Articles in The Lighter Side
Some Must Have Additions for Your Bookshelf
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 …
Hummer Lacks Humility
Dear Izzy,
I gave up my intention to write about this, but then the site of a stretched pink hummer outside Caulfield shul on a Sunday afternoon some weeks ago (nothing says kiddushin like a stretched …
Like a Virgin – Limmud Oz for the Very First Time
By Robert M Kaplan
“They want you to give a talk at something called Limmud-Oz”, said my publisher, a woman of enormous capability and an undistilled admiration for the organising capacity of the late Mr Ceausescu. …
Australian in line for al-Qaeda Top Job
By Anthony Frosh
An Australian has been named as one of the potential replacements for the recently deceased al-Qaeda chairperson, Osama bin Laden. Fiona Byrne, current mayor of Marrickville, is apparently on the short list to …
Purim Hoax Backfires
In what was meant to be a fun hoax for Purim, Galus Australis published an article about the (fictional) acquisition of their publication by Robert Magid, the owner of the AJN.
Sadly, the perpetrators of the …
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A Letter from the Principal of Yavneh
14 October 2010
6 Cheshvan 5771
Dear Parents,
As we enter into a new Jewish year, and as we approach the end of another school one, it is important for us to re-evaluate our values as a community. …
Hello, is this the Sukkah hotline?
By Anthony Frosh
For my wife and I, like many Australian Jews, the first Sunday after Yom Kippur is Sukkah building day.
Sukkah building used to require some knowledge of carpentry and ideally, some reliable contacts within …
A Terrorist is dead – Quit your kvetching!
Galus Australis resident Zaide goes nutmeg in response to the following letter.
Dear Izzy,
Recently I discovered that a forgery of my passport was used in a mission to assassinate some terrorist in Dubai. And now I …
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