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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 165
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November 29, 2023, 7:26 am
Helping kids deal with trauma
"In this reality, we're exposed to triggers: These stimuli that remind us of real danger, and make us react like the danger itself is present,"
By
Lior Zaltzman
November 23, 2023, 12:40 pm
Welcome packs and support for community
"The power of seeing yourself represented in a book can't be underestimated..."
By
AJN STAFF
November 23, 2023, 5:30 am
Reflections from the Family Cookbook Society
Throughout the year, a group of family recipe enthusiasts came together to learn how to create and record family recipes, guided by Anna Kharzeva, a food writer and program manager at Shalom.
By
Ilan Harris
November 19, 2023, 6:57 am
Creating art from a female perspective
“There’s a lot of variety in the book in terms of the art that’s been created, and the perspectives of these women and why they’ve created what they’ve created,”
By
Jessica Abelsohn
November 9, 2023, 4:28 pm
Michael Gawenda’s Jewish journey
In his new autobiography My Life As A Jew, Michael Gawenda writes how the left, in which he once felt kinship, increasingly came to demonise Israel.
By
Peter Kohn
November 3, 2023, 2:08 pm
Sharing Mira’s magic
When journalist Rachelle Unreich realised time was running out for her mother, Mira, who was ill with cancer, she decided to ask her questions. While these began as a way to distract her mother, Rachelle realised that she had to share her mother's magic with the world. Because through the Holocaust, Mira always said she learned about the goodness of people. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to Rachelle about A Brilliant Life.
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Jessica Abelsohn
October 29, 2023, 6:39 am
‘We time travel every time we read a book’
Her best advice for budding writers? Write every day, ensure it becomes a habit. She said the more you write, the easier it becomes, “even though it’s never easy”.
By
Jessica Abelsohn
October 26, 2023, 10:00 am
Behind the chest is the heart
When Andi Lew's breast implants tried to kill her, she was forced to jump through several hoops to have them removed. She's now sharing her story so other women know the dangers of breast implantation, empowering them to make their own health decisions. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to the author about her new book.
By
Jessica Abelsohn
October 23, 2023, 6:35 am
Third-generation impact
While she tries to live a “normal” life, she finds herself weighed down by the unspoken grief of her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
By
Jessica Abelsohn
October 15, 2023, 7:23 am
Sharing Sasha’s story
When The AJN ran a story about a young Sydney filmmaker, we never anticipated that it would spawn a beautiful filmmaking relationship with an author in Melbourne. Lexee Gordoun and Anita Selzer have teamed up to produce Sasha’s Game, which follows the story of how Anita’s father survived the Holocaust. The AJN spoke to both the filmmaker and the author about how the film came to be and what they hope the future of the film holds.
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AJN STAFF
October 10, 2023, 7:09 am
‘Not just another travelogue of Jewish suffering’
In Jewish Space Lasers, journalist Mike Rothschild – no relation – plumbs 200 years of outlandish and harmful material to try and discover how one family became an unending target, writes Amy Spiro.
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AMY SPIRO
October 10, 2023, 6:53 am
Changing Lives with Jane Austen
When she was almost 70, Ruth Wilson decided to live alone for the first time in her life, retreating to a country cottage in the NSW Southern Highlands. During her time, she re-read all of Jane Austen's novels. Jessica Abelsohn spoke to the author about how revisiting Jane Austen's books led to her memoir, The Jane Austen Remedy.
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Jessica Abelsohn
October 6, 2023, 5:41 am
Author learned Yiddish to present stories
When asked how prevalent Yiddish is within the community at the moment, Hodge told The AJN, “At one time people knew this language was dying out, but this is not true anymore..."
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Carol Saffer
October 5, 2023, 9:31 am
Loved, lost and learned
Death, mental health, unlikely friendships and safety by the sea. Everyone and Everything is the kind of book that is impossible to put down, and one that so many people would see themselves reflected through. The AJN spoke to author Nadine J. Cohen about her debut novel.
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Jessica Abelsohn
September 20, 2023, 7:04 am
Songs bring The Book of Life to life
"We take the opportunity to explore the nature of performing, a musical life, the notions of what people know and don't know about a career lived over four decades in public," Conway explained.
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AJN STAFF
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