australia, having attended functions at synagogues in a number of cities - Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra.

Please keep me on your electronic mailing list.

Regard,
Marvin Feldman
Name: Saul Sabath
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1996
E-mail: auls@iafrica.com
Comment: Please can you tell me how many Jewish people live in Perth I am emigrating there in August with my wife.

Do you have an email contact for a shul or Jewish organisation there?

Thanks

Saul Sabath
Name: EMMA
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996
E-mail: emma.moore@jcu.edu.au
Comment: IVE BEEN TRYING TO JOIN YOUR EMAIL DISCUSSION GROUPS BUT KEEP GETTING UNAVAILABLE FROM THIS SERVER . IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY I CAN JOIN ?? IF SO PLEASE EMAIL ME AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS . ITS GREAT TO SEE AUSTRALIA ONLINE , IM HOPING TO FIND SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH THE LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE JEWISH FAITH , SEE YOU EMMA
Name: Ian Wronski
Date: Sat, 25 May 1996
E-mail: Ian.Wronski@jcu.edu.au
Comment: Surprised to see you here. Great idea.(-:
Name: Zara Meanwell
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996
E-mail: mattzara@ihug.co.nz
Comment: Im a member of Beth Shalom in Auckland. Ive found your pages very interesting.
Name: Marvin Feldman
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996
E-mail: marv@navmat.navy.gov.au
Comment: I am an American service man posted in Canberra. Happy to see this wonderful page on the Internet.
shalom,
Marv
Name: Ralph Kaiser
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996
E-mail: kaiserr@adelaide.dialix.oz.au
Comment:
Name: Stephen Massil
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996
E-mail: swm@ula.cam.ac.uk
Comment:
Name: Rabbi Jonathan Stein
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996
E-mail: cbi@sd.znet.com
Comment: Dear Friends Down Under,
I served as a Sabbatical Rabbi at North Shore Congregation Emanuel in Sydny in 1993 and loved every minute of my time in Australia. Can you add me to your list?
Rabbi Jonathan Stein
Congregation Beth Israel, 2512 3rd Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 Phone 619-239- 0149, fax 619-239-2134, Home page: http://sd.znet.com/~cbi/ Email cbi@sd.znet.com
Name: Midshipman Adam Samuels
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996
E-mail: ams5330@tamvm1.tamu.edu
Comment: Wow. this is great.
I am a senior engineering student at Texas A&M University and had the honor of visiting Brisbane in August of 1994 while on my summer training cruise for the US NAVY. The submarine USS Omaha (SSN 692) made the front cover of the the Queeensland newspaper that Sunday and for the next five days on shore leave I visited museums, parks, and the big state fair grounds. I was also interested in finding out more about the Jewish Community in Australia and attempted to contact the local Rabbi. Unsuccessful, I walked through downtown in search of the Shul on Margret street (I checked the phone book. "Wow, here it is!"
The submarine was in port from Sunday until Thursady so I regret that I did not have the opportunity to attend a Shabbat service but the non-Jewish custodian who happened to be at the Shul that day gave an excellent tout of the Margret Street Synagague in Brisbane. Truely on of the most amazing and inspirational sites was the "community room." On the wall were the usual pictures of past Rabbis and Presidents but also the crossed Israel and Australian flags. Exactly the same site that I, as an American Jew, had grown up with at my Temple in San Antonio, Texas. It seemed so strange and out of place to see this OTHER (Australian) flag. Then it hi me how worldwide Judiasm is. This is great.
I am glad I finally have the opportunity to tell that story to someone. I am commissioned as an officer in the US NAVY in December and greatly look forward to my next visit to your wonderful country and Jewish Community. Thanks again to that custodian. He did a great job.

Sincerely,

Midshipman First Class Adam Samuels
Texas A&M Unversity
P.O. Box 8247
College Station, Texas 77844-8247
USA
Name: Ros Black
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996
E-mail: ros.black@dse.vic.gov.au
Comment: I'm delighted to have a service such as JOIN available on the Net. Thank you for initiating this!
Name: David Argoff
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996
E-mail: argoff@aol.com
Comment:
Name: Tabacco
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996
E-mail: Tabacco@accent.net
Comment: HI, I am from Montreal, Quebec Great information Have a Happy Passover
Name: Harry Leichter
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996
E-mail: leichter@ahoynet.com
Comment: Since I live in a very small Jewish community, Stafford County, Virginia, in the USA.
I do a lot of surfing for Jewish sites to enhance my knowledge of the Global Jewish Community.
Most Jews that I know, have no knowledge of Jews in other parts of the Globe. So I print out sites like yours and share them with others to bring our communities closer together.
Okay, enough of the less interesting stories, let me ask one of you. What is the meaning of "Ozzies" in the context it is used in?
Harry
Name: TARIK MIRAS
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996
E-mail:
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Name: Kieran M. B
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996
E-mail:
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Name: Benjamin Bresky
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996
E-mail: an754@cleveland.freenet.edu
Comment: Long Live Israel, Am Yisrael Chai
Name: Jason Purza
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996
E-mail: jjlip1@bedrock.eng.monash.edu.au
Comment: This WWW site is an excellent idea. I have been dragging my feet lately when it comes to participating in Jewish activities, mostly because I spend too much time in front of a computer. Now I can devote a fair share of my time to Jewish activities.
Name: Steve Mendelle M.Ed MACE
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996
E-mail: mendelle@ozemail.com.au
Comment: Interesting!
Name: Valery Ugrinovskii
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996
E-mail: rabi307@uvm.haifa.ac.il
Comment: Shalom,

