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It’s about Freedom of Choice, not Freedom of Speech

May 22, 2012 – 10:14 pm | 3 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
As happened last year at Limmud Oz in Sydney, advocates of the destruction of the State of Israel have had their application to host a session rejected. And just as happened last year, …

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Three times a year…

September 17, 2009 – 10:20 pm | 17 Comments

By Rachel Sacks-Davis
The High Holy Days are approaching, and soon crowds of Australian Jews will pay their annual visits to Orthodox synagogues. The majority of these Jews do not usually observe halakha (religious law), but …

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Recently Departed Editor of the AJN Talks to Galus Australis

September 3, 2009 – 6:54 pm | 18 Comments

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 …

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Diamonds: Not Every Girl’s Best Friend

August 26, 2009 – 11:22 pm | 20 Comments

By Rachel Sacks-Davis
Unbeknownst to some, the custom of giving one’s (female) beloved a diamond engagement ring only dates back as far as the twentieth century. It was introduced through one of the most successful advertising …

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Conversion Disorder

August 2, 2009 – 4:30 pm | 47 Comments

By Rachel Sacks-Davis
The mikvah itself was a non-event, so much so that she wondered whether she had done something wrong. By that stage she already felt Jewish; the internal transformation had taken place sometime earlier.
Francis* …

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Anti-religious prejudice – sadly, nothing new?

July 13, 2009 – 11:29 pm | 12 Comments

By Rachel Sacks-Davis
I’m sure that it’s no coincidence that the (few) people that I know who have been victims of violent anti-Semitic attacks in Australia have all been religious. Religious Jews who dress in religious …

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BRW Rich List – nothing to kvell over.

June 21, 2009 – 10:37 am | 23 Comments

By Anthony Frosh and Rachel Sacks-Davis
One thing that gets our goat is when people in the Jewish community kvell over the over-representation of Jews in the BRW rich list.   Google BRW and AJN, and you …

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Ode to the Moshiach Dancers

June 18, 2009 – 10:44 pm | 21 Comments

By Anthony Frosh and Rachel Sacks-Davis
Living in the heart of St Kilda East, a mere ball throw from any Lubavitcher yeshiva in Melbourne, there are few things that give us as much joy as the …

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Calling on all signatories

June 18, 2009 – 10:16 pm | 45 Comments

By Anthony Frosh and Rachel Sacks-Davis
To the 170 signatories to the petition calling on Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard to cancel her planned visit to Israel, we understand that you believe that Israel is not …

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