AJN Watch

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.

Friday, June 8, 2012

KA and the Treif restaurant in the Jewish News

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We have countless times criticised the AJN for advertising non-Kosher establishments and products. (See here, here , here and here .)It ...
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Shabbat Auctions

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When walking past an auction board in our 'frum' neighbourhoods and seeing that it will take place on a Shabbat, one often hears m...
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Reform rabbis and circus clowns

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"Krusty the Clown" - another  beneficiary of Israel's Ministry for Culture and Sport? There has been a lot of publicity i...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Chutzpah: Look who's sermonising Rambam and Remah!!

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Should we laugh or cry? An assistant "rabbiette" from Melbourne's Reform Temple is "delving into Jewish sources...
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Monday, June 4, 2012

London calling: "Shavuos or Purim?" IMPORTANT UPDATE!

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To the Editor of Ajnwatch. I am one of your loyal fans who lives in London. Despite the   mainly local content on the blog, I really...
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Friday, June 1, 2012

?מה לכהן בבית הקברות

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Posted by Mrs KL from Sydney I was a bit shocked when opening the AJN this week to see the above picture, of "His Holiness" the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tim Tams: "He never gave up hope, he never lost sight of his goal"

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Guest post from Kosherman: Readers of last week's AJN will notice the newspaper celebrating a n extraordinary Yom Tov. No, I a...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Katz, Kotz, abi gezunt...

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Presumably if 'David' becomes 'Dovid' then 'Katz' can be 'Kotz'...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Oh! Livia...

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Hi friends, here's one for your 'interesting/weird names' collection. It's from this week's AJN and is a very strange H...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Shmuley Boteach - the rabbi of the groupies!

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AJNWatch has previously commented upon Shmuley Boteach and his outlandish and peculiar ideas and behaviour (see here , here , and here ). He...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

COSV, what happened to parsha Shemini?

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Hopefully this email from the COSV, didn't mislead member Shuls into leining the wrong Parsha last Shabbat...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

A couple of birth notices overlooked

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Sydneysider writes: I was surprised (and a bit disappointed) that your 'specialist' on names (see here and here ) missed a fe...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Robert Weil's letter to the AJN

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Despite the fact that Robert Weil doesn't like AJNWatch very much , we feel that he deserves a public Yasher Koach for his letter in th...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

AJN: "First time of the firstborn"

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In the AJN's "Preparing for Pesach" supplement this week: First time what?
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Why the silence in the Elwood v. Yesodei dispute?

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From "Yesodei dad" Dear AJN Watch editor I am a parent of 2 boys enrolled at the Yesodei Hatorah College in Elwood and am u...
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AJN WATCH
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AJN WATCH observes & comments on matters of interest to the Orthodox Jewish community in Australia. 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 respond to items that malign or defame our community. We invite Guest Posts as well as topic suggestions.
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