JUDAICA Judaism Biography Jewish Religion

• 4, ii, 796 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. #010924
• Coleman, Shalom
• Rabbis — Australia — Biography
• Rabbis — South Africa — Biography
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• He still leads a remarkably active and fulfilling life.

  In recent times he has continued to write and publish material, deliver weekly shiurim, and he attends Shule on a daily basis.  He recently delivered a drasha to a packed MZH Shule on Kol Nidre and has spoken at various community events and levayot to departed friends.

• A student activist at a young age, Rabbi Coleman supported the evolution of Zionism.   His dedication to the Zionist movement entails first hand encounters with some of the great Zionist pioneers such as David Ben Gurion, Menachem Begin, Zeev Jabotinsky, Sir Israel Brodie, Chaim Weizmann, Edmund de Rothschild, Moshe Dayan, and Rabbi General Shlomo Goren.
• In a distinguished military career, Rabbi Coleman provided wartime service to the Royal Air Force.  He served as a wireless operator/air gunner on missions in France and Western Europe, and in 1944 he was recruiting officer in England for the Jewish Brigade Group.  He was decorated with the 1939-1945 Star Medal and War Medal.  He then maintained his service as a military chaplain in both South Africa and to the 5th Military District of the Australian Army.  He takes pride of place each year in the ANZAC day veteran’s parade.