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A Serious Man – a spoiler free invitation
November 22, 2009 – 9:42 am | 12 Comments
A Serious Man – a spoiler free invitation

By Anthony Frosh
Last night I went along with RachSD to see the new film by the Coen brothers, A Serious Man.  On a night where we experienced weather that had an almost biblical feel – …

British Court Demonstrates Cultural Arrogance
November 11, 2009 – 3:30 pm | 17 Comments
British Court Demonstrates Cultural Arrogance

By Anthony Frosh
By now you may have read or heard about the British Supreme Court ruling against a Jewish Orthodox school. The court has ruled that the school is not permitted to define who is …

Fostering Jewish-Indian relations – one kosher samosa at a time
October 19, 2009 – 10:52 am | 16 Comments
Fostering Jewish-Indian relations – one kosher samosa at a time

By Anthony Frosh
Many months ago, perhaps last summer, I was walking down an East St Kilda street with RachSD, and in front of us were two young men who appeared to be from the Indian …

Simchat Torah – Fight Night
October 11, 2009 – 9:43 pm | 4 Comments
Simchat Torah – Fight Night

by Anthony Frosh
Walking the 3.5km down Balaclava Rd from east of Caulfield Park to Hotham St, circa midnight Simchat Torah, there were plenty of intoxicated members of the community to be seen.  Happily, most of …

Inglourious Basterds – Enthralling, but lacking in Jewish content
September 29, 2009 – 10:20 am | 14 Comments
Inglourious Basterds – Enthralling, but lacking in Jewish content

By Anthony Frosh
WARNING: The following article is best suited to those who have already seen the film Inglourious Basterds, currently screening in Australian cinemas. The article (or follow-up comments) may contain spoilers; so …

Jewish St Kilda Football Club Heretics
September 22, 2009 – 12:05 pm | 16 Comments
Jewish St Kilda Football Club Heretics

By Anthony Frosh
It’s an unfortunate happenstance that the Jewish High Holidays frequently coincide with the AFL finals. I am ‘fortunate’ enough this year to be supporting a team that failed to qualify for the finals, …

The Loewenstein Aficionado Test
September 15, 2009 – 7:39 pm | 27 Comments
The Loewenstein Aficionado Test

By Anthony Frosh
Antony Loewenstein (A-Lo) is launching the 3rd edition of his book, “My Israel Question.”  So unfortunately we can expect to hear and see him in the media ramping up his own publicity.  He’ll …

Recently Departed Editor of the AJN Talks to Galus Australis
September 3, 2009 – 6:54 pm | 18 Comments
Recently Departed Editor of the AJN Talks to Galus Australis

By Anthony Frosh and Rachel Sacks-Davis
Ashley Browne has recently finished a 2.5 year stint as the editor of the Australian Jewish News. Before he joined the AJN team, Ashley had been the managing-editor of Sportal …

Non-Zionism: an Under-Recognised Non-Position
August 30, 2009 – 4:47 pm | 59 Comments
Non-Zionism: an Under-Recognised Non-Position

By Anthony Frosh
In the current political discourse of the Jewish Diaspora, we often see the Zionist camp pitted against the anti-Zionist camp.  This dyad is of course a gross reduction of the diversity of opinion …

ACMA says ‘OK’ to Hezbollah, but ‘No Way’ to Lezbollah
August 24, 2009 – 11:03 pm | 3 Comments
ACMA says ‘OK’ to Hezbollah, but ‘No Way’ to Lezbollah

Hezbollah comes to the Idiot Box
by Anthony Frosh
Many of our readers are by now aware that Al-Manar, Hezbollah’s ‘television wing’ is coming back to Australian screens, at least for those with satellite dishes and …

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Jewish and Indigenous Australians working together

Jewish and Indigenous Australians working together

By Anne Sarzin and Lisa Miranda Sarzin
It is not an uncommon part of the human experience for casual conversations and chance encounters to launch us in a new direction or to begin an extraordinary …

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COSV President Scolds the RCV

COSV President Scolds the RCV

By Anthony Frosh
In a letter to Rabbinical Council of Victoria (RCV) President Rabbi Yaakov Glasman, Council of Orthodox Synagogues of Victoria (COSV) President Paul Korbl has called on the Rabbis of the RCV to issue …

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Are The Greens Kosher?

Are The Greens Kosher?

By Arielle Perlow and Ittay Flescher
The Rabbis of the Talmud teach us there are 70 faces to the Torah. Is it possible that one of them is green? Many Jews in Australia believe in the …

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Whither the Tribe of Levi

Whither the Tribe of Levi

By David Werdiger
It’s a common scene in a Shul on Shabbat.  Shortly before the reading of the Torah, the gabbai (that fellow who makes sure all the parts of the shul service that have to …

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