Article Archive for August 2009
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner!
By Anthony Frosh
When we created Galus Australis, we were determined not to become a trashy tabloid. However, very occasionally we might suffer a lapse in our journalistic integrity. This is one of those occasions.
As some …
Arab-Jewish Dialogue: a One-Way Street
By Philip Mendes
The following article is adapted from Philip Mendes’ address to the Jewish Community (JCCV) interfaith relations forum, Tuesday 5 May 2009
Six years ago I wrote a report on my experiences in the Australasian …
Nine things to do in Jerusalem
By Jewin’ the fat
Jerusalem: It evokes picturesque sunsets and co-existence paradise, but sometimes, the reality is a touch different than what the tourguide said it would be. Too often, I meet people who are fresh …
Ask Bayla #2: My son, the lawyer
Dear Tante Bayla,
We have been blessed with three intelligent, sensitive, creative, independent-minded children. But the fourth, our youngest, is turning into a conservative little son-of-a-neo-con. We don’t know where we went wrong. Normal teenagers have …
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The facts of (media) life
Gary Mallin, sub-editor at The Age, outlines the newspaper’s editorial process.
The criteria for what makes a story for the newspaper is subjective: what one person believes to be a good story, another might consign to …
Broken Glass, White Bull – an extract from Howard Goldenberg’s latest book, “Raft”
by Howard Goldenberg
On November 9, 1938, Heinrich Korn is nine years old.
William Cooper is 77 years old.
Shaike Snir has not yet been born.
Heinrich Korn and his family are proud Germans. Heinrich’s father is proud to …
Two Beers and an Argument Please
By Simon Holloway
There’s an old adage: do not discuss religion at parties. Having been burned a number of times, I tend to shy away from it, but am still a sucker for answering direct questions …
Punch and Jewdy
By Jewin’ the fat
At a swanky media party in Melbourne, glass of white in hand, I struck up a conversation with a bright eyed young Melbournian, who had a plan to revolutionise the Jewish community …
One Jimmy Carter is Already Too Many
By Anthony Frosh
Malcolm Fraser’s whitewash of Hamas in The Age (August 11th 2009) is a cheap and desperate attempt to maintain a modest public profile. Not only is his Hamas advocacy piece poorly written, but it …
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