Articles in Anthony Frosh
Tough Frummes – religious Jews making a career in the ring
By Anthony Frosh
Last week, a rabbinical student named Yuri Foreman became a world boxing champion.
Jewish boxing champions are nothing new. Daniel Mendoza, often known as the father of scientific boxing, and English champion in the …
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …
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