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

May 22, 2012 – 10:14 pm | 12 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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Jews in Pop-culture: a Critical Examination Part II

July 9, 2009 – 11:52 pm | 7 Comments

By Anthony Frosh
NCIS is not first class drama.  The plots are quite often formulaic, and the acting is often melodramatic.  Nevertheless, it has the rare distinction of being the only mainstream network show (we …

Who is a Jew and the Tyranny of Halacha

July 6, 2009 – 3:15 pm | 30 Comments

By Yoram Symons
Most of us were raised to believe that you were a Jew because your mother was Jewish. That Jewish descent passes through the woman. And no doubt we have all heard the various …

Michael Jackson and the Lubavitcher Rebbe

June 30, 2009 – 7:24 pm | 26 Comments

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 …

Australian Jewish media – where to from here?

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

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 …