By Jewin’ the fat
My brother-in-law announced quite casually one Friday night that he was planning to run 100km in under 24 hours. Through the bush. All in one go. At first, our family went through …

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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By The Hasid
Many of you may have read Mark Dapin’s article about second generation Holocaust survivors, “Stories My Parents Told Me”, in Good Weekend last Saturday (22 August). The article was sensitive and well-written, and …

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 …

by Philip Mendes
In the last five years, close to ten major books have been published on Jewish anti-Zionists and other Jewish critics of Israel. Specific Jewish groups promoting one-sided critiques of Israel such as …

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 …

By Anthony Frosh
Here is another major story of which The Australian Jewish News is yet to inform the community.
At the close of this week the AJN and its national editor, Ashley Browne, will part ways.
Speculation …

By Howard Goldenberg
“…there’s been a death”
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I am in my small house in Yulara, cooking for shabbat on a Friday in December 2006, when the phone rings. A male voice speaks: It’s Sergeant Benjamin, doctor, of …