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New President Hopes to Grow UJEB

February 2, 2012 – 8:51 pm | 7 Comments

Articles about Jewish education, particularly those concerning making Jewish education more affordable, always resonate with the majority of our readers. Hence we are publishing this press release we received today from The United Jewish Education …

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Attempts at Censorship will Prove Counterproductive

January 17, 2012 – 7:58 pm | 67 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
In attempting to ban DVD sales of The Promise, a polemical mini-series recently screened on SBS, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) have done a proverbial Andrés Escobar.
Attempts, or even perceived attempts, …

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Limmud Oz Fest Finds the Missing Generation

December 8, 2011 – 9:55 pm | 7 Comments
Punk Jews, directed by Jesse Mann, produced by Evan Kleinman.

By Anthony Frosh
After the most recent Limmud Oz that took place at Monash University Caulfield campus in Melbourne (2010), there was considerable discussion about the absence of young people. Indeed, an article in this publication, …

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Some Must Have Additions for Your Bookshelf

November 16, 2011 – 9:18 pm | 2 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
I recently attended a panel session that was part of the Melbourne Jewish Book Festival. The session was on the topic of “What is a Jewish book?” After listening to the panel and …

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Jews Witness the Hajj

October 30, 2011 – 10:20 pm | 5 Comments

By Rachel Sacks-Davis & Anthony Frosh
The Jewish tradition was born in journey. From Abraham and Jacob to Moses and the Israelites, our mythic ancestors were wanderers whose encounters with God almost always occurred en route. …

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Occupy Your Local Shtetl

October 18, 2011 – 10:29 pm | 10 Comments
Jewish Labour Marchers at Occupy Wall Street

By Anthony Frosh
At a kiddush on first day Sukkot, I found myself in conversation with a fellow shul-goer about the Occupy Wall Street movement. His daughter, who lives in New York, had attended Yom Kippur …

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Birds of a Feather Flock Together – Deal with it!

September 26, 2011 – 12:09 pm | 3 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
Box Hill in Victoria has lots of Chinese, Lakemba in NSW has lots of Lebanese, Peppermint Grove in WA has lots of WASPs, and of course, there are a number of areas in …

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Census Maximus

August 2, 2011 – 9:57 pm | 21 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
‘There’s this unspoken thing among Jews,” comedian John Safran was quoted in a recent interview published in The Age,  ”that no matter whether you’re kosher or not, you always ask for kosher meals …

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So you think you can Soapbox? Good, because I can’t!

July 25, 2011 – 11:08 pm | 17 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
A couple of weeks of ago, I received a call from one of the organisers of the upcoming event The Jewish Community: What’s in it for me? that is on this Sunday evening.  …

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Calling all Graphic Artists – Groundswell Logo Competition

July 20, 2011 – 9:26 pm | 5 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
The Gen08 survey of the Australian Jewish community revealed some worrying trends.  Generation X & Y are more likely than their parents to be disengaged from the Jewish community. Furthermore, the transition of …

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BDS Advocates and Sympathisers Accuse Limmud-Oz

May 18, 2011 – 10:56 pm | 139 Comments

By Anthony Frosh & Rachel Sacks-Davis
Advocates of boycotts, divestments and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, Vivienne Porzsolt and Peter Slezak, have had their applications to speak at Limmud-Oz next month in Sydney denied. Limmud-Oz Program Director, …

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