AJN WATCH - the on-line voice of Australian Orthodox Jewry observes and comments on matters of interest to that community. We particularly monitor prejudice and monopolistic abuse of influence in the pages of the Australian Jewish News - the main source of information to and about Australian Jewry. We spotlight errors, expose misrepresentations and vigorously advocate our community's positions.
L Weiss is obviously a new reader of the Jewish News. This kind of dsdain for Shabbos has been around there for decades
ReplyDeleteOh please, get over attacking the AJN. The paper is a business and it's goal is to make sales and at the same time keep it's readership interested enough so they keep buying the paper. Of course, they can't keep all their readership happy all the time now, can they?
ReplyDeleteIf the promoters of an event have complimentary tickets to give to the paper to give away, in return for the paper promoting the event, then of course the paper will offer the tickets to the readership. It's not the paper's responsibility to be the moral conscience of the readers.
You can choose to ignore this offer and not take up the tickets. Alternatively you can ask the paper to try and make available offers that don't fall on Shabbat. However ultimately it's the paper's right to offer tickets to any event whenever it wants.
Michael.
PS. Why not complain to the event organisers for scheduling an event on Shabbat? Why just blame the AJN? Or maybe you like to just blame the AJN...
ReplyDeleteThe AJN ought to have enough sensitivity to Jewish law.
ReplyDeleteNext they'll be offering us free dinners with the Jews for Jesus
Harry, why must it?
ReplyDeleteMikey Bear, Why must it WHAT?
ReplyDeleteWhy *must* (or rather, *should*) the paper "have enough sensitivity to Jewish law?"
ReplyDeleteBecause it !@#$%&*&%@ claims to be JEWISH paper!
ReplyDeleteThat's why!
Harry, I would guess the paper calls itself the "Australian Jewish News" so that Australians Jews (predominantly) will by the paper. That's about as Jewish as you can seriously expect them to be. When it comes down to it, the AJN is a profit-making business.
ReplyDeleteIf you want the paper to be more sensitive to your lifestyle and beliefs then you'll need to get a majority of like-minded people onto the editorial board and influence the direction of the paper that way. Until that happens, the paper will print what the majority of it's readers want to read.
If you don't like the editorial policy of the paper, don't buy or read it, or change the policy. There's no point in whinging about it if you aren't prepared to do something about it.
What does !@#$%&*&%@ mean?
Michael.
I strongly doubt that the AJN is a 'profit-making business'. Rather, for the past few decades it's been the plaything for a number of Jewish millionaires who had/have the urge to get a foot (and a say) in the world of 'media'. The losses they sustain are written off against the massive profits they make in their core businesses. Remember Alan Bond and his Channel 9 adventure? And the Lowy's experiment with another channel?
ReplyDeleteI am convinced that as soon as the present owner Mr Magid has his fill of 'nachas' from the rag, he too will seek another wealthy Jew to dump it on.
But whatever, a newspaper that claims to be serving the Jewish community should show respect for the 20-30% of that communty who are observant and/or traditional. I don't think that is too much to ask.