My name is Valery Ugrinovskii. I am Jewish from Russia.

This May my family (me, my wife and our daughter and son) is going to move to Canberra at least for two years, as I have received a Postdoc position at the Australian Defense Force Academy.

We will be pleased to get contact with Jewish people in Canberra.

Sincerely yours,
Valery Ugrinovskii
rabi307@uvm.haifa.ac.il
Name: darren evan zeidel
Date: Mon, 26 Feb
E-mail: azeidel@sympatico.ca
Comment: I am a 24 year old canadian jew who has just returned from the most interesting, adventerous oz experience imaginable. I was most impressed with the jewish presence in sydney and melbourne, and was surprised to find jewish institutions in tazmania and darwin. Your country is fantastic, and it is my dream that i will one day emigrate to australia. In the meantime, I continue my legal studies at McGill university in Montreal. I would love to be updated on jewish events and activities down under, so if there is an e-mail info service, I'd appreciate any information. Thanks!
Name: Ted
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996
E-mail: tbear@dragon.net.au
Comment: Dropped in for a look at the Web Page as shown in the AJN. Looks great and I wish u mazel and every success. I will be back :)
Name: Warren Lieberman
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996
E-mail: wlieber@netxpress.com
Comment: Greetings from San Antonio, Texas. Nice page. Looking for a friend in Melbourne. He is the administrator of a reform congregation.
Pass my E-mail address to him. His name is Adam or Samuel???
Shalom y'all from Texas.
Name: Rabbi Jacob Izakson
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996
E-mail: jizakson@iea.com
Comment: I have relativews in Melbourne...this link provides a wonder- ful insight into and communications with the Australian Jewish community.
Mazal tov...and keep up the good work.
Name: Ben Schreiber
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996
E-mail: jpgr@ipof.fla.net
Comment: Would like to be involved in activities.
I am also interested in Jewish Pen pals Female preferred. I am 37, M Jewish, Live in Ft. Lauderdale.
Please E-mail for more info if interested.
Ben
Name: Roy Butt (Eales's b/in/law)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996
E-mail: 100406,2220@compuserve
Comment: Hi Naomi, Rosie told me to look this up. When I have time I will read it and respond.
regards Roy :-)
Name: Phil Baum
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996
E-mail: Pbaumed@aol.com
Comment: this page is absolutely terrific
Name: Ed Behrendt
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996
E-mail: MTCY26A@prodigy.com
Comment: Just found your web site but have not had a chance to look at it fully yet. We are planning a freighter cruise from the U.S.in December which will call at Sidney and Melbourne.
Would appreciate information and/or contacts there. Many thanks & Shalom Ed & Sarah Behrendt
Name: Marc Hummel
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996
E-mail:
Comment: PO Box 475
Gallo Manor
2052
South Africa

