Jewish Australian Culture
Since the time of the last major wave of Jewish immigration to Australia (over 2,000 Eastern European Jews who arrived between 1910 and 1944), Jewish secular culture in Australia has become integrated in almost every important way with the broader national culture. Many aspects of Jewish Australian culture have, in turn, become part of the wider culture of Australia.
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