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The Australian Jewish community has only one major hard copy weekly publication, The Australian Jewish News, but has a long history of boutique publications and zines. With the advent of the internet, blogs and online magazines have proliferated reflecting the community's multitudinous religious, political, and cultural orientations.

## AJN and other news sources

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The primary Australian Jewish news source is The Australian Jewish News (also known as The AJN), a hard copy weekly that also produces a website; owned by Robert Magid and edited by Gareth Narunsky.

Its major rival is an online news magazine, J-Wire, which publishes similar content.[1] It is owned and operated by Henry Benjamin.

A recent entry into the market is the free monthly hard-copy newspaper, The Jewish Report, which bills itself as a tool for fostering social cohesion.'[2]

## Literary publications

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Alongside zines, and other community newsletters, Melbourne Jewry produced two literary journals, the Melbourne Chronicle, in the 1980s and Generation Magazine.[3] The Melbourne Chronicle[4] initially produced a companion Yiddish edition; however, like the Australian Jewish News, which also published additional material in Yiddish, the dwindling Yiddish-speaking market proved incapable of supporting it.

After Generation Magazine ceased publication in the 1990s, there was a period in which there was no dedicated publication for Australian Jewish literary expression. In 2009, however, a group of young Jewish writers launched the online magazine, Galus Australis. It billed itself as a pluralist space for the discussion of Jewish Australian ideas and stories, but it ceased publication in 2015.[5]

Jewish Women of Words is the newest literary venture in the Australian Jewish media scene.

## Jewish blogs

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Australian Jewry's religious and political diversity is best reflected in its blogs. The conservative collective blog, known as Jews Down Under[6]/ publishes opinion pieces arguing from a right wing Zionist perspective; while the Australian Jewish Democratic Society and +61J[7] publish content more critical of the Israeli government.

Notable individual blogs have similarly provided the community with a platform for expression. The first such blog, in 2009, to be reported in the wider Australian media[8] was The Sensible Jew, written by Alex Fein.[9] It provided controversial critiques of communal politics.[10] Blogs such as Pitputim[11] and The Fifth Chelek,[12] meanwhile, concern themselves more with religious argument.

## Radio and television

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Radio and television have also provided the Jewish community with a broadcast outlet. The long running TV show, The Shtick,[13] first airing on channel 31 and then moving to YouTube, features stories and segments about Jewish life in Melbourne. Melbourne Jewish Radio has also had a long tradition and the SBS station currently provides a service in Hebrew.[14] The community attained a radio licence in 2011 and established the station, LionFM; however, this was short lived as its license was revoked. In its place is the community run radio organisation, J-Air, which bills itself as, 'the Jewish voice of Melbourne'.[15]

## References

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1. ^ "J-Wire". Jwire.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
2. ^ "thejewishreport". Thejewishreport.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
3. ^ Porter, Liz (21 September 2008). "Sex and the synagogue". The Sydney Morning Herald.
4. ^ "Melbourne Chronicle : independent cultural-social periodical / Jewish National Library and Culture Centre 'Kadimah'. - Version details". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
5. ^ "Galus Australis". Galusaustralis.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
6. ^ "Home - Jews Down Under". Jewsdownunder.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
7. ^ "Home - +61J". Plus61j.net.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
8. ^ Hyland, Tom (7 June 2009). "Blog takes on the 'swill' who speak for Jews". The Sydney Morning Herald.
9. ^ Hyland, Tom (23 August 2009). "The return of the Sensible Jew" - via The Sydney Morning Herald.
10. ^ Burla, Shahar; Lawrence, Dashiel (1 September 2015). Australia & Israel: A Diasporic, Cultural and Political Relationship. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781782842231. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017 - via Google Books.
11. ^ "Pitputim". Pitputim.me. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
12. ^ "The Fifth Chelek". Pitputim.me. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
13. ^ "The SHTICK". Theshtick.tv. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
14. ^ "Hebrew home". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
15. ^ "J-AIR Radio - The Jewish Voice of Melbourne". J-air.com.au. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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