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Michael Jackson and the Lubavitcher Rebbe
June 30, 2009 – 7:24 pm | 26 Comments
Michael Jackson and the Lubavitcher Rebbe

By Yoram Symons
Both Michael Jackson and the Lubavitcher Rebbe died on the 3rd of Tammuz.  This much is fact. The rest of this piece is entirely speculation.
The first I heard of Michael Jackson’s death was …

Jews in Pop-culture: a Critical Examination Part 1
June 28, 2009 – 10:15 pm | 16 Comments
Jews in Pop-culture: a Critical Examination Part 1

By Anthony Frosh
There is a tremendously interesting documentary titled Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies & The American Dream (1997).  Amongst other things, the film touches on the portrayal of Jews on the big screen. If memory serves, …

An Open Letter to the Jewish Community of Australia
June 26, 2009 – 3:51 pm | 50 Comments

This is a guest post from Jono David of Osaka.
I am a freelance documentarian of Jewish communities worldwide (www.JewishPhotoLibrary.com). My mission is to contribute to the preservation of Jewish communities by documenting them photographically. …

Australian Jewish media – where to from here?
June 24, 2009 – 9:15 am | 15 Comments

By Parrogan
I. Aligning oneself with the AJN
Are you well-served by our national Jewish newspaper, one of the oldest continuously published rags in the history of Australian newspapers, miraculously plodding forth into an age where print …

My Cousin Sammy (OR: The single-issue voter: a portrait)
June 23, 2009 – 10:09 am | 15 Comments
My Cousin Sammy (OR: The single-issue voter: a portrait)

By The Hasid
Picture it: Melbourne, 2007!
It’s a Friday night in November. You’re partaking of the Shabbos meal with your nearest and dearest, somewhere in the Jewish Commonwealth of Glen Eira. The conversation turns, inevitably, to …

A Democratic Model For Communal Governance
June 22, 2009 – 12:36 am | 35 Comments

By Yoram Symons
I am going to begin this post from the following assumption: The JCCV is not democratic nor is it representational.
Pages have already been filled on this blog debating this issue and it is …

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 …

Yavneh: Is it time to go?
June 19, 2009 – 11:27 am | 29 Comments

By Malki Rose
With the Jewish education crisis looming larger than ever, (although some might say it loomed just as large 20 years ago and that this is nothing new), many individuals have been heard to …

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 …

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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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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