VERY INTERESTING
Name: Harvey Stebbins
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996
E-mail: none
Comment: Hello again Jewish Ozzie. Not much happening here in Virginia in los Estados Unidos. It's just cold.
Enjoy your warm weather.
Name: Harvey Stebbins
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996
E-mail: Don't have one yet
Comment: Hello, Jewish Ozzie. Greetings from Hanover County, Virginia, USA. Although I'm a goy, I couldn't resist checking ya'll out. Hope all is well in the Hebraic world in the Southern Hemisphere.Have a nice year.
Name: Bonny Feldman
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996
E-mail: bfeldman@lfelem.lfc.edu
Comment: I'm almost a 1/2 century old Reading Specialist in the Chgo suburbs looking to learn more about your country, people and literacy programs. I'm looking for someone to correspond with on the internet. Thanks
Name: Peter Hersch
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996
E-mail: hershy@melbpc.org.au
Comment: Just tuned in to your page - it is great. Looked up Maccabi junior festival time table but it wasn't there. But there is enough there for a start.
Keep it up, it will be a winner
Best wishes
hershy
Name: Frank Jackson
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996
E-mail: fjackson@gpu.srv.ualberta ca
Comment: Delighted to encounter your net.
My late father was born in Sydney, and we have visited Australia and New Zealand.
I am trying to make a family tree, and am looking for any trace of a great Aunt, Rebecca Jackson (or Yudkowicz) who married a Mulholland (said to have been a Harbourmaster in Sydney) Likely around the turn of the century. Her father was Israel Jackson (or Yudkowicz), from Poland, and said by my mother to have been on the City council of sydney.
Any suggestios would be welcome
Frank Jackson
Name: Dan Yurman
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996
E-mail: dyurman@world.std.com
Comment: Greetings from Temple Emanuel, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
http://www.srv.net/~nip/Temple
Name: Ron Bower
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995
E-mail: ronbower@ozemail.com.au.
Comment: send further details on J.o.i.n.
Name: David Abram
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995
E-mail: 100232,1616@compuserve.com
Comment: I would like to know if you have a chat mode with other members. I am an Australian and have recently discovered that I have Jewish parents from birth who both hold notable positions within the community.
Name: Lisa Katz
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995
E-mail: Jewish_msn@msn.com
Comment: Hi,
My name is Lisa Katz, and I manage the Jewish Forum on Microsoft Network (MSN). I would like to know if you are interested in having a web link from the MSN Jewish Forum to your J.O.I.N. Web site. Congratulations on a wonderful web site! I look forward to the possibility of working with you. All the best,
Lisa Katz
Name: William Trost
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995
E-mail: toast@whiplash.res.cmu.edu
Comment: A very detailed and informative web page. As a person currently studying and undertaking a conversion to Conservative Judaism in Washington D.C., I was wondering what the percentage of the population is Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, etc. I continue to find the WWW a wonderful source of Jewish information. Keep up the good work!
-Bill
Name: Lynn Teichman
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995
E-mail: Lynn Teichman
Comment: I met a wonderful gentleman this past summer in Israel - he was from Australia, but much too young... Anybody want to write to a tall... cute...43 year old, talented graphic designer/artist - golfer and decent tennis player -
Name: Karen Mock
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995
E-mail:
Comment: Hello from Canada,
I enjoyed my first visit to your Web page, and look forward to dropping in again. Please send my best regards to Jeremy Jones. As soon as BB Canada's links are complete, we'll establish a regular link with our colleagues 'down under'.
all the best, Karen Mock, League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada
Name: Jacob Zandman
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995
E-mail: jsz7@netvision.net.il
Comment: I found your site very intresting and atractive,but please tell me how could I subscribe your page.
Thanks
Name: Susan Dolinko
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995
E-mail: PARTYSD@aol.com
Comment: I own one of the largest Kosher Wines stores in New Jersey, USA. I am trying to locate A Kosher wine Source from "Down Under". Dou you know of any?
Thanks For Your Help,
Susan
Party Wines and Liquors
469 Mt Pleasant Ave
W. Orange, NJ, USA, 07052
Name: Alan M. Sidman
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995
E-mail: sidinwis@aol.com
Comment: Great to see the activities going on in Sydney right now. I 'll check in regularly. Thanks for the peek into the diaspora that invaded the southern hemisphere.
Name: Elaine Winters
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995
E-mail: ewinters@netcom.com
Comment:
Name: Ilana Lutman
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995
E-mail: ilana@pixel.co.il
Comment: I think it is a job well done!!
Name: ARLENE APPLEBAUM OZBURN
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995
E-mail: OZBURN@VETSCI.MICROVET.ARIZONA.EDU
Comment: THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. GREAT TO MEET JEWS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Name: Jerzy Klinger
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95
E-mail: jklinger@opennet.net.au
Comment: The charitable work you are able to do through the Net is most commendable and is yet another indication of the enormous power for good which is available through technology. Sure, I know all about the porn and sleaze which is also available, but I don't think that this should prevent anyone from utilising this tool, any more than the pornography in films, literature, etc. should prevent anyone from seeing "Gone With The Wind" or reading "The Tale of Two Cities".
Name: Ran Chermesh
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995
E-mail: chermesh@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Comment: Shalom,
Congratulations for your new project. Initiatives like your can promote the relationships among Jews all over the world.

Ran
Name: Louise Blyton
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995
E-mail: lblyton@srm.blamac.com.au
Comment: Please subscribe me to JOIN and send more info re the email groups-- thanks!
Name: Reid Heller
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995
E-mail: rheller@metronet.com
Comment: I have visited your site several times. It is outstanding. Are you familiar with any South African Jewish sites? I have been unable to identify any to date and am anxious to do so. Dallas has a substantial south African community. The Dallas community also has a web site known as the Dallas Virtual Jewish Comunity Center at http://dvjcc.ncc.com/dvjcc. It is primarily dedicated to resources for Jewish learning: genealogy, archives, texts, Yiddish poetry, etc. Moed Tov, ya'll from Dallas- Reid Heller

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